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Yes, a quantum internet is possible, new study shows

This is seriously cool.

Scientists turn blood cells into neural stem cells, opening door for new regenerative therapies

It could be a game changer for patients suffering from paralysis and other nervous system problems.

Stone Age people were living on the Himalayan plateau 30,000 years ago

They may have received some genetic assistance from an early race of humans.

Researchers find a new class of planets, made of sapphires and rubies

Ca-ching!

Lung-inspired device produces clean fuel from water

We don't think about breathing -- but it's a complex process that could help us one-day make hydrogen gas more efficiently.

Want to understand something complicated? Just try explaining it to yourself

It's like your very own 1 on 1 tutoring session.

Christmas traditions: In Catalonia, a man is pooping in the nativity scene

It's supposed to bring good luck!

Genetically modified houseplant with rabbit gene removes benzene and chloroform from the air

For a cleaner air inside your home.

Sea level change isn't constant across the East Coast -- because of long-past glaciers

Gone but not forgotten.

Novel vaccine might spell the end of Zika

Good riddance.

The statistic of the year: 90.5% of plastic has never been recycled

Some stats are better than others.

Dutch researchers grow bananas without soil to protect them from disease

Bananas, as we know them, are undergoing huge challenges.

British scientists in Guatemala use drones to help locals predict volcanic eruptions

This can end up saving many lives.

Saturn's rings are raining down -- in about 100 million years, they'll be gone

If you like it then you should have kept the rings on it.

New sensor backpacks could turn bees into crop-monitoring drones

BEEEE cause we can, that's why.

Building blocks of life can spontaneously form in outer space

Biology -- it may literally be out of this world.

Sound levitation technology might one day replace laser surgery

Sounds like magic!

Dementia symptoms reversed in mice -- human trials are next

The key is a combination of microbubbles and ultrasound.

Coastal erosion reveals incredibly well-preserved dinosaur footprints in southern England

It's like Disneyworld for paleontologists.

Stanford designed software to spot every solar panel in the US (there's a lot of them)

America's getting sun.

This star is so massive it's forming another star instead of planets

Now, that's a first!

Scientists reverse leading cause of late-onset Alzheimer's, opening door for vaccine that prevents the disease

This could lead to a game-changing therapy.

Blind creature that buries its head in the sand named after Donald Trump

The resemblance is uncanny.

Study finds risk of heart attacks rises nearly 40 percent on Christmas Eve

This is especially true among older or sicker people.

First flowering plants may have appeared 50 million years earlier than previously thought

Charles Darwin called the origin of flowering plants an "abominable mystery".

Giraffes quietly dropped down to 'Endangered list'

Giraffes have been undergoing a silent extinction.

Improv classes improve social skills in anxious teens

When you're in a safe space where you can't make a mistake, things become a lot less anxious.

Astronomers just discovered the most distant object in the solar system -- they've called it 'Farout'

It's more than 100 times farther away than Earth is from the sun.

Working out in the evening doesn't cause any sleep problems

Work out anytime you want -- no excuses!

Look at all these faces. None of them are real -- they were created by an AI

Un-real.

Environmental cleanups return on investment -- and they return big time

Cleaning up makes economic sense.

Tornadoes form from the ground up, not the other way around as previously believed

The kind of research that could save lives.

MIT technique can shrink objects down to the nanoscale

The technique can produce structures one-thousandth the size of the originals.

Nuclear-powered 'tunnelbot' could probe the depths of Europa's oceans

Europa's almost as cold as your ex's heart, just as frozen.

Scientists make pterosaur discovery that pushes back origin of feather evolution by 70 million years

At least some pterosaurs were covered by a diverse coat of different feather and fur-like structures,

Tourists might be bringing diseases to Antarctica's penguins

Tourists are bringing dangerous pathogens to the Antarctic.

Exposure to graphic images shifts your perception of reality, video games study shows

More pew pew, less QQ.

Constantly checking your phone reduces wellbeing, makes you less mindful

Psychologists call this phenomenon 'online vigilance'.

Shark numbers plummet by 92% in Australian waters

Sharks are declining at an alarming rate.

Researchers want to vaccinate bees so we don't run out of food

I can’t BEElive this!

Virgin Galactic tourist space rocket passes first test

Fancy a trip to outer space?

Fentanyl is now the deadliest drug in America

Just a few grains of the substance can kill.

"Prehistoric Pompeii" answers the question of when animals first moved on land

It's so sad though :(.

InSight beams back its first selfie -- and what a treat!

It's kinda vain but we like it!

Search and rescue operations might soon call on foldable drones to find victims

A simple but elegant solution.

Blink and you'll miss it -- new study shows that blinking can be significant nonverbal cues

Do you pay attention to how the people you talk to blink?

Neanderthal genes may explain our unique rounded skull shape

Neanderthal genes may be making some people's skulls more elongated -- they may also explain some modern human brain evolution.

Exploding stars may have wiped off large ocean life 2.5 million years ago

The planet's largest shark may have been killed by a supernova.

How pink poop and satellites revealed a giant penguin colony

Don't eat the pink snow.

Viking cats show that domesticated felines have grown bigger in time (as well as a gruesome history)

The Vikings used to skin cats for their pelts.