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Curiosity Rover finds clay cache on Mars -- potential sign of water

Curiosity is finding water beneath the ground -- and in the sky.

Chimps also love to eat crabs, new study shows

This isn't the only thing that surprised researchers.

Why the SpaceX satellite fleet could spell major headaches for astronomers

It's an unexpected side effect of a useful plan.

A hotter Arctic means more extreme weather elsewhere on the globe

This helps us understand how climate change can cause more extreme weather -- both hot and cold.

Elephant poaching is going down, but we need more action

It's good news, just not *very* good news.

New law would require all Phillipino students to plant 10 trees to graduate

What do you think about this idea?

Scientists figure out how turbulent fluids make order from chaos

It's a problem Richard Feynman also addressed.

For the first time, researchers show what an electron actually looks like

Electrons are weird, but we're starting to understand them a bit better.

Scientists in India find new type of viper -- and it looks stunning

A beautiful snake of which we know very little.

How to save the world -- a practical guide

A book you need to read.

The 'Age of Man' is upon us -- Anthropocene period close to becoming official

We are living in changing times.

Baby sharks eat land-based songbirds

Baby shark, doo doo doo doo doo doo -- eats birds.

Huge underwater eruption created giant volcano off the coast of Africa

This is one of the most exciting volcanic areas in the world.

This AI sounds just like Joe Rogan -- and the possibilities are disturbing

Impressive and scary at the same time. Brace yourself for a new era of fraud.

Supermarkets in Thailand start using leaves as packaging instead of plastic

It's sustainable both environmentally and economically.

Karen Uhlenbeck officially receives the Abel Prize -- the first woman ever to do so

We need more kings awarding prizes to people in STEM.

Chernobyl has turned into a thriving habitat for hundreds of species

The environmental pressure generated by humans is larger than a nuclear explosion -- a revealing vision of the type of impact we're having on the world.

It's official: soda tax offers "net good" to society

It really works.

Pluto's ocean might be held in place by a thin layer of gas

Comfortably insulated.

99% of the world's electric buses are in China

They're miles and miles ahead.

The ISS starts experimenting with a photo-bioreactor

A hybrid bio-technology could pave the way for future space missions.

Bermuda might hold the key to a whole new type of volcano

We didn't know volcanoes can form in this way.

Scientists map global "Internet of Mushrooms"

“I haven’t seen anybody do anything like that before,” researchers commented.

*Something* is blasting "cosmic bullet holes" through our galaxy

Clumps of dark matter might be shooting through the Milky Way's stars.

Bedbugs roamed the land along with T-Rex

Bedbugs have been alive far longer than humans have.

Eating processed food linked to eating too much and being overweight

Simple takeaway: eat less processed food.

Researchers create bacteria synthetic DNA

Move away, Nature -- come in, Life 2.0.

Humans and Neanderthals diverged at least 800,000 years ago, new teeth study shows

This just goes to show how complex our evolutionary history really is.

NASA wants you to take photos of trees -- to see how much carbon they can store

Help NASA by looking at trees.

The unlikeliest catch: sea creatures found trapped in amber

Talk about a stunning find!

These spiders have super-black patches to help their other parts vibrant and colorful

Birds of Paradise have similar structures.

In April, the US used more renewable energy than coal

Good news, but let's not get over-excited by this.

Philadelphia's sugary drink tax worked: one year later, consumption dropped by 38%

Moral of the story: people really don't like taxes.

How Nigerian music can help you choose ripe watermelons

Can you tell a watermelon's ripeness by knocking on it?

Why snails coil in one direction -- and how to change it

On today's menu: CRISPR-y snails.

It's official: Magic the Gathering is the world's most complicated game

Boasting rights for MTG players.

Man in New Zealand finds 12-million-year-old footprints of giant flightless bird

He was merely going on a swim and came across footprints of ancient moas.

Charcoal toothpastes don't work and are a ‘marketing gimmick’

Stop washing your teeth with charcoal, scientists urge.

Deep-sea fish developed super vision to cope with abyssal darkness

Why would it evolve that way? Researchers have an idea.

Researchers reconstruct the 'lost plains' of now-submerged Doggerland

Researchers are looking to find a 'lost' continent.

Oldest tree in eastern North America found in a swamp: it's 2,624 years old

Researchers desperately call for the protection of this area, of which 99% has already been destroyed.

Abrupt climate change killed off ancient South American populations

Change isn't always good -- especially when it happens too quickly.

Penguin and seal poop create biodiversity hotspots in Antarctica

Poop comes in to save the day!

Bacteria steal genetic material from predator viruses using Spam gene

This could help us keep dangerous viruses at bay.

Bright galaxies help solve mystery about early universe

They were much brighter than they were supposed to be.

Iceland researchers trap CO2 into rocks -- but there's a catch

This could be a big part of the battle against climate change.

Bat-winged dinosaur discovered in China -- only the second of its kind

This dinosaur was more like a flying squirrel than a bird.

A tectonic plate off the coast of Portugal might be peeling off

It's a big call, but researchers are confident.

Cocaine, ayahuasca, and DMT -- South Americans had hardcore rituals 1,000 years ago

High in the Andes, shamans got high using some serious drugs.

First Denisovan fossil found outside of Siberia -- our ancient "cousins" spread far and wide

Talk about a stunning find!

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