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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.

Thawing Canadian Arctic permafrost is releasing "substantial amounts" of mercury into waterways

In the Canadian Arctic, mercury isn't rising only in thermometers.

A geological hallmark of human activity: chicken bones

It's not a very pleasant thought.

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.