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NASA spacecraft beams back first image from inside the Sun's atmosphere

We have a spacecraft inside the sun's atmosphere -- take that in for a moment.

An ant colony has memories that its individual members don’t have

The whole is larger than the sum of the parts.

More evidence showing that flu vaccination lowers risk of death in heart failure patients

Flu vaccines also offer protection against heart failure.

Scientists break record for superconductivity at cozy Arctic temperatures

We're nearing a breakthrough moment!

Sharing a plate helps with both love and work

"Basically, every meal that you're eating alone is a missed opportunity to connect to someone," the authors say.

Giant marsupial predator was "unlike any living animal"

It was a fierce beast.

Megalodon may have been warm-blooded -- and this may have ultimately doomed the huge predator

The largest fish in history may have been doomed by its active metabolism that couldn't keep up with a tough ice age.

NOAA's annual report says 2018 was the "second-warmest year on record" in the Arctic

Could I have some ice with this? Oh... oh wait.

Yes, the Trump administration really pitched coal at a climate conference

Well... this is awkward.

Being empathetic might put you at risk of relapsing as a coping mechanism

With great empathy comes great stress as well!

Older people believe their own lies

We're still not sure what lying does to the brain.

Dracula ants have the fastest body parts known to man: their jaws

After all, they are called Dracula ants.

Passive sun-powered device turns water into superheated steam

It could be a game changer.

Here's why you should never eat raw cookie dough

It's delicious, sure -- but cook it before you eat it.

Voyager 2 enters interstellar space

Take me with you!

Shamans were the first professional class in human history

"Sorry, we can't hire you, you don't have the qualifications."

People aged 70 and over who exercise regularly have the bodies of 40-year-olds

It's never too late to start exercising -- and the results are impressive.

City frogs are more attractive than their countriside cousins, new study shows

Female frogs like city boys, a new study finds.

Helium exoplanet inflates like a balloon

Helium was predicted to be one of the most common elements of exoplanets, but was only recently observed for the first time.

Contrary to 'propaganda' myths, migrants are actually good for a country's health and economy, new study reports

Think migrants are bad? Think again, science says.

After millions of tests, researchers find the most promising compounds against malaria

This is far from being a final drug, but it's still extremely exciting.

China launches new rover aimed for the dark side of the moon

The natural satellite, not the 1973 album by Pink Floyd. Sadly.

Research identifies a gene that makes our brains (and those of primates) unique

Smarts, we got'em!

Researchers repurpose wasp venom peptides as antibiotics

Finally, a use for wasps.

InSight beams back first recording of Martian wind

It sounds like a flapping flag.

Archaeologists find 50,000 year-old tiara, made from wooly mammoth ivory

It's still beautiful to this day.

WHO says tackling climate change will reduce infectious diseases and save millions of lives

Countries need to account for health in all cost-benefit analyses of climate change mitigation.

Nutritional study taking a jab at "Joy of Cooking" withdrawn -- among many others

There's still some joy in cooking.

Novel AI can master games like chess and Go by itself, no humans needed

How do you spell "checkmate" in binary?

Microplastics found in the guts of all sea turtles across the oceans

More than 100 turtles were tested -- all had synthetic fibers in their guts.

Scientists find oldest evidence of black plague in 5,000-year-old human remains

The remains of a 20-year-old woman found in Sweden may help scientists retrace the origin of the deadly disease.

252 million years ago, climate change nearly wiped out life on Earth; something similar is happening today

If this sounds a bit alarming... it should.

New AI solves most Captcha codes, potentially causing a "huge security vulnerability"

Please prove that you are human.

Christmas dinner launched towards the ISS

It's hearty space food.

Geckos can walk on water: here's how (with a video)

Another mystery solved my science!

The Large Hadron Collider shut down for upgrades -- until 2021

This time, it's all going according to plan

Finland's 100-year gift to itself: a beautiful, futuristic, and free library

What better gift could there be?

Ichthyosaur may have had blubber, which means the 'sea monster' may have been warm-blooded

Blubber is extremely rare among reptiles.

Greenland melting is 'off the charts' -- It's unprecedented in the last 400 years, scientists warn

In the past 20 years, Greenland's ice sheet has been melting at six-fold the rate seen before the Industrial Revolution.

Rats and pigeons are slowly replacing iconic species, and it's our fault

The "losers" are exactly the ones you want to protect.

Oxford scientist may have finally solved dark matter riddle -- the universe might be made out of a 'negative mass' fluid

If proven right, this theory could be one of the most important developments in 21st-century physics.

MIT designs and builds a plant-robot plantborg that can move towards light

Its name is Elowan and it probably comes in peace.

There's actually a neurological basis for the urge to pinch extremely cute babies or puppies -- it's called 'cute aggression'

'It's so cute, I'm gonna die!'

Scientists zoom in on more realistic plant-based meat substitutes

Yay or nay?

Ancient haute cuisine -- Mesolithic people had caviar feast

It was a fishy affair.

There's a new AI assistant on the International Space Station, and god is it annoying

That was creepy...

Volcanoes are fed by 'mush reservoirs' instead of magma chambers, study suggests

We mush talk about this.

Humor and acceptance oust conflict and bickering in long-time marriages

The old that is strong does not wither!

"Wearable microbrewery" could serve as radiation exposure marker

Yeast badges could be the radiation sensors of the future.

Are near-death experiences just hallucinations?

Seeing a ‘bright light’ was probably just your brain hallucinating.