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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.

Humor and acceptance oust conflict and bickering in long-time marriages

The old that is strong does not wither!

New deep-water microbes have the skills to help fight climate change

Unexpected but not unwelcome!

Orangutans can 'talk' about the past and the future, study suggests

We used to believe this is a human-only perk.

Most people tend to mirror their mother's number of romantic partners

Turns out most of us are just like our mothers.

Rising seas might mean more coral reef islands -- if we don't murder all the corals

We might get more 'exotic' if we dial down on the 'extinction'.

Car-centric suburbs seem to promote right-wing politics and resistance to change

Huh.

Australia opens first off-the-grid, solar-powered classroom, using Tesla battery

It's still early days, but this is a promising technology.

Whole Shakespeare collection hidden inside a single tweet

Shakespeare-ception.

Novel approach to identifying flavor molecules poised to make fermented goods even more delicious

Taste trumps all!

Young kids are exposed to many app advertisements, new study reports

This is worrying news.

Bitcoin could nudge global warming past 2°C

More cryptocurrencies, more problems.

Wasp-inspired micro-drone can tug 40 times its own weight

This microdrone packs a lot of muscle.

NASA tries to fix Hubble problem by switching it off and on again

Hi, have you tried switching it off and on again?

Cheap CubeSat snaps first images of Mars

While this isn't a remarkable achievement in itself, it shows that CubeSats are a viable technology for interplanetary missions.

Synthetic wood is fire and water resistant

It's also as crush-resistant as natural wood.

How the black widow spins her steel-strong silk web

One cannot overstate the potential impact on materials and engineering, researchers say.

Scientists develop self-lubricating, smart condoms

An innovation which will make a lot of people happyier.

Novel video shows what drone impacts can do to planes. Spoiler alert: it's very, very bad

That's... surprisingly damaging!

Lab-tailored enzyme shows promise as a new and powerful treatment against tobacco addiction

Science to the rescue.

New 3D-printing process creates ligaments, tendons for transplant -- paves the way for replacement organs

Print me a new me, please. Make me taller, too.

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