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Malaria-bearing mosquitoes are evolving insecticide-resistant feet

But we now know how to stop it.

Mineral never before seen in nature is discovered in a meteorite from 1951

A rare form of an iron-carbide mineral was found by researchers

Deep-water fishery makes a comeback in a rare conservation success story

Bottom trawler fishermen are reinventing themselves in a sustainable way

Are Beavers Nature’s “Little Firefighters”?

It’s about dam time: Beavers are acknowledged for their firefighting skills in five recent blazes.

The neuroscience of the Christmas cheer ‘emotion’

It is, for many of us, the most wonderful time of the year. “Christmas cheer” is that thing which is often referred to by those who believe December really is the season to be jolly. It’s that feeling of joy, warmth and nostalgia people feel when the jingle bells start jingling. But what is the […]

Lizard-like 309-million-year-old fossil is oldest evidence of parenting

Even in times that pre-dated the dinosaurs, many creatures cared for their young.

Tomorrow's fossils will be human skeletons "lined up in rows," domestic animals, and not much else

"The future mammal record will be mostly cows, pigs, sheep, goats, dogs, cats, etc., and people themselves," the authors note.

A clock error spoiled NASA's Christmas mission -- but the craft just landed, safe and sound

The mission was a bust -- but we got the spaceship back!

In the Earth's core, it's snowing iron

Seasonally appropriate news.

Sponge based on common mattress foam could clean up oil spills

A coated polyurethane foam could become an indispensible tool in our oil cleanup kit.

How asbestos makes people sick

Asbestos is a really useful mineral but it's also incredibly dangerous to handle.

Americans have big misperceptions on climate change, new survey shows

People recognize the climate crisis but fail to understand key elements

The Amazon is facing its tipping point, scientists warn

The region could turn into a savanna in just a few decades

Scientists find 'epilepsy demon' in 2,700-year-old clay tablet

Ancient cultures have always associated epilepsy with some religious intervention.

Netherlands' Supreme Court forces government to act on climate change

Dutch government will have to cut emissions by at least 25% by 2020

Mainland Spain ran a full day without burning coal

The plan is to go fully-renewable by 2050.

More atmospheric CO2 could reduce cognitive ability, especially in children

Students could see a 50% decline in cognitive capacity by 2100 if CO2 emissions don't drop.

Most people think they're doing more for the environment than everyone else -- but that's not how averages work

Ironically, it makes us put in less and less effort.

Australia's heatwave breaks all-time temperature record for the second day straight

Combination of drought, fires and high temperatures create a problematic scenario

E. coli can be modified to eat carbon dioxide

It's a small step for bacteria, and potentially a very large step for mankind.

Oldest fossilized forest discovered under New York

The 386-million-year-old forest marked a massive transition in the planet's history from sparce vegetation to lush tropical forests.

Did a study claim there's no link between eggs and cholesterol? It might be biased

Studies funded by the egg industry downplay negative results

Better diets could save billions in U.S. health care costs

Eating well is good for you and the national budget.

Mathematicians crack Newton's three-body problem

For three and a half centuries, the three-body-problem has given mathematicians headaches. Now, a new study is bringing us one step closer to solving it.

This algorithm lets you delete water from underwater photos

Underwater photography is spectacular enough. But what if we could make it even more amazing?

China's changing diet is increasing air pollution - and leading to more premature deaths

More people are eating meat in China, leading to farmers using more fertilizers.

Scientists devise tiny robot insects that can't be crushed by a flyswatter

The soft robots are propelled by hair-thin artificial muscles.

One in two American adults could be obese by 2030 -- and one in four severely obese

"Prevention is going to be key to better managing this epidemic," the authors explain.

Password meters may actually help make your data less secure by offering 'misleading' advice

'Password1!' isn't a good password.

First human ancestor to walk on two legs made its final stand in Java

A new investigation suggests that Homo erectus survived on Indonedian island long enough to overlap with our own species, Homo sapiens.

LGBTQ+ academics face widespread harassment in astronomy

A staggering 21% of LGBTQPAN women and gender non-conforming participants claimed they were physically harassed in their workplace.

Mars gets auroras almost every day -- it's just that we can't see them

Martian auroras are linked to water loss on the red planet's surface, which is why the connection is quite important to scientists.

Earth's magnetic North Pole is now officially moving towards Siberia

The planet's magnetic north pole is shifting at an alarming rate. Luckily, our magnetic model has received a much needed update.

Australia records its hottest day ever -- while burning from a thousand bushfires

A nationwide average temperature of 40.9 degrees Celsius this Tuesday set a new record for the land down under.

The single parrot native to the US extinguished strictly because of humans

The colorful bird got extinct in 1918, surprising many

Cutting down trees and planting new ones is wrecking the soil

Continuously cutting down forests and planting new ones is deplenting the soils of crucial minerals, new analysis shows.

Ancient Dane's life reconstructed from 5,700-year-old chewing gum

The early Neolithic female was a hunter-gather

Frank Force wins Best Illusion of 2019 award with a simple, but effective shape

I know what he's doing, but it still works.

US Congress agrees to fund gun control research for the first time in decades

It's about time American lawmakers treat gun violence as the publich health crisis that it truly is.

Obesity and undernutrition now come together -- over 1 in 3 poor and middle-income countries struggle with both

You can starve on too much food.

Small journals maintain the business of large journals – the scientific semiperiphery

Can the business of large journals benefit from the existence of smaller journals?

People are less likely to catch common cold if they're already infected with influenza

Understanding how these distinct viruses hinder each other could be useful to improve forecasting models that predict respiratory disease outbreaks and strategies for controlling disease spread.

CHEOPS launch postponed due to 'Software Error'

The launch of the ESA’s CHEOPS satellite has been postponed as a result of a software error, reports the University of Bern.

Astronomers map the surface of a pulsar for the first time

A new mapped the surface of a pulsar, and it may cause astronomers to rewrite their textbooks.

Global climate summit ends in failure. But the fight is not over

An alliance of fossil fuel-loving countries (boasting the US, Russia, Australia, Brazil, and Saudi Arabia) stood against the world, fighting against real climate action.

Tasty moths try to evade predators -- unappetizing moths don't really bother

Moths that employ chemical defenses aren't in a hurry to avoid predatory bats.

AI is outpacing Moore's Law

AI performance is doubling nearly every 3 months, a new report shows.

In 2019, Brazil cut down twice as much of the Amazon as it did in the previous year

All in all, some 563 square kilometers (217 square miles) of forest were cut down in November.

The Escazú Agreement wants to protect environmental human rights in Latin America -- but not everyone is on board

The agreement could help to protect environmental leaders in Latin America.

There may be a second black hole at the center of our galaxy

Astronomers think that the Milky Way's supermassive black hole may have a companion -- and that could teach us more about how galaxies form and evolve.