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Doctors remove what's possibly world's largest brain tumor from Indian man's skull

It was like the tumor “sat like a head on top of another head,” doctors recalled.  

New study links ancient cave drawings and the origin of language

Human speech may have been born out of cave art.

How bats don't get sick despite carrying the highest number of viruses

It's the most disease-infested mammal in the world but yet bats not only survive, they thrive. What's their secret?

Most distant supernova reveals its secrets to scientists

A cosmic record breaker.

[WATCH] Some ignorant human trying to stop a door-opening robot dog

Boston Dynamics' SpotMini takes a beating -- but went through either way.

Which is better: low-fat or low-carb? Neither option is superior, says new weight-loss research

It really depends a lot on your body.

Are GMOs bad? Science says they're safe

The scientific consensus says GMOs are safe but public opinion remains polarized.

Scientists find hidden artwork beneath one of Picasso's 'Blue Period' paintings

Secrets don't stay buried for long in the face of science.

Scientists breed first sheep-human hybrid -- but there's no reason to freak out

The goal is to ultimately harvest organs for transplant in human patients.

Physicists create a new form of light by binding photons

"It's very uncharted territory," the researchers explained.

Elon Musk's Roadster will most likely crash into Earth or Venus millions of years from now

Radiation might destroy the car long before that happens, though.

A China-sized dark vortex that smells like farts is slowly fading away on Neptune

Good thing Neptune is the farthest planet from the sun.

New desalinization technique separates seawater into freshwater and lithium

The world is facing a water crisis. This novel technique not only provides freshwater but also an important building-block for batteries.

Ancient 34,000-year-old lavish burial shows special care for disabled children

The children were buried with vast riches, in contrast to functional adults who had more modest burials.

Huge Antarctic iceberg exposes mysterious marine ecosystem hidden beneath the ice for 120,000 years

One of the biggest icebergs in the world has now exposed a potentially alien-like ecosystem.

Germany wants to make all public transit free to cut back on pollution

The country wants to first experiment with the proposal in five cities.

Extinction model that factors in body size explains why animals tend to evolve larger bodies

The model teaches us what makes a species more resilient with limited resources.

Cockroaches might inspire the future of robotics

Roach bots could be used to explore alien worlds and find survivors in disaster relief operations.

How your waterproof jacket might be making you fat

Chemicals commonly used in non-stick pans or stain-free clothing might promote obesity.

Ancient fossilized footprints reveal how juvenile mammoths looked out for their elderly

Juvenile mammoths cared for wounded members of their herd, similarly to their modern-day descendants, the African Elephants.

Arizona woman goes to bed with terrible headache, wakes up with British accent

This is stranger the fiction. The woman in question insists that there's nothing funny about all of this.

Scientists use mobile optical atomic clocks in the field for the first time (and this is a big deal)

These are the most precise clocks in the world, ticking every quadrillionth of a second.

Self-healing and fully recyclable electronic skin will help robots feel touch

It's not perfect but we're getting there.

Trump Administration considers privatizing the ISS. Fortunately, that won't likely happen

Because it would be dumb.

Scientists outfit praying mantises with tiny 3D glasses, find new type of stereo vision

Turns out the praying mantis sees in 3D quite differently from us -- and this could be exploited by new drones.

Primitive 'walking' fish can teach us how the first land animals evolved

An amazing 'living fossil' suggests ancient marine life evolved the software for walking before the hardware.

Loneliest frog in the world is looking for a Match to save his species

This is not your typical online dating profile.

Deep-sea marine animals lay eggs near hydrothermal vents so they hatch faster

This is the first time scientists have seen a marine animal doing this.

Fastest shark on Earth might inspire the next-generation of drones and wind turbines

Lessons from the fastest-swimming shark on the planet.

Crypto mining is using almost as much power as Greece

Bitcoin and Ethereum emit as much greenhouse gases as 6.8 million average European inhabitants

Billions of viruses are showering the planet's surface in every moment

Virus rain.

'Cheddar Man' DNA suggests early Britons had dark skin, blue eyes

The research suggests light skin genes arrived later than previously thought.

Scientists reproduce superionic ice thought to exist in Uranus' core

Water was subjected to a pressure millions of times higher than at Earth's sea level.

Stomach burn: toads vomit bombardier beetles which trigger explosions in the gut

This amazing insect doesn't flinch at the thought of getting eaten. It pops!

Unique Science Jewelry Gifts for Valentine's Day

Brainy bling for that special someone.

12 Perfect Gifts for Engineers on Valentine's Day

Gifts that will keep the gears of love well oiled.

Spider-like arachnid with a tail sheds new light on origin of spiders

Spider meets scorpion.

Meditation may not make you a better person after all

There are still plenty of science-backed reasons to meditate anyway. It's just that 'becoming a better person' isn't one of them.

Russian cosmonauts accidentally set a new spacewalk record while repairing old radio antenna

It's the longest Russian spacewalk and the fifth-longest spacewalk in human spaceflight history.

Cave crocodiles that swim in bat poop are evolving into a new species

Sometimes, you gotta get your feet wet to do science. In bat feces.

Dwarf satellite galaxies are challenging the standard cosmological model

We thought the Milky Way was special. Now, scientists have found a glitch elsewhere which challenges established physics.

Russia is planning to offer tourists a trip to the ISS, spacewalks included

It would cost around $100 million a pop, though.

Lucky paleontologist finds dozens of dinosaur footprints literally in NASA's parking lot

The tracks were made over 100 million years ago.

People are going crazy over face-swapping AI that puts Nicholas Cage's face in any movie in history

The implications are far less humorous, however. Prepare for #FakeNews 2.0.

Breathtaking panoramic view of Mars shows how far Curiosity has gone

We're looking at a view from millions of miles away. Take a moment to appreciate this fact.

Orcas are able to imitate human speech. Here's how it sounds like

These clever marine mammals never cease to amaze us!

Earth's magnetic poles could reverse soon, with potentially devastating consequences if we dont prepare

Modern human civilization is threatened by the magnetosphere's polar mood swings.

AI may have deciphered the Voynich Manuscript -- the most mysterious coded book in the world

After many failed attempts, artificial intelligence comes to the rescue.

Hackers stole $172 bn. from nearly one billion consumers in 2017

People are way too overconfident that they won't fall victims to cybercrime, report says.

Scientists discover how Giardia causes one of the world's most common gastric diseases

Giardia uses proteins that are like Trojan Horses for the gut, tricking cells to open up.

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