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Sleep might mitigate the damage done to DNA during wakeful hours.
We should pay great attention to the mindset we place ourselves in. It could very well change our life for the better -- or for the worse.
Some were named after Star Wars characters or Asterix & Obelix.
These are exciting times for SpaceX
This grisly discovery is unprecedented.
Ethiopia's unique church forests are losing their biodiversity.
InSight picked scissors, so it lost to rock.
It might also cause some harmful side effects such as brain cell death (at least in rats).
Thank you, Asia, you're the real MVP.
Bedtime protein shakes seem to be leading to better gains than daytime intake.
That's not a typo. The authors were surprised, too.
Gaining a couple extra pounds is still less harmful than smoking itself for people with diabetes.
This is not the Nemo you're looking for.
It's cool, it's small, it can do a backflip off the wall.
Balloons might be fun at parties but they become deadly serious once they reach the ocean.
People tend to over-estimate their spouse's intelligence (as well as their own).
Vaccines don't cause autism -- the myth just needs to go away.
"Terms like 'eco-friendly' or 'green' encourage the view that objects, behaviors and decisions with these labels are 'good' rather than 'less bad' for the environment," says co-author Dr Linda Langeborg.
Iron oxide may be coloring some icebergs green, which would make them important nutrient carriers for marine life.
Humanity strikes back: another win against HIV.
The humans had to become very efficient in order to survive.
People were getting inked long before we even had ink!
In a bout of positive news, people are very good at spotting happiness throughout their lives. Anger and fear, not so much.
Ugh, rude.
But ultimately humans are often the ones who introduce alien species to new ecosystems.
Biopesticides could protect crops against diseases without the typical downsides of synthetic chemicals.
We all want what's best for our children, and the science is pretty clear on this one: antivaxxing claims lives.
Antarctica's pristine environment is no longer really pristine.
Nobody likes keeping track of the food they ate but it doesn't a lot of time at all and the results speak for themselves.
The sperm-pocalypse might start from inside our homes.
So far, the drug has worked on mice, but researchers are confident that the findings could translate on humans.
I'd describe most of my conversations as 'hostage situations'.
Walk like an Egyptian?
Fast food servings have gotten significantly bigger since 1986, which may partly explain the rise in obesity in the United States.
The new material also conducts electricity making it ideal for stretchable electronics and soft robotics.
As if overfishing wasn't enough, fisheries are plummeting because of the effects of higher water temperature as a result of global warming.
It's a harsh reminder of the long-lasting effects that modern warfare has on the environment.
No skin? No problem!
Sorry, college freshmen.
In fact, it can produce some cannabinoids that are not naturally-occurring.
That moment when science fiction meets reality.
Far from being slow, giant ground sloths were highly adaptable creatures. The new findings suggest that humans must have had a decisive role in the megafauna's extinction.
The Atacama Desert is the most Mars-like environment on Earth.
The planet's surface has seen an increase in leaf area of plants and trees equivalent to that covered by all the Amazon rainforests.
I do like cleaner seas.
Thrash we've thrown away years ago is killing ocean life as you're reading this.
"Poetic justice" comes to mind.
Infants are much more sensitive to emotional content than we thought.
“It’s getting dark, my batteries are running low.” With this final poignant message, the most successful mission to Mars ended in a dust storm in 2018.
Defective and toxic proteins in cells are cleared more easily with a healthy lifestyle.