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Rising seas, rising costs: some $14 trillion worldwide per year by 2100

Maybe start saving up?

Somalian Jihadist movement bans plastic bags to protect the environment

This sure took a strange turn.

Scientists control aggressive and criminal tendencies by zapping the brain

It's a sort of reverse lobotomy.

Novel system allows robots to learn new skills just by looking at you do it

Can it teach them how to love, though?

Comet 67P harbors oxygen molecules as old as the Solar System

I wonder if it smells stale.

China breaks quantum entanglement record at 18 qubits

Imagine reading a library at once rather than one book at a time -- that's what quantum computers can do.

Rumors of Opportunity's death "very premature", despite three-weeks silence

Hang in there, buddy!

Wind power could be harvested on Mars -- and this might be a game changer

This could be a game changer.

New U.S. Center to research how viruses can help us overcome drug resistance

If you can't beat them -- infect them!

How cycling races could help scientists study the effects of climate change

It's another piece of evidence documenting the effects of climate change.

CRISPR was used to change a butterfly's wing color

A switch from brown to yellow.

In a warming world, air conditioning only makes things worse

Researchers also propose a solution: switching to clean energy.

Testosterone boost makes men more likely to buy luxury brands

The hormone drives men to enhance their status.

Broadband equipment could be used to study faults and other geological features

Cables could do much more than offer you internet.

Most objects in the asteroid belt come from a handful of wrecked ancient planets

Asteroids have families too.

Tiny, new-generation robot can walk on land, water, or swim -- while being downright adorable

This cutesy bot hides a lot of potential.

Uranus may have collided with a cosmic body twice the size of Earth, explaining its unusual tilt

The icy gas giant likely collided with a massive cosmic body about 4 billion years ago.

The Deepwater Horizon oil spill was 8 years ago. The ocean is still struggling to recover

The damage is still going.

Mongolian herders were the first horse dentists, 3,000 years ago

Horses continue to be central to Mongolian daily life even thousands of years later.

Owls perceive moving objects like we do, suggesting bird and human vision are quite similar

The findings suggest that this ability evolved before the human neocortex appeared.

Hawaii Authorities: Please don't swim near erupting volcano

Shocking, really.

Air pollution seems to promote diabetes -- even at officially 'safe' pollution levels

Don't breathe too hard.

Astronomers capture first images of an exoplanet forming

All babies are adorable, right?

The world's first animals also caused the first global warming event -- but it took 100 million years

There's a metaphor here, and an important lesson for ourselves.

Many people 'cherry-pick' their genetic ancestry data tests

Another example of how people will choose to believe whatever they want.

We're still far away from finding a limit to human lifespan

The study suggests that people who might reach the maximum human lifespan haven't been born yet.

Researchers find rare hydrothermal vent off the coast of Portuguese islands

It's one of the most unique ecosystems on Earth.

Scientists mapped how many places we spend our lives in -- and the number is pretty small

What are your 25 places?

Indiana's health officials warn of West Nile virus spotted in mosquitoes in Elkhart, Carroll County

There's no need to panic, no human cases have yet been reported.

The Milky Way seems to be full of toxic 'space grease'

The universe is stickier than scientists used to think.

Earth is much more rivery than we've suspected, satellite data reveals

Earth's rivers cover an area roughly the size of Texas, the team reports.

New Caledonian crows can make tools from memory

The study suggests the crows learn by cultural transmission.

AI is starting to beat us at our favorite games: Dota2

AI killed the video game star.

Researchers use machine learning algorithm to detect low blood pressure during surgery

Technology enters the surgery room.

Congo's Ebola outbreak is likely over, official confirmation to come in 21 days

"The most challenging and complex outbreak the country has ever had to face" is now over.

Women ask for raises just as much as men do -- but they just don't get them

Things are still murky when it comes to the gender pay gap.

Scientists warn of the risks of normalizing obesity

It's important to spread body acceptance, but this can also be dangerous.

"Conservative syndrome" might explain why religious people tend to be of lower intelligence

A new study puts the link between the two in a much broader context.

Denying cancer cells one key amino acid might destroy treatment-resistant tumors

Attack the enemy where he is unprepared, appear where you are not expected.

Thermal camouflage can disguise you in both warm and cold environments

So long, predator vision!

Coffee consumption might actually protect your heart, new study concludes

Good news, everyone!

Enceladus "the only body besides Earth to satisfy all of the basic requirements for life," Cassini reveals

This small moon has huge potential.

Want to enjoy popcorn more? Try eating it with chopsticks

Also, here's why I'm drinking water out of a jar.

NASA orbiter snaps gorgeous 'blue' dune on the Red Planet

This is an enhanced image, though.

Researchers find a way to block alcohol addiction and ease withdrawal symptoms

Targetting a receptor in the brain could

UNESCO takes the Belize Barrier Reef off the endangered sites list thanks to conservation efforts

Good news regarding corals are very rare these days.

Barents Sea just crossed a climate tipping point -- and we watched it happen

We've changed the sea.

Scientists build chemical weapon detector with Lego

Gruesome chemical weapons can be detected with the help of children's toys.

An AI recreated the periodic table from scratch -- in a couple of hours

Nerd.

Tripping your troubles away

Psychedelics could be our secret weapon against addiction and depression, among many others.