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Music can be used to estimate political ideology to an "accuracy of 70%", researchers say

"Happy"

Facebook posts can be used to predict anxiety, depression, and even diabetes

One day, our social media history might play an important role in the doctor's office.

Bitcoin's energy consumption is the same as a small country

Did you know that Bitcoin is a significant contributor to global warming?

Researchers copy off of polar bear fur to create new, powerful insulator

Learning from the best.

Sustainable, edible straws made from wild grass are zero-waste alternative

To make things even better, the straws are also edible.

Simple meditation app can make people more attentive in less than two months, new study finds

An 'East meets West' success story.

Why are people more likely to get sick or die from flu during winter months?

Low humidity might be what's causing flu outbreaks during the winter.

NASA wants you to take photos of trees -- to see how much carbon they can store

Help NASA by looking at trees.

Robots and AI can help us better understand deep sea species, study reports.

We're fishing for information in the deep seas.

It's official: Magic the Gathering is the world's most complicated game

Boasting rights for MTG players.

Iceland researchers trap CO2 into rocks -- but there's a catch

This could be a big part of the battle against climate change.

Researchers 3D print a miniature heart -- using a patient's own cells

Yes, scientists 3D-printed a heart.

New research produces a viable, biodegradable alternative to plastic

This might help us clamp down on plastic pollution.

How AI is already influencing our shopping

It's already impacting our lives.

What the aviation industry is doing to reduce carbon emissions

Unfortunately, the answer is 'probably not enough'.

Transparent wood might become tomorrow's new wonder material

Tomorrow's windows might be made from wood -- transparent, energy-storing wood.

NASA's new futuristic airplane wing could revolutionize flight

This is a whole new way of designing plane wings.

Turing Award goes to 'Godfathers of AI'

For conceptual and engineering breakthroughs that have made deep neural networks a critical component of computing.

3D printers weave wearable electronics into clothing

The technology is compatible with existing 3D printers.

Chip combining CRISPR and graphene can detect genetic mutations in minutes

The marriage of these two technologies can only mean something great is in store.

New AI turns simple doodles into photorealistic landscapes -- within seconds

The future is here, and it looks absolutely amazing.

Sticks and stones will break your bones, then this new cellulose aerogel will heal them

Nifty.

Youtube will show fact checking for sensitive topics like vaccination

Youtube will start showing “information boxes” — brief fact-checking bits that debunk some of the most common and dangerous scientific misconceptions. In some areas, Youtube is already showing this type of box for conspiracy theories; now, it will be expanding it to other types of sensitive topics like vaccination. The feature is currently available in India, […]

Facebook to start limiting the spread of vaccine misinformation

These are still baby steps, but they're baby steps in the right direction.

Slightly-tweaked microbe could create plastics from a common plant waste material

Lignin’ on a dream!

First Crew Dragon launch and docking a success for SpaceX

These are exciting times for SpaceX

Knitting our way into the future: how a centuries-old practice can revolutionize material science

We rarely think about it, but knitting is an incredibly complex phenomenon -- one that researchers are trying to use to design better materials.

MIT's newest, diminutive robot can do backflips and outrun you in every single way

It's cool, it's small, it can do a backflip off the wall.

You can't make up for lost sleep on the weekend -- not if you want to stay healthy

Sorry, college freshmen.

New upcycling process for PET could finally nudge us into cleaning the seas

I do like cleaner seas.

New design hotfix could make artificial leaves better than actual leaves

I can hardly beleaf it!

A brief look at how the idea of elevators came up

They really are an underappreciated invention -- it took a lot of work!

Shame, not guilt, makes us consumed by our secrets

Your secrets are safe with you, but you're not safe with them.

Steam Power Might Help in Space Exploration

NASA is funding a steam-powered spacecraft.

Ingenious new technique shows Mars' Mount Sharp to be very porous

Yay for creative science!

China's censorship battle is exporting the "Great Firewall"

China's new "Great Wall" is virtual, but even more impactful than the first one.

Mermaids offer a rare view of our oceans' subsurface

These are not your average mermaids, however.

GO dough stands poised to bring graphene and its awesome properties into your life

Graphene, more like gra-fine, right guys?

Researcher devise 'metallic wood' that's stronger than titanium but could float on water

"The reason we call it metallic wood is not just its density, which is about that of wood, but its cellular nature," says lead author James Pikul.

China's coal mines emit more methane despite policy aimed at reducing emissions

These measures "failed to produce a detectable decrease or decline in methane emissions associated with coal production," the team writes.

Now computers are also beating us at Starcraft

Training computers to beat humans at war-like strategy games. What could go wrong.

Scientists use nano-ink to 3D print color-changing cup

Talk about a surprising change!

Paleontologists discovered a new species of ancient shark -- and it was so, so tiny

"[Its] teeth are the size of a sand grain. Without a microscope you'd just throw them away," says one of its discoverers.

Perturbations in Saturn's rings reveal how long a day is on the gas giant

Can I have weekdays in Saturn-days and weekends in Earth-days?

Engineers study the in-depth structure of wings to make better adhesive materials

"We believe that these structures could serve as inspiration for an interlocking one-directional adhesive or a material with directionally tailored permeability," the team said.

Your brain pays more attention to objects it knows are small -- no matter how large they seem

Want more attention? Science says, be smaller.

Police officers face and dole out more violence when their weapons aren't concealed

Even with non-lethal weapons.

Yes, a quantum internet is possible, new study shows

This is seriously cool.

Look at all these faces. None of them are real -- they were created by an AI

Un-real.

New AI solves most Captcha codes, potentially causing a "huge security vulnerability"

Please prove that you are human.

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