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AI-controlled glider learns to ride air currents like an eagle

Autonomous aircraft could save energy or study migratory birds using this machine learning tech.

MDMA or 'ecstasy' makes octopuses more social, too

This could help scientists uncover the origin of social behavior in all animals.

Globalization is an ancient practice, new research reveals

Cooperation is the key to success!

Generosity may be contagious, new study suggests

Maybe generosity isn't as fixed as we thought it to be -- an important lesson from an indigenous tribe.

The Kiwifruit duplicated its vitamin C genes twice -- 20 and 50 million years ago

Talk about a bold strategy.

Meet the strongest material in the universe: nuclear pasta

It's a mind-perplexing 10 billion times stronger than steel.

DNA sequencing might help finally link smugglers to ivory shipments

There are not many people I dislike as intensely as ivory poachers.

Most people hate wasps -- but they deserve to be loved just as much as bees

Wasps are actually useful.

Germany rolls out the first hydrogen-powered trains in the world

These bright blue trains are the greenest around.

Scientists crack genetic code of poisonous, invasive frog

The cane toad is an old species, but this is the first time its genome was sequenced.

Biologists discover new bird species in Africa -- and it's already in trouble

There's some good news, but also a lot of bad news.

Mosquitoes are eating microplastics, which they pass on to the food chain

Ultimately, what the mosquito eats, we eat as well.

Most supermarket yogurt products contain too much sugar, new study warns

Do you like sweet yogurt? You might want to read this.

How birds stay slim even when they overeat

It's not only about what you eat -- it's also about how you use that food.

Honeybee clusters act as 'super-organisms' to keep everyone safe during bad weather

Intelligent behavior emerging from a group of relatively unintelligent organisms.

Worse foods cause higher rates of cancer, new study concludes

The connection between nutrition and the risk of cancer remains a complex and intricate topic.

California to launch its "own damn satellite" to monitor air pollution, climate change

Go Cali, go!

Both males and females perceive women wearing makeup as more open to casual sex -- and they're wrong

It sounds a lot like wishful thinking.

Almost half of all resident physicians suffer from heavy burnout

This is a growing problem which needs to be addressed as soon as possible -- otherwise, we all lose out.

Want people to buy more electric cars? Simply put green license plates

Several countries are already doing it.

Volcanoes on dwarf planet ooze ice instead of molten lava

Ceres just got a heck of a lot more interesting to researchers.

Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa will be the first Moon tourist -- and he's bringing artists along

Very Renaissance-y, I love it!

EU to stop using daylight savings as of 2019

Finally, people are ditching DST.

Otters can use paws and whiskers as accurate sensors

Not ony are they very precise, but they're also very decisive.

Air pollution soots its way into mothers' placentas -- maybe the fetus, as well

Very Not Good™.

How the dragonfly got its wing patterns

Dragonflies have been around for 200 million years, long before humans stepped in. They also feature intricate wing patterns, which humans are now studying using an algorithm.

Canada bans artificial trans fats which cause heart disease

A welcomed policy that will save thousands of lives.

We might have our own natural 'night vision', new study says

The retina changes both software and hardware components to see better in the dark.

It Is Possible Jupiter Could Support Life, Scientists Say

The chances of it happening are pretty slim though.

Mammals' evolutionary success relied on our ancestors growing very tiny

Sometimes it pays to be the smallest fish in the pond.

A Czech dog just made a stunning archaeological discovery

Indiana Bones!

It's been a week since a solar observatory was mysteriously closed -- and we still don't know why

Everyone loves a good mystery, but this is just weird.

Amazingly well-preserved Ice Age wolf pup found in Canada

The miner who found it thought it was a dog.

Just a few pieces of plastic are enough to kill sea turtles

And the situation is getting worse.

The 'sleeping beauties' of science -- the importance of storytelling in publishing research

Not many scientists are careful to write well -- and this could bury their research.

Scientists show how plants communicate -- and it looks amazing

I could watch these videos all day.

A storm even more dangerous than Florence is brewing in Asia -- and it's about to hit land

Oh boy.

New hurricane animation from the Weather Channel is insanely realistic -- and very beautiful

Impressive, and very helpful -- visual technology at its finest.

The British mainland was formed by three continental collisions

Bumpy start!

SpaceX will send its first passenger around the moon aboard a Big Freaking Rocket

It's been almost 50 years since a human has come this close to the moon.

Humans arrived on Madagascar 6,000 years earlier than previously thought -- so then what killed the elephant bird?

The story of the elephant bird's extinction just got a lot more interesting.

You won’t believe these three unexpected discoveries – and neither did the scientists who made them

Researchers at one of the UK’s leading genetics centres tell us about their serendipitous findings.

Astronaut tweets incredible pictures of Hurricane Florence heading for the US East Coast

"Watch out, America!"

Painted rock points to higher cognitive function in humans 73,000 years ago

Artwork from waaaay before Photoshop.

How happy you are may depend on the type of personality

Your personality matters more than your paycheck or social circle when it comes to being happy.

Humans were brewing beer before they started growing cereals

The 13,000-year-old evidence is actually the first record of man-made alcohol in the world.

Stephen Colbert ridicules administrator's plan to allow NASA corporate sponsorships

Astronaut suits plastered in ads like NASCAR racers? Now that's a thought...

Kidney stones form like any rock, may hold day-by-day history of your body's health

We're all Stonebenders in our kidneys!

Parasitic beetles trick sex-hungry bees by mimicking their pheromones

This master of deception adapts its pheromones to the local bee species, and it's deadly effective!

Some Roman breadmakers took season-long vacations

What do water mills, isotopes, and Roman bread have in common?