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Ancient human fossil finger found in Arabia could rewrite our species' history

A tiny fingerbone is re-writing the story of human dispersal out of Africa.

Humans as old as 79 still generate new neurons, stirring new debate

The results are encouraging given an aging population around the world.

Dark matter might not interact with anything other than gravity

Scientists are left in the dark again.

Why did Neanderthals have such big noses? It helped them adapt to the cold, study says

All the better to breathe with.

Shrimp-inspired camera leads to new underwater GPS

The novel camera help researchers devise a novel underwater GPS method.

Efforts to fight plastic pollution are working: Fewer plastic bags found around UK waters

Taxing plastic bags or coffee cups works -- and the rest of the world should follow suit.

Phosphorus -- a crucial ingredient for life -- might be a lot less common in the universe than we thought

The odds of finding alien life are getting slimmer by the day.

Scientists make most precise measurements of antimatter -- but only deepen mystery

Hydrogen and anti-hydrogen are unremarkably the same.

Astronomers find the most distant star ever, looking through a galactic magnifying glass

The findings might help piece together the evolution of the universe.

Stressed out? Try briefly quitting Facebook, new study says

#deletefacebook?

Bats are migrating earlier due to climate change, and this could spell trouble for our crops

Bats provide more than $22 billion of indirect value to farmers by controlling pests. When bats fall, so does our food.

Scientists reprogram brain cells that store memories about places

German researchers reprogramed brain cells to investigate how place memories are formed.

How stress impairs our ability to learn and recall

This explains why some people fail exams despite having studied for it.

Extinct monitor lizard used to have four eyes -- and this is a pretty big deal

The extra eyes are called the pineal and parapineal organs.

Mind-controlled mice are forced to ignore food, water, and sex to complete maze

This was equally awesome and disturbing to watch.

It takes about 200 hours with someone to turn them into a best friend, new study shows

Making new friends take time. A new study quantified how long it takes, on average, for an acquaintance to climb our social circle.

Bioinspired surface harvests water from thin air

Inspired by the pitcher plant and rice leaves, researchers have devised a new method that harvests water straight from the air.

Scientists crack the eggshell nanostructure, finding what makes it so strong

The findings are important for food safety, but also materials science.

Drug could make human blood deadly toxic to mosquitoes

A drug developed in the 1980s to fight parasites can make human blood toxic to mosquitoes when taken in a high dose.

Marijuna is nowhere near as dangerous to the brain as alcohol

Marijuana does not reduce the size of gray matter or white matter, unlike alcohol.

The Sahara desert expanded by 10% in the last century

The world's largest warm desert grew by 10% since 1920.

How to boil the perfect egg, right to your taste, every time

This is an easy to use calculator that takes into account all the physical parameters that impact a boiling egg.

Social anxiety may be rooted in fear of making mistakes

The findings suggest that therapy should focus on making people less conscious of perceived mistakes.

Elon Musk publishes new academic paper detailing his plans to colonize Mars

Finally, a detailed presentation of what's perhaps the most audacious plan of the century.

A Japanese company wants to sell on-demand fake meteor showers -- but scientists aren't happy

But this could spell trouble for some satellites.

Exotic type of supernova wrapped in a 'cocoon' burns fast and furiously

Not your typical stellar explosion.

More than a third of graduate students are depressed

Graduate students are six times likelier to be depressed than the general population.

Tooth-mounted sensor can track what you eat

The tiny sensor provides objective information about a user's diet.

Pill shows promise in treating peanut allergies

It's not a cure -- but this oral treatment makes people less susceptible to life-threatening allergic reactions.

Scientists double the number of Neanderthal genomes, gleaning new tribal insights

Cheeky new details concerning the interbreeding between Neanderthals and our own species.

Freezing gut nerve makes you less hungry, aiding weight loss

It sounds extreme, but it worked -- with no side effects.

World's first continuous room-temperature maser open door to new applications

A major breakthrough in physics.

Healthy food significantly improves major depression symptoms, new study finds

"You are what you eat."

Fish-like robot might reveal the secret life of ocean wildlife

Aquatic bots like SoFi will enable scientists to learn more about some of the most elusive underwater creatures.

Helmet-like wearable scanner can record brain activity in moving subjects

This isn't a war helmet -- it's a revolutionary brain scanner!

Inspired by a Japanese basket, physicists create new metal with peculiar properties

Kagome is a popular style element in Japanese basket-making characterized by a symmetrical pattern of interlaced triangles.

What's up with Steve: A new kind of aurora demystified by scientists

Meet a shimmering purple ribbon of plasma called Steve.

Supermassive black hole sends radio echoes of its stellar dinner

Another discovery that cements black holes' fundamental role in the evolution of the universe.

Scientists engineer new life form with mixed Bacteria and Archaea membrane

This is essentially a new life form with both modern and 'primordial' traits.

LSD blurs the line between our own sense of self and others

This knowledge could be used to improve social interactions in patients with mental disorders.

The health risks of second-hand marijuana smoke shouldn't be ignored

Marijuana smoke is still smoke -- and it might clog arteries just as bad as tobacco.

Kepler -- the spacecraft that discovered thousands of alien worlds -- is running on its last drops of fuel

It will have time to find just a couple more candidate exoplanets.

Men with heightened prefrontal cortex activity are less likely to cheat

Willpower is important for staying committed to a relationship.

Babies reason long before they can speak

Behind the adorable "goo goo ga ga" lies a logical tiny human.

Airbus tests harpoon meant to shoot down satellite-sized space junk

They're after the Moby Dick of space.

Modern humans and Denisovans interbred at least twice in history

Our ancestors interbred both with Neanderthals and Denisovans.

What causes Déjà vu -- the unsettling feeling of familiarity in novel situations

There's a glitch in the Matrix...

What's the surprising connection between cannabis and coffee?

Both substances target cannabinoids.

Industrialization pays less dividends: when manufacturing jobs shift abroad, their share peak at a lower level than in the previous country

It's a global problem, which means recent U.S. policy might be doomed to fail.

Galactic clockwork: Astronomers find all galaxies rotate once every billion years

Regardless of their size, all galaxies that just as long to come full circle.

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