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There's a disease that makes you hallucinate little people -- and it's as bizarre as it sounds

This is one weird disease, and it has killed people before.

Machine learning tool 99% accurate at spotting early signs of Alzheimer's in the lab

That's one job the robots can take, then.

Swedish company produces the first slab of steel that didn't require any coal

We've come a long way from peat furnaces and bog iron.

This ivermectin bullshit has got to stop

Not taking a vaccine, but taking unproven horse dewormer is not doing anyone any favors.

Indigenous and local communities are key for nature conservation

If we want to protect the environment we have to engage these communities.

The crowd can do as good a job spotting fake news as professional fact-checkers -- if you group up enough people

"Quantity has a quality all its own" is an infamous quote, but it's not wrong.

The family of hand-standing skunks just got bigger

There's more to these adorable acrobats than meets the eye.

Hubble finds blue space sword formation piercing through the sky

Hubble does not disappoint.

This smart T-shirt uses carbon to double as a heart monitor

The world of smart clothes is upon us.

Human activities are driving wild trees species to extinction

There's still time to save the trees -- but we need to act quickly

Air pollution is reducing our life expectancy by more than two years

Air pollution kills more people than car collisions, smoking, or AIDS.

Oil spill from Syria is close to hitting Cyprus' shores

Hopefully, everyone will be banding together and doing their utmost best to tackle this spill.

Raptor birds around the world are in decline, as they struggle with habitat loss and poisoned foods

It’s a global problem, affecting over half of all species.

China releases stunning Mars photos to celebrate 100 days on the red planet

The mission seems to be going according to plan.

The next innovative material for clothes? How about muscles

Synthetic biology could make clothes from a very unexpected material.

Berlin universities cut meat from menus to reduce greenhouse gas emissions

Guten Appetit!

The era of leaded gasoline is officially over - and it's a big deal

Next, it's time for the EV's to roll out

All-female team highlights mysteries from a peculiar solar storm

They call it the 2019 International Women’s Day event.

Mass fake resume study reveals scale of systematic racial discrimination in the U.S. labor market

Resumes penned by very White-sounding names like Jake or Molly were called for interviews more often than otherwise identical resumes signed by very Black-sounding names like Malick and Aaliyah.

Your brain is cleaning itself while you're dreaming, new research suggests

Keep it squeaky clean, everybody!

Our brains fire up their 'prediction engine' when faced with uncertainty -- at least with music

They just hate not knowing what’s coming.

This is how tardigrades walk -- and it's cooler than you think

They walk a bit like insects... but why do they even walk at all?

A teacher took her mask off to read something out loud. Half of her class got COVID-19

A reminder that we still have a long way to come to be rid of this pandemic

Greenland expedition discovers world's northernmost island by accident

It's formed by soil and rock left behind by glaciers.

The James Webb telescope is now ready to be shipped

It's one of the most exciting projects in modern science -- and it's ready to hit the stage.

Dangerous Hurricane Ida strikes Louisiana on Katrina anniversary

Climate change is increasing the chance of dangerous hurricanes.

We need a simpler way to talk about climate change

There's too much jargon and people are getting confused.

Natural immunity from COVID infection is stronger than vaccine immunity, massive study in Israel finds

This shouldn't be taken as a licence to get infected on purpose.

Fossil Friday: ancient roots show how trees came to be

“So many dramatic changes occurred at that time as a result of those original forests that basically, the world has never been the same since,” scientists said.

Fukushima's radioactive wastewater to be dumped into the ocean through a tunnel

Construction of the tunnel will start next year, after feasibility studies are carried out.

Those suffering from migraines could be at lesser risk for diabetes

Peptides causing migraines also affect insulin production, according to a new study.

Astronomers discover 'Hycean' planets that may support life

Although they're much larger and hotter than Earth, these Hycean worlds may have oceans that could host microbial life.

LED street lights may be decimating insect populations

This could have a cascading effect on other wildlife that depend on insects for food.

Batman cloak-like chainmail switches from flexible to tough on command

When jammed, the chainmail particles stiffen into a fabric that can support a load 50 times its weight.

What's the evolutionary explanation for homosexuality? Ironically, genes that help people make more babies may be involved

The same gene variants that may give people a reproductive edge with the opposite sex are associated with same-sex behavior.

What makes ants remarkable diggers? It's all about physics, study finds

When they are together, they work like a single unit, protecting their colony

Police-seized fossils in Brazil belong to exceptionally preserved flying reptile

The large head-crested pterosaur employed a terrestrial foraging style, similar to today's peacocks.

Barnacle-inspired glue can seal wounds in seconds, save lives

It can adhere to surfaces even when they are covered with blood, which makes it a game changer

The first climate change famine is here: Madagascar is desperate

Hunger is driving people to eat raw cactus, wild leaves and locusts.

China's ethnic cleansing could prevent 4.5 million Uyghur births by 2040. Researchers say this is genocide

Evidence so far points to actions of genocide against Uyghur people in Xinjiang by Chinese authorities, according to a new study.

Top economists in no rush to offer cash incentives for vaccination

Money is probably not the way to get people vaccinated.

Astronomers discover the fastest orbiting asteroid

The asteroid 2021 PH27 is the closest asteroid to the Sun with a surface temperature hot enough to melt lead and completes an orbit in just 113 days.

Purple bacteria turn sewage into hydrogen fuel

Purple is the new black.

Green areas, especially woodlands, are key for children's development

Cities have many upsides -- but some are nature’s alone.

Rattlesnakes modulate their tail wagging to make you think they're closer than they are

Actually, I'm not mad at all. Thank you, snakebros.

Physicists make 2-D supersolid that flows without friction, a world first

It's like an ice cube flowing on water without friction.

Ancient turtle embryo preserved inside thick, tough egg

Turtle eggs are usually small and fragile -- but this one was big and tough.

Highly venomous sea snakes may be attacking scuba divers as a mating behavior

Olive sea snakes may charge at human divers because they mistake them for rival males or potential mates.

Social isolation can lead to overeating and under-sleeping -- if you're a fruit fly

But we may be very similar to the flies in this regard.

Russian space junk knocks out Chinese satellite

The Russians apparently have been unintentionally playing the galactic version of bumper cars. It has been reported that the Chinese satellite Yunhai 1-02 broke apart into several pieces in March after it whacked into space junk from part of a Russian Zenit-2 rocket. Harvard astronomer Jonathan McDowell spotted the wreckage recently in a data log […]