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This Simple Trick Can Make Your Coffee Taste Way Better, Says Physics

If you love pour-over coffee it could serve you well to change how you pour.

Scientists Found a 380-Million-Year-Old Trick in Velvet Worm Slime That Could Lead To Recyclable Bioplastic

Velvet worm slime could offer a solution to our plastic waste problem.

Earth’s Longest Volcanic Ridge May Be an Underwater Moving Hotspot

Scientists uncover surprising evidence that the Kerguelen hotspot, responsible for the 5,000-kilometer-long Ninetyeast Ridge, exhibited significant motion.

The flower from King Tut's tomb is flooding the internet but scientists say it's fake (thanks, reddit!)

The Egyptian blue lotus sold online isn't what you think. The real story behind this mythical plant is much more interesting though.

Microlightning in Water Droplets Could Have Sparked Life on Earth

New research suggests tiny electrical charges in water droplets could have fueled the chemical reactions that led to life.

Scientists Grow Diamonds at Atmospheric Pressure in Liquid Metal and It's a Game Changer

Synthetic diamonds aren't just for the deep Earth or mega high-pressure lab anymore.

What Do Ancient Egyptian Mummies Smell Like? "Woody", "Spicy" and Even "Sweet"

Scientists used an 'electronic nose' (and good old biological sniffers) to reveal the scents of ancient mummies.

Scientists Create a Material as Strong as Steel but Light as Styrofoam Using AI

Researchers create ultra-strong, lightweight carbon structures using AI and advanced manufacturing.

Scientists Crack the Secret to the Perfect Boiled Egg -- and It's Not What You Think

I mean, do you even have a mathematical model for your egg-boiling?

Self-healing Asphalt Could Prevent Potholes and Save Costs on Vehicle Repairs

Self-healing asphalt could save money, reduce emissions, and end the pothole plague.

This Futuristic Shape-Shifting 'Chainmail' Can Morph Between a Solid and a Liquid — and It’s Unlike Anything Ever Made

This chanmail-like material can morph and adapt like fluids or solids.

5 Everyday Products That Contain Hidden Lead—Are You at Risk?

Lead has made its way to not just your food but also to your lipstick and protein powder. Here's what we know.

Massive Piece of World’s Oldest Synthetic Pigment Discovered in Palace of Infamous Roman Emperor

Deep beneath Rome’s Domus Aurea, archaeologists have unearthed a rare ingot of Egyptian blue — the world’s first synthetic pigment.

New AI Blood Test with Lasers Finds Breast Cancer in Its Earliest Stage

For the first time, we have a diagnostic method that can detect breast cancer at stage 1a.

AI takes on whisky and it's doing just as well as the experts — if not better

Could AI outsniff human experts? Researchers have developed machine learning models that decode whisky aromas with remarkable accuracy,.

This New Catalyst Can Produce Ammonia from Air and Water at Room Temperature

Forget giant factories! A new portable device could allow farmers to produce ammonia right in the field, reducing costs, and emissions.

Astronauts will be making sake on the ISS — and a cosmic bottle will cost $650,000

Astronauts aboard the ISS are brewing more than just discoveries — they’re testing how sake ferments in space.

GeoPicture of the week: Biggest crystals in the world

Known as Cueva de los Cristales (Cave of Crystals), this hidden chamber in Mexico holds some of the largest natural crystals ever discovered. The translucent pillars, some as long as telephone poles and as wide as tree trunks, make for an eerie underground landscape, seemingly crafted by giants. But there’s no magic involved, just some […]

Pee-back time: Anti-Pee Paint Splashes Back at Public Urination

When man piss in wind, wind piss back, a modern Confucius states. In this line, the city of Hamburg ingeniously sought to address its growing public urination problem in the city's busy party center by painting walls with hydrophobic paint. Next time an unsuspecting person wants to take a load off in Hamburg's St. Pauli neighborhood, he might be in for a surprise - it'll splash back at him.

Mild Habaneros Are Here and They’re Packed With Flavor Without the Fire

Meet "Hotta Notta" and "Mild Things," the heat-free habaneros you've been seeking for decades.

Baseball's "rubbing mud" actually works — and science shows how

“It spreads like a skin cream and grips like sandpaper,” says

Could Spraying Diamonds into the Sky Be the Key to Cooling the Planet?

Nothing is more precious than our planet, and we must cool it fast. Scientists say this can be done by decorating the sky with diamonds.

Scientists create silk fiber that mimics Spider-Man’s web-slinging powers

This lab-made silk fiber can lift objects 80 times its weight.

This New Micronuclear Battery Could Last For Decades

Nuclear batteries offer a lifespan that lithium batteries can't match. But don't expect them powering consumer devices anytime soon.

The Pharaoh's Snake: A Chemical Reaction That Looks Like a Portal to Hell

Many chemical reactions are surprising, but this one is something else.

Scientists witness the tiniest water droplet forming out of oxygen and hydrogen atoms in real-time

In effect, these were the smallest bubbles ever seen — and they made sure to record it.

A yeast from Argentina's Patagonia could usher in a beer revolution

Beer is already undergoing big changes in the world. But we're only scratching the surface of what can be done.

Novel probiotics discovered in traditional Brazilian cheeses

Researchers want to take cheese making to the next level — and they've got the biotech for it.

Some old books have a toxic secret: they're bad for your health

Never judge a book by its cover because the cover might be poisonous.

This microorganism used for biofuel production is actually three species

The differences between the species are huge.

Engineers create truly green hydrogen gas using only seawater, soda cans, and caffeine

Most hydrogen is not green, but this one is. Plus, it can be produced on a moving vessel.

Scientists inch closer to forging element 120: the heaviest ever

Massive breakthrough in chemistry may lead to creating the coveted element 120.

These circuit boards turn into jelly so that you can recycle them again and again

Printed circuit boards made of a new type of plastic called vitrimer may solve our toxic e-waste problem to a great extent.

Unexpected elements discovered in alchemy lab of one of the fathers of modern astronomy

Scientists still aren't sure what to make of the substances found in the remnants of Tycho Brahe's demolished alchemy lab.

Octopus and squid pigment could make sunscreen for you and the environment

It's a win-win situation good for your skin and for corals.

This invisible mask removes 99.8% of germs from the air

Respiratory diseases are on the rise among industrial workers, and regular masks just don't cut it.

This startup is using dead leaves to make paper without cutting trees

The paper products emit nearly 80% less CO2 and use 15 less water than traditional paper.

This ancient community in Switzerland might have been egalitarian

Perhaps we may learn a thing or two from these people.

Scientists make 'no-melt' ice cream that stays solid for hours at room temperature

Scientists found that adding natural-occurring antioxidants dramatically reduces ice cream melting and dripping.

This Velcro-like Antibiotic Could Be the Key to Defeating Superbugs

New study reveals how an antibiotic can trap pathogenic bacteria like velcro.

Tattoo ink may cause blood cancer. Inked people have a 21% higher risk of lymphoma

Did you know tattooed people have a 21 percent higher chance of developing lymphoma?

Mysterious element Promethium forged by the Manhattan Project finally reveals its chemical properties

This chemical element has been one of the most difficult to study due to its high radioactivity and instability.

Scientists make diamonds from scratch in only 15 minutes

It takes over a billion years of high pressure cooking deep inside the Earth's mantle to make diamonds. But this synthetic variety took just a quarter of an hour to make.

Making cement and bricks out of the gemstone olivine could cut CO2 emissions by 11 percent

Cement and clay bricks could be replaced with olivine-based alternatives.

Meet Mammoth, the world’s largest vacuum that now sucks thousands of tons of carbon out of the air

We'll need many more such Mammoths if we're serious about climate change.

Sodium-ion hybrid batteries could recharge EVs in seconds

By combining traditional battery and supercapacitor tech, researchers have developed a super 'Frankenstein' battery that combines the best of both worlds.

Scientists make the first single-atom-thick sheet of gold. It's called 'goldene'

The new material could revolutionize catalysis and more.

This is the first fractal molecule in nature — the unexpected geometric artwork of evolution

Scientists discovered an enzyme in cyanobacteria that forms a Sierpiński triangle, revealing nature's first known molecular fractal.

Programmable metafluid changes its properties on demand

We've never seen something like this before.

Scientists brew the future with AI that 'tastes' Belgian beer to make it better

Belgian scientists use AI to predict and improve beer flavors.