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Scientists present device that transforms brain activity into speech

This could be transformative for so many people suffering from speech impairment.

Chinese lunar rover shows dark side of the Moon like you've never seen it before

Take a walk on the dark side -- of the moon.

Why depressed people listen to more sad music

It's probably not what you think.

How much are Americans sitting

Are you sitting down for this?

Greenland ice is melting 6 times faster than in the 1980s

Requiem for an ice sheet.

Arctic warming accelerates climate change -- and will cost $70 trillion

Take action against climate change -- or pay up.

Like meal kits? You might be doing the environment a favor

Have you ever tried a meal kit? You might be doing the environment a favor.

Slime moulds learn by absorbing substances

This simple creature can learn, teach, and memorize, without a nervous system.

How Japanese astronomers discovered the most distant object in the Kuiper Belt with a $3,000 telescope

This is a real victory for little projects.

Even moderate intake of red meat substantially increases risk of bowel cancer

Bacon is not so good for you after all.

Coffee not essential for life, Switzerland decides

Say what now?

Even mountain glaciers are now contaminated with microplastic

Truly, no place on Earth has escaped pollution.

Russian researchers extract liquid blood from frozen 42,000-year-old foal -- plan to clone it

You want Jurassic Park? Because this is how you get Jurassic Park.

The world's first AI-written textbook showcases what machine learning can do -- and what it can't

The technology could have a surprising use.

Dogs really help people stay fit, new study shows

As if dogs weren't precious enough, they also help with our fitness -- new research shows that dog owners are 400% more likely to meet recommended physical activity guidelines.

Japanese university professor taught students how to produce MDMA, risks up to 10 years in prison

Japanese Breaking Bad? Not really -- this time it's about science, not profit.

Air pollution from corn kills thousands of people each year

Researchers are trying to map the pollution impact of all the foods we eat.

Scientists create artificial material capable of metabolism, self-assembly, movement, and organization -- key traits of life

If it was capable of multiplying, it would essentially be life.

Cherokee cave inscriptions tell tales of ritual ball game

Researchers have translated the famous Cherokee inscriptions from Manitou Cave — but it’s not the story they were expecting to see.

NASA female astronaut set to break record

Congrats, and good luck!

Two of the world's oldest universities team up to digitize treasured medieval manuscripts

Some works will come straight from the Vatican.

Archaeologists find first prehistoric figurative cave art in the Balkans

It's the first find of its kind in the area.

It's official: there's more plastic in the oceans than ever before

Researchers are calling for change on all levels of society.

Sleep myths are unscientific and potentially dangerous

If there's one thing we should appreciate, it's sleep -- and myths proliferated on the internet aren't doing anyone any favors.

The best black hole photo memes the internet has to offer

Get sucked into the joyous celebration of the black hole image.

Researchers 3D print a miniature heart -- using a patient's own cells

Yes, scientists 3D-printed a heart.

The kill rate in Game of Thrones is actually quite realistic, a new study reveals

Don't blame George Martin or HBO for killing your favorite character -- blame reality!

How the snailfish survives more than 6 km beneath the surface

This could help us understand how creatures can survive in the crushing and frigid depths of the oceans.

Meteorite impacts are squeezing water from the moon

The moon has a hydrological cycle, but it looks nothing like the one on Earth.

Microplatics can also travel by wind, new study shows

Even pristine mountainous landscapes are now polluted with microplastics.

Britain's earliest farmers were immigrants from Greece and Spain

The farmers did not interbreed with local foragers.

Deep methane lakes revealed on Titan

Saturn’s largest moon, Titan, hosts liquid hydrocarbon lakes and seas on its surface. During the last close encounter with Titan, the Cassini mission offered an unprecedented view of these methane lakes. Writing in two separate papers, researchers report that some of these lakes are more than 100 metres deep and have been fed by methane […]

This is what the photographed black hole's "neighborhood" looks like

You came into the right neighborhood.

The photographed black hole now has a name

It literally translates to "embellished dark source of unending creation."

Child suicide rates are surging in the US -- and we're not really sure why

The median age of children was 13.

Stunningly beautiful maps from Hungarian cartographer Robert Szucs

Science, meet art!

Wolves can cooperate with humans as well as dogs, but in different ways

Wolves take more initiative, whereas dogs are more human-oriented.

Screen time has little impact on teen wellbeing -- even right before bedtime

It's the study all teenagers have been dreaming to see.

Rare wolves are two unique species -- and this fact might save them both

The new study might end up saving both species.

Over 13 tons of pangolin scales have been seized in a single bust in Singapore

We need to save the pangolins -- and this is the first step.

The US wealth gap hasn't been this big since the "Roaring '20s"

The "Roaring 20s" ended with the Great Depression. How will this decade end?

Poacher in South Africa gets trampled by elephant, eaten by lions

A search party could only retrieve his skull and a pair of pants.

"Beowulf" had a single author, computer study suggests

The literary style is consistent throughout the entire text, researchers say.

Famous Revolutionary War Hero might have been a "she" or a "they"

"He" may have been a "they."

Scientists find superhot "mirror" pools in unique deep Pacific environment

The environments are also teeming with life.

Cats know their names as well as dogs -- they just don't bother showing it

Even though it might not show it, cats are just as loving and caring as dogs. Probably.

Street hashish contains 'dangerous' amount of faecal matter

Crappy news for hashish smokers.

Japanese spacecraft shoots at an asteroid -- to better understand it

Relax, we haven't started a war with the asteroids.

Carbon dioxide levels haven't been this high in 3 million years

Last time CO2 levels were this high, there were trees at the South Pole.

Ancient amphibious whale with four legs and hooves dared to cross the Atlantic

This creature had a whale of a time.

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