The carbon trapped there is equivalent to 20 years worth of U.S. emissions.

The trains consume as much electricity as all Dutch households.

Physics just got way cooler.

For some preschoolers, the line between hero and villain can be blurry.

Our humble satellite just got a heck of a lot more interesting.

Human ingenuity knows no limit.

And things are about to get even more exciting.

This will make you feel insignificant.

No matter what they chose to put in their mouths, both meat-eating and vegetarian athletes performed equally well.

The longer a sound wave takes to transverse the trunk, the more decayed the tree is.

Researchers say these chimps have a 'drinking culture'.

Newly discovered growth factors can regenerate the skin once a wound heals, instead of forming scars.

Profanity and honesty go hand in hand.

A new study seems to suggest that an old but controversial hypothesis may be true. Humans might have first arrived...

Being aggressive to people around you can enhance mood after feeling rejected. You should know better, though.

According to this study, teenage brains are more flexible.

One city in China registered an air quality index of 999, which is literally off the charts.

This was actually very challenging to pinpoint.

Synesthesia can put some very unusual things into the 'mind's eye'.

This molecule doesn't play by the rules.

The planet is still warming , and fast.

Is gun violence contagious?

Seriously, don't.

It's the 79th organ in the human body.

Unlike birds, dinosaurs spent a lot of time incubating their eggs.

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A famous lake in Venezuela is where you'll find the most zaps per unit area.

The new year kicked off with a historic pilot program in Finland.

The Soviet Santa is a lot more badass, I'll give him that.

We now have a new weapon against the malaria-causing parasite.

Every day in this man's life seemed to have been remarkable.

Better late than never.

When you're lying and not lying at the same time.

The improvement is simply astonishing.

At the end of the day, flying is still the safest mean to travel.

Our early ancestors may have comprised social groups similar to those seen in gorillas today.

It's been a wonderful year for solar in the U.S.

We all feel like drilling a hole inside our skulls sometimes, but the Inca literally meant it.

It's that easy.

Some are concerned that the new administration will destroy vital data on climate change.

Now, that's a handshake!

The 'roof of the world' is on fire.

Don't go overboard with tonight's dinner, though.

Next level cooling right here.

This badger-like creature did not budge easily -- one tough mammal!

A picture a thousand 'smoking kills' words.

Hunting is still a thing in the 21 century, and we risk losing hundreds of species because of it.

A monkey could speak just as well as you or me, were it to have the dedicated neural machinery.

Though smallpox is now extinct, we need to learn about the origin of the virus.