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This core thinking error underlies both creationism and conspiracy theories

Maybe this is not so surprising after all.

Almost 40% of teen drivers text while driving

Don't text and drive. That's all.

Google just let an Artificial Intelligence take care of cooling a data center

This could save Google millions of dollars -- and it also ushers in a new age of technology.

Scientists spot traces of titanium in scorching hot planet's atmosphere

The planet is almost as hot as the Sun.a

Scientists show how a mineral could be used to suck CO2 from the atmosphere

This could be big.

Ancient galaxies found in our cosmic neighborhood

The galaxies date from the so-called cosmic Dark Ages.

Your lack of sleep might be the reason why you're lonely

Get your good 8 hours of sleep, if you don't like being lonely.

Mathematicians solve old mystery about spaghetti breaking

Here's a question you never knew you wanted to answer.

Korean supermarket wins at selling bananas

I need this in my life.

The dirty link between deforestation, illegal fishing, and tax havens

Tax havens are even more problematic than we thought.

You Instagram photos may look cool -- but they're almost certainly not original

Originality is a scarce commodity on the web.

France trains birds to pick up the litter

It's an interesting man-animal collaboration.

Unwise opioids for wisdom teeth

Opioids don't really do any good here, and they might pave the way for an unwanted addiction.

Youtube now adds facts below conspiracy theory videos

This is probably a good thing, but it remains to be seen whether it will actually make a difference.

Lab-grown meat is almost upon us -- and most Americans would gladly try it

Yum or yuck?

If the whole world ate like America, we wouldn't have enough land in the world

We need to be more responsible -- starting from our plates.

You're really only as old as you feel -- or rather, as you think

How old do you feel, really?

Older adults less likely to recognize their errors

Don't let this fuel the inter-generation conflict though.

Enigmatic creatures that lived 630 million years ago were animals -- but not like anything we've seen before

To the untrained eye, they look just like plants, static and seemingly inactive. But things are not always as they seem.

Europe is so hot right now that it has to stop its nuclear plants

There's a particular irony to this situation.

Geoengineering the Earth against climate change might do as much harm as good

It looks like we'll have to tackle climate change the good old-fashioned way

Smart clothes may be right around the corner, thanks to a new fabrication technique

Smart clothes -- not watches -- are the future of wearables.

Where crows go in the winter -- and other stories about migration

We see them ever so often, but there's so much still shrouded in mystery.

We can limit global warming to 1.5°C -- but we need to change how we travel, heat homes, and use devices

This might just work.

Study calls for regulating energy-intensive Bitcoin transactions

Bitcoin has a lot of work to do before it fulfills its promise.

NASA's brand new TESS telescope is already sending back impressive footage

Even before it actually started doing science, TESS sent back awesome footage of a passing comet.

Bizarre, rogue planet boasts impressive magnetic aurora

It's a planet -- no, it's a brown dwarf. No, it's... both?

Foxy genes: Scientists map red fox genes associated with wild or tame behavior

Foxy genes.

Vaccinating against livestock disease could reduce poverty in eastern Africa, study finds

Vaccines could go a long way towards alleviating poverty in the area.

Angry people are more likely to overestimate their intelligence -- but that's not the whole story

Results are intriguing, but psychologists are faced with a weird problem.

Curiosity celebrates its sixth "birthday" -- with no song and nothing but a tweet

Happy birthday, dear Curiosity! Happy birthday to you!

The benefits of sauna are large and plenty, a new review finds

Saunas really do have a positive health effect, a new review concludes.

Ancient, "priceless" royal jewelry uncovered in Kazakhstan

Treasure? Yep, priceless, golden, sparkly treasure.

Drought played a key role in the demise of the Mayan civilization

The Mayans expanded haphazardly, and they ended up paying the price for it -- but Mother Nature also had a say in it.

Almost all lemurs are under threat, a new study reports

95% of the emblematic creatures' populations are on the brink of extinction.

How a design and culture revolution could help us tackle our plastic problem

It's not a simple problem and it doesn't have a simple answer -- but here's what we can do.

Portugal and Spain brace for record-breaking temperatures

I don't wanna say it's global warming, but it sure quacks like global warming.

California's Death Valley just recorded its hottest month in history

Things are not OK.

Archaeologists discover Germany's oldest known library

An amazing finding in the heart of Cologne.

Scientists sight rare hybrid dolphin hybrid -- just don't call it a 'wholphin'

Nope, not a dolphin-whale hybrid.

Grieving orca carries dead calf for seven days in heartbreaking ritual

It's one of the most memorable and heartbreaking processions you can imagine.

Sweden to reach its 2030 renewable energy target by the end of 2018

We need as many of these stories as we can get.

Man-made climate change makes heatwaves twice more likely

The effects of climate change are way beyond deniabiity, researchers say. It's time to start acting.

Life may be teeming just inches beneath Europa's frozen surface

An exciting new study entertains the possibility of alien life on Jupiter's icy moon.

Japan wants all new cars to be electric by 2050

The electric car race is heating up.

Roundworms brought back to life after spending 42,000 years iced in permafrost

There are two ways to look at this: one is upbeat and optimistic, but the other is much darker.

Another bleak consequence of climate change: more suicides

As if climate change didn't bring enough problems.

Alcohol is causing a spike in liver diseases -- and it's mostly in young people

A concerning study has found that cirrhosis-related deaths have increased by 65 percent from 1999 to 2016.

Greening vacant lots really does make us feel better, new study shows

Small green parcels can do a lot for our mental health.

It might be easier to tell a lie in a foreign language -- relatively speaking

Well, this is unexpected.

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