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Cooking actually accounts for a lot of our emissions. Here's how that could be improved

Changing cooking methods can make a real difference.

Novel anti-malaria drug can flush the parasite out of hiding with a single pill

The Food and Drug Administration recently gave the green light for the first new malaria drug in 60 years.

Venus may still be volcanically active

"If Venus is indeed active today, it would make a great place to visit," said researchers,

Remember Chernobyl? A new waterway could bring nuclear runoff back to the surface

The waterway would fo from Poland to Ukraine and it would be Europe's longest one

The Secret Science of Santa

ZME Science delves into a timely Yuletide investigation of the science that enables Santa to deliver Christmas to millions of children across the globe. If you thought it was magic, think again.

Could this be the oldest galaxy in the universe?

If galaxies were human, GN-z11 would want you to get off its lawn.

2020: A Year in Space

Despite the global pandemic that has brought much of the world to a grinding halt, space scientists have continued to push the boundaries of our knowledge throughout 2020.

Flower trapped in amber reveals new fossil species

It had an interesting, spiral-like arrangement.

Over half of the tidal marshes on the Hudson River were created accidentally -- that could be a good thing

The accidental creation of tidal marshes could offer resilience to the area, researchers say.

Mollusks are the most plastic-filled seafood in the world

Bad news for sushi.

Musical hips: Doctors literally hear music while checking a patient's pulse

Quite possibly the weirdest ham radio flex in medical history.

The most adorable study of the year shows how dogs recognize each other

All study participants were good girls and boys.

Numb and Nope obstruct vaccine efforts

Two imps want to trip up scientists as they chase pandemic solutions to save lives. Experts say we can’t let the imps win.

Diamondback terrapin threatened by traffickers, new report notes

Want a little speckled turtle? Forget it. They're adorable but endangered.

PTSD seems to be tied to gene expression changes in the brain

Still a ways to go, but it’s an important step.

Amateur astronomer discovered a new sungrazing comet during last week's eclipse

Sadly, it met its end in the Sun's corona.

Upheaval at Google signals pushback against biased algorithms and unaccountable AI

AIs appear to systematically disadvantage minorities and economically marginalised people.

Rivers can change colors as time passes, and this is linked to ecosystem health

Some US waterways have become greener and others yellower, but overall many have changed.

Groundbreaking treatment could cure dwarfism in children, but there are some risks

While the condition isn't necessarily something that needs to be 'cured', having a potential treatment would be useful.

The best gadgets and robots of 2020

This has been one heck of a year, that's for sure. Just look at this robot dog.

Robot workspace to get human touch remotely

Assemble, stitch, fasten, box, seal, ship. Wait, what can get done if assemblers, stitchers, and the others are staying at home?

57,000-year-old wolf pup mummy found in Yukon permafrost

The mummy may help scientists retrace the migrations of wolves across Europe, Asia, and North America.

To the bitter end: primates can also fall into the sunken cost fallacy

Giving up is how you win, sometimes.

These are some of the most awesome wildlife photos of 2020

A visual reminder of how beautiful and intriguing nature's creatures can be.

Researchers develop new tool to help regrow burned-down forests

We all need some help every now and then.

We probably aren't the first civilization in the Milky Way. It's just that the others are dead

A new study suggests that it is likely that other civilizations have existed before us in the Milky Way -- before they annihilated themselves.

Giant iceberg A-68a scrapes seafloor and breaks into two. Its current trajectory is unknown

It's currently drifting towards Georgia, US.

Coronavirus new variant – genomics researcher answers key questions

Here's what we know so far.

Blood pressure drug also improves alcohol withdrawal symptoms

A drug with a long history for treating blood pressure and prostate problems is also affective against alcohol withdrawal.

The most important news on the environment, climate and energy of 2020

It's been quite the year.

Poverty line shmoverty line: Backed by AI, researchers want a new way to measure poverty

The 'poverty line' concept is outdated and counterproductive.

Rare 'turtle tsunami' captured on film by conservationists

The giant South American river turtle takes 'safety in numbers' very seriously.

Wildfire smoke can carry microbes that cause infectious diseases, researchers find

There's no such thing as 'clean' smoke, microbes can survive in it.

NASA says a gargantuan supermassive black hole is somehow missing

The hunt is on for black hole with up 100 billion solar masses that is nowhere to be found.

The food industry is skewing research, but we're onto them now

Oh, food, don't betray me too!

Fossil Friday: Adalatherium, the largest mammal to run with the dinosaurs

To be honest it probably ran away from them, not with them.

Breathtaking underwater photographs document the hidden lives of humpback whales

An Australian artist has captured graceful photos of humpbacks and compiled them to in a enchanting book.

A second wave is looming over Africa. A locust second wave, that is

UN says more funding is required to help the most-affected countries and avoid widespread famine.

No-meat diets won't fix the climate -- too many poor countries can't adopt them

The choice between feeding your family and saving the climate isn’t easy to make -- but it will always go the first way.

Scientists report unusual seismic activity in Antarctica: over 30,000 tremors

The earthquakes range from 0.9 to 5.6 magnitude and took place from August to November.

New projections warn that Greenland's ice sheet will see 60% more melt than we've estimated

That’s a high margin of error.

Brain-eating amoeba infections expanding to Northern U.S.

Climate change may have contributed to the spread of infections in Kansas, Minnesota, Indiana, and other states farther north.

Astronomers find two failed stars wandering the universe together

Astronomers have discovered an exotic binary system consisting of two brown dwarfs orbiting each other.

Amazon's plastic packaging waste could encircle the globe 500 times

Most of the packaging isn't recycled and ends up in the ocean.

European rivers are fragmented by over one million barriers

Healthy rivers are flowing rivers, say researchers.

People are increasingly turning to nature to cope with the pandemic and improve their wellbeing

Nature can be an important ally in these trying times.

Human facial expressions may be universal across cultures, AI study found

Smiling at weddings and frowning at funerals seem to be natural across the world.

This hurricane season was so intense scientists ran out of names for storms

It's been a rought year in more than one way.

What's killing people around the world

Forget the scourge of COVID-19 for a moment to check out findings of all deaths in a recent report from WHO.

Ocean warming is a wrecking ball for coral reef systems. This researcher wants to understand it all

There's no simple solution to this problem.