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In 1912, palaeontologist Arthur Smith Woodward and the amateur antiquarian Charles Dawson made a stunning announcement, which turned out to be a hoax.
Garden grass could become a source of sustainable energy, a group of scientists claim.
Who knew that governments can make people happier?
Six million Americans might be drinking water with high levels of chemicals linked to cancer and other health problems.
There's a physics expert inside all of us, though deeper in some than in others.
Researchers from Portugal believe they finally have the answer.
Europe tops the list.
About one-third of the food produced in the world for human consumption -- 1.3 billion tons -- is wasted.
The Olympic Games in Rio are shaping up to be an absolute nightmare.
The chilling diary of a monster.
It may or may not be Arthur's castle, but it's a monumental finding.
Improve quality on Facebook? Yes please!
Loud screamers compensate for small testicles... but it works.
Let's toast to eco-friendly grapes!
We finally know what caused the huge, Earth-sized red spot on Jupiter.
Big data is paving the way for a new generation of studies.
It's simply amazing.
Corpse flowers are blooming much faster than usual.
The European Science Open Forum (ESOF) has come and gone, but its echoes still resonate. It's one of the biggest science events worldwide and it absolutely felt like it.
No joke, no trick - the tree you see blow grows 40 different types of fruit.
We have touched Mars. There is life on Mars, and it is us—extensions of our eyes in all directions, extensions of our mind, extensions of our heart and soul… — Ray Bradbury, science fiction author, speaking at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California, October 8, 1976 Traveling to Mars has been the dream of many […]
A 1 in 87 billion chance.
The UK seems hell bent on making unfortunate decissions.
Energy.
It is alarming to see such emblematic species slide towards extinction
Painkillers in the opium family (most notably morphine) may actually make pain last longer, a new study reports. Morphine treatment after a nerve injury doubled the duration of pain in rats and this is highly worrying. It gets even more disturbing when you consider the addictive potential of many commercial opioids such as OxyContin and Vicodin. If this is […]
It's just as crazy as it sounds.
Pornography is still a taboo in most communities, especially in religious ones. Almost without exception, religious people will deem it as deviant and sinful behaviour, and even viewing it is simply unacceptable. But data shows that they’re almost certainly lying. A study published June 2 in Sexual Addiction & Compulsivity: The Journal of Treatment & […]
Researchers working with the Gemini North telescope in Hawaii have made a stunning discovery: they found evidence of water clouds around a brown dwarf. Since its discovery, the brown dwarf known as WISE 0855 has fascinated astronomers. It lies just 7.2 light-years from Earth and it’s the coldest confirmed object outside of our solar system at temperatures ranging […]
The night light burns bright.
Smart devices are quickly taking over our lives, but they may also be giving away our secrets.
Two new massive 350MW arrays in the Netherlands will supply power to Dutch people at €87/MWh, which translates into under 10 cents/kWh.
The United Kingdom will almost certainly miss its 2020 targets for renewable energy, the National Grid has said.
The $2 testing device, about the size of a soda can, does not require electricity or technical expertise to use.
The black shroud above the Rio Olympics looms bigger and darker.
A skull fragment found in an old Buddhist temple is believed to have belonged to Buddha.
It's enthralling, but creepy.
Gastronomy is becoming more of a science and less of an art with each passing day, but there are some foods which are just downright unreasonably expensive.
We've talked about 3D printing being useful in fields like engineering or medicine, but in the right hands it can create amazing pieces of art and bring back to life creatures gone for hundreds of millions of years.
Scientists found a strange correlation between hot women and condom usage
Most of the world's greenhouse gas comes from cities - and that's where we have to act.
In America, walkable neighborhoods are a privilege of the rich and educated.
This is some scary stuff.
Things are about to get much worse.
This could be a game changer for women.
It works 100 times more efficiently than your laptop.
You just can't brush off this technology.
A color with the appropriately dull name of Pantone 448C has been identified by researchers as the ugliest color in existence.
After studying prairie dogs for 25 years, one researcher believes he figured out what prairie dogs are communicating about. He believes that the animals are not only very efficient communicators, but they also have an eye for details. Gunnison’s prairie dog (Cynomys gunnisoni) is one of five species of the prairie dog. Their name is […]
Take a moment to consider that the first space flights, both for the Soviets and for NASA, took place way before computers.
