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Squishy computers now enable the first fully soft robots

Harvard researchers devised a rubber computer which could lead to all sort of wacky soft robotics.

The biggest impact to reducing your carbon footprint is having fewer children

Next up is living car-free, avoiding airplane travel, and turning vegetarian.

World's first genderless voice assistant wants to challenge gender stereotypes

Neither male nor female, this voice assistant sounds completely neutral.

Fathers-to-be who smoke can harm babies

Men who smoke around pregnant women can cause congenital heart defects in their offspring. 

Humans and computers can be fooled by the same tricky images

The gap between humans and AI is getting narrower by the day.

Tuberculosis could be eradicated by 2045 -- if the world is willing to invest $2 bln./year

The highly infectious disease kills millions of people each year, and that's just a shame for a curable disease.

Poor sleep might make you more likely to procrastinate

Getting poor sleep doesn't replenish us properly. Consequently, we don't have enough mental resources to stay focused on our goals.

Paleontologists find 110-million-year-old bird fossil with unlaid egg still inside it

A unique find that sheds new light on the reproductive abilities of ancient birds.

Physicists propose a new way to levitate and propel spacecraft-sized objects with light

The concept is audacious -- but it might be just crazy enough to work.

Just one daily sugary drink is enough to dramatically increase your risk of premature death

The risk of early death linked with drinking sugary drinks was more pronounced among women.

How the sperm's waggy tail enables the miracle of life

Human sperm has evolved a reinforced coating on its outer tail which enables it to penetrate thick fluid.

Unbelievable experiment suggests humans are able to subconsciously sense Earth's magnetic field

Humans have a 'sixth sense' after all.

Scientists grew a 'mini brain' in a dish that can make muscles twitch

The brain organoid was connected to a tiny spinal cord with surrounding muscle tissue.

How to fight noise pollution (and why your headphones might be making you deaf)

More and more people are blasting loud music in their headphones to cancel out noise pollution -- and that's turning into a major problem.

23-year-old Polish barber may have been Jack the Ripper, new DNA study suggests

This mystery is still far from being solved, though.

Spaceflight activates dormant viruses like herpes

Add herpes and other viruses to the long list of health problems associated with space flight.

This is Opportunity last view from Mars

NASA just released an amazing 360-degree panorama from the final resting place of the Opportunity rover.

Ancestral shift in diet may have changed human speech as well

Softer food gave humans an overbite that made it easier to produce "v" and "f" sounds.

Scientists find out waterfalls can carve themselves -- and this might rewrite geology books

Waterfall formation could be far more complex than scientists previously thought.

The hipster effect (or why non-conformists tend to look the same)

We're all humans, and that might mean that we're all conformists to a degree.

Brain scans show that actors lose their 'sense of self' when taking on a role

Sometimes, the character can take over the brain.

Physicists say sound waves might actually carry mass

And it might be 'negative' mass to boot!

Breakthrough could double energy density of lithium-ion batteries

A new polymer incorporated into Li-ion batteries could dramatically improve their performance.

Scientists discover the first coral reef off the Italian coast

It's less vibrantly colored than tropical reefs but it is still stunning (and fragile).

The amazing Lyrebird can not only mimic other birds, but also chainsaws, theme songs, and car alarms -- anything, basically

Meet the incredible lyrebird from Australia. And you thought parrots were cool....

Forgetting takes more effort than remembering

You can intentionally forget memories but it does take some work.

Solar and wind supply more than 10% of electricity in 18 US states

More and more states are benefitting from solar and wind.

Infants can tell friends from strangers just by hearing them laugh

True laughter between the friends is unmistakable even for a five-month-old.

This is what T. rex probably looked like as a baby

CUTE AGGRESSION!

New gravity earthquake detection method might buy more time for early warnings

This means a couple of extra seconds which could make all the difference in a life or death situation.

Eye scan might detect Alzheimer's disease

A quick, non-invasive imaging of the back of the eye could spot Alzheimer's disease before the onset of severe symptoms.

Green tea and carrot compounds reverse Alzheimer's symptoms in mice

Spatial memory improved in mice after a special three-month diet.

How much water should you really drink a day?

The best advice is to listen to your body.

How sleep might repair your DNA

Sleep might mitigate the damage done to DNA during wakeful hours.

Microdosing DMT might reduce depression and anxiety

It might also cause some harmful side effects such as brain cell death (at least in rats).

Bedtime protein shakes might lead to more muscle gain than daytime protein without adding fat or harming sleep

Bedtime protein shakes seem to be leading to better gains than daytime intake.

Diesel is responsible for half of all premature deaths attributed to vehicle emissions

Vehicle tailpipe emissions were responsible for 385,000 premature deaths worldwide in 2015.

Benefits of quitting smoking offset weight gain in people with diabetes

Gaining a couple extra pounds is still less harmful than smoking itself for people with diabetes.

Balloons are the most dangerous plastic pollution for seabirds

Balloons might be fun at parties but they become deadly serious once they reach the ocean.

Your romantic partner probably isn't as smart as you think

People tend to over-estimate their spouse's intelligence (as well as their own).

Scientists may have finally solved the mystery of emerald icebergs

Iron oxide may be coloring some icebergs green, which would make them important nutrient carriers for marine life.

Invasive species are responsible for most recent extinctions

But ultimately humans are often the ones who introduce alien species to new ecosystems.

Bacteria might become a natural, toxin-free alternative to pesticides

Biopesticides could protect crops against diseases without the typical downsides of synthetic chemicals.

Write it when you bite it: logging food for just 15 minutes a day may be the most effective weight loss hack

Nobody likes keeping track of the food they ate but it doesn't a lot of time at all and the results speak for themselves.

Fast food is much fatter and saltier than 30 years ago

Fast food servings have gotten significantly bigger since 1986, which may partly explain the rise in obesity in the United States.

Scientists create new fiber that's as flexible as skin, but tougher

The new material also conducts electricity making it ideal for stretchable electronics and soft robotics.

Warming oceans are depleting global fish stocks

As if overfishing wasn't enough, fisheries are plummeting because of the effects of higher water temperature as a result of global warming.

Scientists give mice infrared vision (and humans could be next)

That moment when science fiction meets reality.

27,000-year-old tooth reveals hidden insights into the lives of Giant Sloths

Far from being slow, giant ground sloths were highly adaptable creatures. The new findings suggest that humans must have had a decisive role in the megafauna's extinction.

NASA trains to search for Martian life in world's driest desert

The Atacama Desert is the most Mars-like environment on Earth.

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