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Sharing taxi rides could significantly reduce cost and emissions. Study suggests it can work in virtually any big city

There's a massive opportunity to clean urban air if people can be convinced to share taxis.

A.I. for Texas Hold'em has 10 times the win rate of professional poker players

After the researchers gave the AI "intuition", it blew away most professional human players.

Peculiar ancient skulls have both human and Neanderthal features. Could belong to a new hominid species

Cranial fragments discovered in China can't be pinned down to any known human species. Some speculate it might be Denisovan.

Japanese billionaire wants to raise $100 billion to be among the first to reach the singularity with a 10,000 IQ computer chip

Masayoshi Son wants to be in the front row when the singularity is finally here.

Inside the minds of real-life zombies -- people who think they have a dead brain inside a living body

Cotard's syndrome makes people believe they're dead and that they do not require any food, water, or even hygiene to function.

Operating system and a movie, among others, stored in DNA with no errors. The method can pack 215 petabytes of data in a single gram of DNA

A huge breakthrough might help solve our growing 'big data' storage problem.

China will force 67,000 fossil fuel-powered Taxis to switch to electric in order to cut back on pollution

In Beijing and other municipalities, all taxi drivers will be forced to gradually switch to electric.

Meet the deadliest tree in the world. It's so dangerous you could die just by standing underneath it

The story of the manchineel -- a tree that grows on the coast of tropical locations -- and why should stay the heck away from it.

When the octopus and squid lost their shells

Squishy animals like the octopus or squid used to have hard internal shells up until 100 million years ago.

Wild elephants need only two hours of sleep -- that's the lowest duration of sleep for any animal

They're the shortest sleepers in the animal kingdom. Scientists also found elephants get little to no REM sleep, which might be very important.

NaturalNews gets removed from Google for playing against the rules, turns it all into a major conspiracy theory for profit

What does a fraud do when he's caught red-handed? He just keeps on lying.

Scientists pick the brain of comedians to learn about the neuroscience of humor

A serious study about funny people.

Sleeping more than 9 hours a night may put you at risk of developing dementia at old age

Previously, lack of sleep was associated with dementia. Now, we learn too much sleep can have similar consequences.

'You look like a Rachel'-- why you could actually guess a stranger's name just by looking at her face

An interesting study suggests some of us might be molding appearance to match our names.

Blind and sighted people alike can be taught to use echolocation, just like dolphins or bats

With enough training, humans can accurately assess environments using only sound waves.

Up to 80 percent of all wildfires in the U.S. are started by humans

Wildfires are generally good for forests but the current trend is anything but natural.

Startup makes solar panels that can blend with any environment. It can match a rooftop, show an ad, anything basically

A solution for people who think rooftop solar is ugly.

Drugs that cancel the buzz of alcohol are safe and efficient, meta-analysis confirms, but people don't know about them

Many studies have found naltrexone effective against alcohol addiction but few doctors prescribe it to addicts.

Giant neurons that circle the brain like a crown of thorns could explain how consciousness originates in the brain

Scientists image neurons branching from a brain region thought to be the 'seat of consciousness.'

Adding fibers to hydrogel, a soft material mostly made of water, makes it 5 times tougher than steel

By adding fibers, scientists have turned a soft gel into a material tougher than many metals.

Is cold fusion possible? Myths and facts with Bill Nye

A faulty science experiment from 1989 still gets people excited three decades later. But is this bad science or actually possible somehow?

Book review: 'The Power of Networks: Six Principles that connect our Lives'

A great introduction to how networks work.

Brian Cox claims the LHC proves there aren't any ghosts out there

I have a feeling this still won't settle the debate.

Even bots have arguments. Some Wikipedia bots can undo each other for years before settling an edit

An important incursion into bot sociology.

Even 'dirty' energy companies don't want new coal-fired plants in Australia. Not even for free cash

Everyone with sense except Australia's Prime Minister, Malcolm Turnbull, realizes coal is done for.

Tesla just announced it will build 5 Gigafactories

Big plans ahead for Tesla.

Genetic analysis shows the mysterious Chaco Civilization was a society ruled by women

We now know much more about the civilization that dominated the American Southwest for hundreds of years.

Myth busted: Americans spent millions to make a pen that would flow in space -- the Russians used a pencil

It's a great story that reminds us complicated solutions can have very simple solutions. But the Russian pencil story is just a myth, though.

NASA finds 7 Earth-sized planets in a star nearby. Three are in the habitable zone

What a great day for science!

Brain-computer interface allows paralyzed to type fast and accurately by power of thought alone

The communication rate is practical enough to be useful for many patients.

Europe has to shut down all of its coal-fired plants by 2030 to meet its Paris Agreement pledge

Seriously ambitious action is needed if we're to avert 1.5 C of global warming.

A fifth of the world's food is lost to waste and over-eating

The world grows enough food. The challenge lies in controlling waste and protein distribution.

New bill could require California to get 100% of its electricity from renewable sources by 2045

The leader of the California Senate just introduced one of the most aggressive renewable energy mandate in the nation. More ambitious action like this, please!

Tesla now makes batteries that are 35% cheaper thanks to Gigafactory 1 -- breakthrough cost of $125/kWh achieved

At $100/kWh stored wind and power becomes competitive with conventional power.

These microbots can remove 95% of toxic heavy metals from polluted waters in only an hour

A new solution proposed by researchers in Germany and Spain is so elegant and effective that it might revolutionise water purification.

Trump's border wall could threaten 111 endangered species

The impact is huge. Even the bald eagle is affected.

Your past teenage self might as well be a whole different person by the time you're 77 years old, study says

With each passing day we diverge slightly from the person we were just a moment ago.

Resource scarcity drove prehistoric violence in California more than 1,500 years ago

Resource scarcity was the only thing that predicted systematic homicide, not political organization.

Ancient 150-million-year-old ancestor could explain how turtles evolved to retreat their necks

Turtles likely used their retracting necks to initially catch prey and only later used this trait for defense.

Four-stroke internal combustion engine turned into a hydrogen reactor

A century-old machine has been turned into a 21st century hydrogen manufacturing device.

We now have a malaria vaccine that is up to 100 percent effective

A lifelong dream may have come true. Half a million deaths every year could be averted thanks to this vaccine.

Geologists propose listing a new continent called 'Zealandia' in the southwest Pacific even though it's 95% under water

An area the size of the Indian subcontinent is distinct enough to constitute a separate continent, a new paper suggests.

Thermal levitation can lift any object in the air, unlike other methods that work on magnetization or optical light

Large objects were levitated by exploiting temperature differences. This method works with any kind of object.

Scientists claim they're close to resurrecting the woolly mammoth

An iconic beast long extinct could be back in our midst.

Vitamin D can protect against flu and cold, meta-analysis study confirms

But you still shouldn't take supplements if you're not Vitamin D deficient.

At least 2016 was amazing for solar -- 95% more solar power capacity came online than in the previous year. That's almost 15GW

Solar is growing beyond expectations.

Winston Churchill's lost essay about life on other planets and space travel

A man ahead of his time.

Breakthrough chemistry can make tires from renewable sources like corn or trees

A key molecule in tire production that's typically sourced from petroleum was made for the first time using biomass.

It's the fractal edges that make people see things in Rorschach inkblots

This famous psychological test might be outdated but that doesn't mean we can't learn from it.

Assessing the psychological profile of politicians definitely sounds like a good idea

Big corporations screen their executives for personality disorders. Why aren't we doing the same for politicians?

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