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In the stone-age people recycled flint on purpose to produce precision blades

Second-hand flint, ironically, was more of a precision implement that fresh flint.

Humans may have migrated across several routes in Asia

Climate change can sometimes open up new opportunities -- and ancient humans knew that well.

Chimps also love to eat crabs, new study shows

This isn't the only thing that surprised researchers.

Scientists zoom-in on the effects of air pollution at the molecular level

Air pollution triggers a cascade of molecular changes inside the body.

Research uncovered new, surprising melting patterns beneath the Ice Ross Shelf

Sometimes, you just have to look at individual trees to understand the forest.

AI can create convincing talking head from a single picture or painting

AI is getting weirder by the day.

Many of the world's waterways exceed safe levels of antibiotic substances -- by a lot

Basically, this is boot camp for training antibiotic-resistant bacteria.

Researchers find 'Forbidden Planet' orbiting closer to its parent star than we thought it could

It's so close that it shouldn't be able to retain an atmosphere. And yet it does.

A hotter Arctic means more extreme weather elsewhere on the globe

This helps us understand how climate change can cause more extreme weather -- both hot and cold.

Comet-inspired reactor could create oxygen for astronauts

Comets seem to release molecular oxygen all the time -- and some scientists have recreated the process on Earth.

Elephant poaching is going down, but we need more action

It's good news, just not *very* good news.

New law would require all Phillipino students to plant 10 trees to graduate

What do you think about this idea?

Scientists figure out how turbulent fluids make order from chaos

It's a problem Richard Feynman also addressed.

Two new dinosaurs found in Thailand are smaller, cuter, but still deadly cousins of the T. Rex

They might also rewrite the history of megaraptors as we know them.

For the first time, researchers show what an electron actually looks like

Electrons are weird, but we're starting to understand them a bit better.

Scientists in India find new type of viper -- and it looks stunning

A beautiful snake of which we know very little.

Weightlifting may improve sleep quality and anxiety in PTSD patients

Another study finds that physical activity improves PTSD symptoms.

Evolution: What is it? How does it work?

Nature has a way of pressuring creatures to adapt to their environments over generations.

African green monkeys howling at drones teach us about the evolution of language

Before there was the word, there was the meaning of sound.

Researchers film bacteria sharing antibiotic resistance in real time -- and find a potential fix

How can bacteria produce proteins when faced with a protein-production-impairing drug? We found out.

How megafauna and humans shaped the apple's domestication

The apple is not your typical fruiting tree.

The 'Age of Man' is upon us -- Anthropocene period close to becoming official

We are living in changing times.

Duo of engineers are working on a kit to test your stress levels at home

Hands up if you think you'd get the maximum result!

AI fail: Chinese driver gets fine for scratching his face

Uhm, what now?

Baby sharks eat land-based songbirds

Baby shark, doo doo doo doo doo doo -- eats birds.

Solar plasma observations bring us one step closer to stable fusion generators

We're basically copying off of Nature.

Wild chimpanzees learned how to crack open tortoises -- and they're sharing the knowledge among themselves

Cracking open a turtle-y one with the boys.

New electricity-based method to produce hydrogen could slash 1% of the world's CO2 emissions

1% might sound small, but taken on a planetary level -- it's a whole lot.

Huge underwater eruption created giant volcano off the coast of Africa

This is one of the most exciting volcanic areas in the world.

The man who is ageing too fast

Nobuaki Nagashima has Werner syndrome, which causes his body to age at super speed.

Study finds distinct microbes living near corals

Each coral species has a distinct microbial population, researchers found.

New method preserves vaccines without refrigeration

Vaccines stored in thin sheets of sugar survived for months exposed to temperatures of 40°C.

Researchers create fuel from water, CO2, and artificial photosynthesis

The technology isn't yet ready for the market -- but it's not far off, either.

Climate warming is definitely, for sure, no doubt about it, our fault, says new study

More like "yet another new study."

Farmers actually work more than hunter-gatherers, have less leisure time

Toil all day, very little pay.

Scientists pinpoint China as major source of banned ozone-depleting chemicals

A mysterious and alarming uptick in dangerous chlorine-based chemicals has been tracked down to eastern China.

The first fungi may be a billion years old

Extraordinary microfossils found in Canada could reshape our understanding of life.

Algeria and Argentina are now malaria-free

The two countries join many others who have recently eliminated malaria from within their borders.

Medicinal plants used in the Civil War can stomp our modern antibiotic-resistant germs

Old tricks, new ways to implement them.

When faced with high gravity, cells get "thicker skin" by strengthening their membranes

Unlike humans, who seem to develop it under pressure.

This AI sounds just like Joe Rogan -- and the possibilities are disturbing

Impressive and scary at the same time. Brace yourself for a new era of fraud.

Polyamorous relationships may be more fullfilling than monogamous ones (for a time at least)

The best of both worlds -- but is it that simple?

Supermarkets in Thailand start using leaves as packaging instead of plastic

It's sustainable both environmentally and economically.

Could a combination of drug therapy and stem cells reverse type 2 diabetes?

Scientists are looking for the most effective way to tackle diabetes.

Why people are so easily convinced by high-class, yet incompetent people

The problem is that most people confuse overconfidence with competence.

Solar wind plus moon soil plus meteorite impacts create water on the Moon, researchers report

Can't the Moon just go to the tap like the rest of us?

Karen Uhlenbeck officially receives the Abel Prize -- the first woman ever to do so

We need more kings awarding prizes to people in STEM.

Ravens can transmit negative emotions from one another, just like humans

Ravens can get emotionally down from contact with other 'moody' ravens.

Chernobyl has turned into a thriving habitat for hundreds of species

The environmental pressure generated by humans is larger than a nuclear explosion -- a revealing vision of the type of impact we're having on the world.

One research team proposes swapping atmospheric methane for CO2, and it might be a good idea

It's not the best solution, but it could help.