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Temporary swallowable gastric balloon helps obese lose 15kg on average in only 4 months without surgery
A huge innovation set to help a lot of people.
What tiny bite marks on fake plasticine caterpillars says about global predation patterns
A simple tool could radically change how biologists work from now on.
Terraforming Mars: what it is and why we’d do something this crazy
Two planets are better than one. Here's everything you need to know about Mars terraformation.
How a mycologist is making ‘living’ bricks out of mushrooms that are stronger than concrete
Not just a pizza topping. Mushrooms could really become an important building material in the future.
Trump wants to cut the DOE’s spending on renewable energy by 70%
Trump wants to set clean tech on fire.
India and China are cutting down on coal, and this will save the atmosphere from 2-3 billion tonnes of CO2 by 2030
China and India are fast becoming climate champions. Who would have thought?
What will humans look like in 1,000 years? [VIDEO]
Humans won't evolve naturally, that's for sure.
It used to rain so hard on Mars it shaped the planet’s geology
A first of its kind study found rain on Mars was quite abundant.
Our sense of smell is just as good as rodents’ or dogs’
Poor human olfaction is a 19th-century myth, says scientist.
Puffy exoplanet is as dense as styrofoam. The unusual find could help find habitable alien planets
An extraordinarily inflated planet could prove very lucrative in our quest to find other habitable planets.
Remote Island in the middle of the Pacific is the most plastic-littered place on Earth
What was supposed to be one of the most pristine locations on Earth has now become a landfill.
Diesel cars sold in 2015 emit 50% more NOx emissions than anyone thought
The 'Diesel Gate' scandal runs deep and its effects will be widely felt for many years to come.
Ancient 36-million-year-old fossil helps track down how baleen whales lost their teeth
At some point, mysticetes decided to drop the hook and fish with a net. How did this all happen?
Largest lava lake in the solar system makes massive waves
On Io, the floor is basically lava.
SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy — the most powerful rocket in the world — is nearly ready
Heavy metal in space.
Defunct dish turned into a radio telescope in Ghana with the help of Google Maps
Not your typical junkyard story.
Parasitic robot rides turtles in exchange for lunch
One day, this robot will ride you.
Tiny quantum refrigerator keeps quantum computers cool by ‘blinking’ electrons
Prepare for some quantum madness.
Germany produced 85% of its electricity demand from renewable energy
Germany took the lead in renewable energy for one day.
You can still remember a foreign language even if you think it’s forever forgotten
Exposure to a foreign language even at a meager age of six months can stick with you well into adulthood.
In some U.S. counties, life expectancy can vary by as much as 20 years
Overall, life expectancy has increased in the country but not as much as it should have. The gap between many...
Economic mobility nearly halved in the United States since the 1940s
The American Dream is dying.
Employees in low-level jobs are more stressed than superiors, and this imbalance follows through retirement as well
Stress grows the lower down the ladder you go.
Replacing half the meat we eat with edible insects could could save a third of the world’s farmlands
With 10 billion people soon on the horizon, eating meat is out of the question.
SpaceX will launch three times more satellites than there currently are in orbit to give you fast internet
The first satellites could appear in 2019.
Advanced 77,000-year-old Stone Age weapons found in South Africa
Things became very serious at this point.
Watch amazing footage of Cassini diving towards Saturn
It's a one in a lifetime experience.
Medieval Christian monks may have sped up the evolution of the modern chicken
We may have to thank Christian monks for today's chicken.
Be careful when using heart rate apps — most aren’t accurate at all
Don't take heart rate apps too seriously, unless they've been vetted by a health care professional.
Antarctica’s Blood Falls sheds its secrets
As is often the case, more questions arose after the mystery was solved.
Cassini heard ‘the big empty’ when it dived through Saturn and its rings
The song before the 'grand finale'.
If you want a glimpse of an ancient human ancestor, the bonobo might be the closest you’ll get
Our cousin, the bonobo, has remarkably changed very little. Anatomically, they're the most similar to a common ancestor out of...
Patient saved from antibiotic-resistant infection with novel bacteriophage treatment
A dramatic case with a happy ending. Antibiotic resistance is growing and threatens to kill 50 million people by 2050.
Despite spending $200 million, NASA still doesn’t have a new space suit and that could delay an important deep space mission
Internal auditors weren't happy with the way NASA is making new space suits.
How science might settle the debate around two famous Munch and da Vinci paintings
Even centuries later, science is able to decrypt some of art's biggest controversies.
Female dragonflies play dead to fool unwanted suitors
An old trick.
Meet the future of construction: MIT prototype 3-D prints entire building
This could revolutionize how we build things both on Earth and other planets.
Scientists make transparent bones to study diseases like osteoporosis
The innovative method could help millions of people who suffer from osteoporosis.
China and Europe have talks to build a ‘Moon Village’ together
The two are already collaborating on important science projects.
Could Oman’s mountains hold the key to reversing climate change?
A billion tons of CO2 have been trapped by these mountains where the only exposed sections of the Earth's mantle...
Not even money can sway most people to listen to counter-partisan views
Ultimately, this behavior is what creates dangerous information bubbles.
Novel technique can 3-D print intricate glass objects like a pretzel
You can apply the technique on any existing 3-D printer.
Artificial womb-like environment helps premature lamb mature for 4 weeks
It could save countless severely prenatal human babies
What do marijuana and chili have in common? They both calm the gut, scientists say
The findings suggest that both foods could have a therapeutic effect against diabetes and colitis.
This beekeeper’s pest can actually eat plastic waste and turn it into something useful
The waxworm eats plastic faster than any other animal we know of.
The story and science behind a new type of aurora called ‘Steve’
That's what you get when the internet names things.
Tesla will double the stations in its Supercharger network by the end of the year
It's not clear if congestion issues will be solved, especially in California.
We’re launching a horde of tiny satellites, and that might eventually make space flight unusable
Space junk is cluttering space. One day, we might not be able to launch anything anymore.