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Hallucinations may be the side effect of over-processing in brain's visual center

Neurons in the visual cortex actually fire less when met with psychedelic substances.

Scientists manipulate pigment in our skin to enable the next generation of bioimplants

Cybernetic organisms are next?

Britain is going through a "widespread loss" of pollinating insects, study reports

Not good!

Ancient trash suggests climate change helped drive the Byzantine Empire into the ground

No army can fight on an empty belly. Neither can an empire.

Hubble captured the first evidence of a Great Dark Spot storm forming on Neptune

The data taught us a lot about how weather works on gas giants.

Squishy computers now enable the first fully soft robots

Harvard researchers devised a rubber computer which could lead to all sort of wacky soft robotics.

HIV + tuberculosis, a deadly combination, affects over 1 million people

As if having one of the two wasn't bad enough...

The biggest impact to reducing your carbon footprint is having fewer children

Next up is living car-free, avoiding airplane travel, and turning vegetarian.

NASA cancels all-female spacewalk -- cites lack of spacesuit in the right size

Don't be quick to blame NASA for this though!

A whopping 1,778 methane vent sites found off the coast of Washington

This helps to explain why there are so many fertile fishing grounds in the area.

Largest T. rex skeleton ever found lived in Canada up to its early 30s

It was probably really polite and liked hockey, too.

World's first genderless voice assistant wants to challenge gender stereotypes

Neither male nor female, this voice assistant sounds completely neutral.

New neurons are formed in the brain well into old age -- but this stops in Alzheimer's

This is an exciting new twist on neurogenesis.

Movies and shows may help people with attachment issues better navigate their own relationships

Any study that mentions The Office is a good study in my book.

Fathers-to-be who smoke can harm babies

Men who smoke around pregnant women can cause congenital heart defects in their offspring. 

Jupiter formed far from the sun and traveled closer during its early days

It also met a lot of asteroids it still hangs around with.

Humans and computers can be fooled by the same tricky images

The gap between humans and AI is getting narrower by the day.

The genders kill differently -- and one paper proposes it's because of our ancient roles

I do like this theory.

Creativity hinges on churning as many ideas out as possible -- then taking a break

It doesn't matter if your ideas suck -- get more of them!

Tuberculosis could be eradicated by 2045 -- if the world is willing to invest $2 bln./year

The highly infectious disease kills millions of people each year, and that's just a shame for a curable disease.

Poor sleep might make you more likely to procrastinate

Getting poor sleep doesn't replenish us properly. Consequently, we don't have enough mental resources to stay focused on our goals.

New photos from asteroid Bennu reveal stunning surprises

We have a shuttle in outer space, orbiting and asteroid and beaming back data and images. Still seems pretty incredible.

Queen bumblebees take long breaks in the grass after hibernating

Researchers say that you should help queen bees if you see them exhausted on the ground, by providing a teaspoon of sugary water.

Uber-like services can reduce demand for parking -- so let's use the lots for something better

Need a ride?

Stunning 500-million-year-old fossil trove offers insight into how life evolved

It's one of the most spectacular findings in recent history.

Immigrants to the US are happier later in life than natives -- despite generally being worse off financially

Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free.

Scientists reactivate 28,000 year-old mammoth cells

Researchers say that the study marks a "significant step toward bringing mammoths back from the dead."

Mercury is the planet closest to Earth -- contrary to popular belief

There's also a whirly-dirly corollary associated with this new method.

Divine punishment didn't goad us into building civilization -- it was the other way around

And then the gods said, "don't be a douchebag and we’re chill".

Paleontologists find 110-million-year-old bird fossil with unlaid egg still inside it

A unique find that sheds new light on the reproductive abilities of ancient birds.

Japanese committee says gene-edited foods "safe to eat"

Would you consume GMO foods?

Physicists propose a new way to levitate and propel spacecraft-sized objects with light

The concept is audacious -- but it might be just crazy enough to work.

New method spots counterfeit food and medicine for cheap, by filming how it freezes

Be sure to post it on Instagram, too! #lunch #realfood

Time flies as we age because our brains get bigger and less efficient, a new paper proposes

'Clock time' is not the same as 'mind time'.

Scientists played music to aging cheese to change its taste. Hip-hop worked the best

It's a cheesy topic, but the results were tasty. I mean, interesting.

Paying attention shuts down 'brain noise' that isn't related to what we're looking for

You can miss the forest for the trees, or the trees for the forest.

Just one daily sugary drink is enough to dramatically increase your risk of premature death

The risk of early death linked with drinking sugary drinks was more pronounced among women.

Who is Karen Uhlenbeck -- the First Female Recipient of the Abel Prize

She brought a new understanding of mathematics, while helping to change a corrosive culture in academia.

How the sperm's waggy tail enables the miracle of life

Human sperm has evolved a reinforced coating on its outer tail which enables it to penetrate thick fluid.

Unbelievable experiment suggests humans are able to subconsciously sense Earth's magnetic field

Humans have a 'sixth sense' after all.

Sticks and stones will break your bones, then this new cellulose aerogel will heal them

Nifty.

New process can make hydrogen fuel out of seawater without destroying the devices

This was a VERY real issue up to now.

Eating bad PUFAs may put you at risk of developing asthma -- but fish contains the good PUFAs

I'm thrilled that PUFAs is an actual scientific term.

Scientists grew a 'mini brain' in a dish that can make muscles twitch

The brain organoid was connected to a tiny spinal cord with surrounding muscle tissue.

Karen Uhlenbeck wins the "Nobel" of Mathematics -- the first time the prize was won by a woman

You could hardly imagine a worthier recipient.

Toyota partners with Japanese space agency on new moon rover design

After having conquered the automobile on Earth, Toyota has decided to try their luck off the planet.

How to fight noise pollution (and why your headphones might be making you deaf)

More and more people are blasting loud music in their headphones to cancel out noise pollution -- and that's turning into a major problem.

Short-term exposure to air pollution may be deadly for people with asthma

A few days' exposure to ambient air pollution was associated with increased risk of death from asthma.

Our ships carry invasive species, not just trade -- and it is rapidly getting worse

Your package has arrived sir, it seems to be a pair of socks. The zebra mussel is on the house.

Ireland and Scotland made bog butter for three and a half millennia, new study reports

Bog what, now?