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Retreating glacier causes big Canadian river to vanish in four days

Researchers have described the first case of 'river piracy' -- a river disappearing after an intense glacial melt.

Seven Raspberry Pi Internet of Things projects you can make on your own at home

Making your own router, security cam system or weather station is very cheap and easy with Raspberry Pi. Here's how!

Well-kept vacant gardens can help reduce crime, new study finds

A new study conducted in Flint, Michigan, US, has shown that maintaining the gardens of vacant properties and keeping them clean can help reduce crime.

This app makes you smarter while you're waiting for the WiFi to connect

It's called micro learning, and it might change your life.

NASA snaps picture of huge crack in Greenland ice shelf

An unexpected crack has emerged across a giant Greenland glacier, raising concerns that a big chunk of the glacier might splinter off into the ocean.

How Gardening can benefit your health

It's good for you and it's good for the environment, so why not give it a try?

What country has the tallest men

The future's tallest.

How animals see the world

Ever wonder how animals see? This is your chance!

This solar-powered device can squeeze water out of thin air -- 3 liters a day

You can't squeeze blood from a stone, but you can squeeze water from thin air -- even in the driest areas of the world.

NASA to make tantalizing announcement about water worlds later today

NASA is doing the old 'announcement of an announcement,' and we're absolutely falling for it.

More evidence adds up to support the intelligence of elephants

Researchers have shown that Asian elephants are even smarter than we thought.

No ant left behind: warrior ants carry injured soldiers home

Spoiler alert: they don't do it because they care.

The US alone spends $16 billion on plastic surgery -- we're dealing with 300,000 breast implants a year

You probably don't need that breast implant but if you want it... make sure you work with a certified doctor.

Jupiter has a massive cold spot as well

Jupiter's Great Red spot has a new sister. Well... it's not new, but we just found it.

Puffins that migrate together make more chicks

Puffins mate for life but when they also travel together, they become better parents.

Found: oldest settlement in North America, confirms local tribe history

The ancient stories held some truth after all.

Farms could slash pesticide use without losing any yield or money, new study finds

More and more evidence is piling up against the use of pesticides.

Dank science: Jerusalem University launches marijuana study center

This new research center is set to deliver quite a buzz.

Researchers discover atmosphere around an Earth-like planet

Can we get excited yet? Mmm no, not really.

Humanity is getting another "Doomsday Vault" in the Arctic -- a digital archive for human knowledge

Hopefully nothing happens though.

Astronauts aboard the ISS will grow crystals for drug development

Space crystals will help us make better drugs on Earth.

It's not you -- Scientific research is harder to read than ever

Science is getting harder and harder to read, and that's a problem.

Tiny Scottish island powers itself 100% with community-owned off-the-grid renewable energy system

Lessons to be learned.

Putin also said that emissions aren't causing global warming

Russia's president, Vladimir Putin, just said that climate change is unstoppable and not caused by human activity.

Arctic ice is turning green, and now we know why

Green is not always good.

US politicians held an insane and embarrassing hearing just to attack climate science

A charade.

Beer giant Anheuser-Busch InBev commits to 100 percent renewable energy

Future beers will be made with 100% renewable energy.

Scientists identify new mechanism through which climate change causes droughts and flood

It's even worse than we thought.

PhD students are 2.5 times more likely to develop psychiatric disorders than highly educated general population

Science has confirmed what PhD students worldwide already knew.

Video games might make you more sexist, but not as much as religion

Video games have a negative impact, but religion was three times more likely to make teens sexist.

How the Internet of Things is already affecting our lives

Change & Safety in the Internet of Things The “Internet of Things” (IoT) is a relatively new term for the inter-networking of physical devices which are connected to the internet — it’s a term used for “smart things”. There was a time in which our phones were not smart, our TVs were not smart, our […]

Wherever humans go, mice go too -- since forever

The mouse in the house has been with us for 15,000 years.

How to identify granites

There's a rocky road ahead of us!

Inactive teens make for inactive bones

Exercising makes you stronger in every way.

Couple donates their $10 million insect collection to Arizona University

A heartwarming story of two brilliant and passionate researchers.

Despite Trump, more and more countries continue to ratify the Paris Agreement

It's a small step, but it's a much needed step.

Entertainment television might be partly to blame for the rise of populist politicians

Populism and television go hand in hand.

Beijing just closed its last coal station -- What does this mean for the world's climate

In 2013, Beijing officials promised that they will close the city's four coal stations by the end of 2017, and they've kept their word.

The US has no chance of reaching its Paris Climate Agreement objectives

The US had to work harder to have a chance at achieving their climate objectives, but now -- the country's going in the opposite direction.

These are the world's fastest growing cities. They're all in Africa

Worldwide, more and more people are starting to move from rural areas to urban areas. But nowhere is this as prevalent as in Africa.

Intellectual humility might just be the most underrated personality trait

How likely are YOU to change your beliefs based on facts?

German Universities ready to give up subscription to Elsevier

When you put a paywall on science, no one wins.

Insect courtship behavior trapped in 100-million-year-old amber

It's Romeo and Juliet on steroids, with geology.

Oceans have been heating up even more than we thought, new study shows

It's even worse than we thought.

Researchers create mesmerizing tornado simulation algorithm [with video]

A storm of maths.

Researchers find the oldest ever crocodile eggs

Crocs emerged alongside the early dinosaurs.

Hydraulic Fracking leaks much more often than we thought

These oil and gas wells spill pretty often to the surface, a new study found.

Are you socially anxious? It might be your genes' fault

It's all in the serotonin.

Shaquille O'Neal announced the Earth is flat... and we really shouldn't care. Or should we?

Shaq just entered a select club of flat-earthers.

Trump's Defense Secretary just called climate change a "National Security Challenge"

I mean, the EPA is against climate change, and the military understands the threat. Is the world upside down?

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