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Flint's water is deemed safe, Michigan Governor determined to end free bottled water service

Science says the water is safe to drink. The locals aren't convinced.

The Yangtze river porpoise, unique for living in freshwater, has special genetic adaptations

The purpoise of the study was to learn more about the genetics of this unique cetacean.

Mysterious vomiting condition tied to marijuana can be relieved by hot showers, doctors say

This is a serious condition that has sent many to the ER multiple times.

The richest 1% people could own 64% of all wealth by 2030

It's not something most people will be happy to learn.

Puffins have beaks that glow in UV light to bedazzle mates

"I'll huff and I'll puff and I'll glow my beak around!"

Ichthyosaur jaw-bone might have belonged to largest animal ever

The fossil found on a UK beach used to belong to an ancient behemoth.

NASA is sending sperm to the ISS -- here's why

The first step to making spacebabies is to know if we can actually do it.

NASA Explores the Use of Robotic Bees on Mars

Marsbees could cover a lot more ground on the Red Planet than sluggish rovers.

Ancient human fossil finger found in Arabia could rewrite our species' history

A tiny fingerbone is re-writing the story of human dispersal out of Africa.

Man gets terrible headaches after eating world's hottest chili peppers

The bottom line is you shouldn't joke with chili peppers -- contest or no contest.

Archaeologists discover stunning Greco-Roman temple in the Egyptian desert

It's not an everyday find.

Human drugs could help cure the transmissible cancer that is wiping out Tasmanian devils

Good news for the little devils!

How expressive eyebrows helped shape human evolution

Well this study is bound to raise some eyebrows.

97% consensus on climate change? More like 99.94%, study finds

The science is pretty much settled on this one.

Scientists discover new health benefit of berry pigment

Please don't read this as 'berries cure cancer'.

UK sugar tax starts today -- here's what it means

Is this a good thing or a bad thing? We'll see you in the comment section.

Humans as old as 79 still generate new neurons, stirring new debate

The results are encouraging given an aging population around the world.

A hundred years later, Captain Scott's Discovery expedition can offer important climate change insights

Century-old samples might teach us something new about climate change.

Dark matter might not interact with anything other than gravity

Scientists are left in the dark again.

Scientists identify new Flu H1N2 from a mix of two other influenza viruses

The first case was reported in the Netherlands.

"Bowhead [whales] are jazz," says researcher astonished by the diversity of their songs

They recorded 184 different songs from a population of about 300 individuals.

Why did Neanderthals have such big noses? It helped them adapt to the cold, study says

All the better to breathe with.

Shrimp-inspired camera leads to new underwater GPS

The novel camera help researchers devise a novel underwater GPS method.

Efforts to fight plastic pollution are working: Fewer plastic bags found around UK waters

Taxing plastic bags or coffee cups works -- and the rest of the world should follow suit.

Scientists harvest first batch of Antarctic vegetables

Growing foods, at ungodly temperatures, without any soil or sunlight -- strike one for science!

Braille Neue can be read just as easily with your eyes as with your fingertips

Writing that everyone can read.

Plants learned how to fight microbes even before they moved to dry land

Although their evolutionary paths diverged very early on, liverworts and other plants use similar proteins to fight off molds.

Phosphorus -- a crucial ingredient for life -- might be a lot less common in the universe than we thought

The odds of finding alien life are getting slimmer by the day.

It's official: College men think they're smarter than they really are

Meanwhile, women are crippled with doubt.

New studies describe a link between influenza and parotitis

Parotitis may be a complication of infection with the influenza virus.

Why Stephen Hawking Was Afraid of Aliens

"Meeting an advanced civilization could be like Native Americans encountering Columbus," he said.

Scientists make most precise measurements of antimatter -- but only deepen mystery

Hydrogen and anti-hydrogen are unremarkably the same.

Astronomers discover a clump of black holes around our galaxy's center

For the first time, astronomers have managed to confirm the existence of a black hole population surrounding the core of our galaxy.

Vikings may have used crystals to navigate during cloudy weather

It's a magnificent story that's got it all -- Vikings, crystals, and computer models.

Could life be hiding in the clouds on Venus?

You wouldn't be wrong to call it 'hot' real estate.

How birds "see" magnetic fields

Seeing is believing.

Scientists use astronomy software to protect endangered creatures from poachers

Drones are hot on the poachers' hot traces.

Astronomers find the most distant star ever, looking through a galactic magnifying glass

The findings might help piece together the evolution of the universe.

Antarctic ice sheet is melting underwater, and this is a big problem

A surprise lurking below the surface.

Stressed out? Try briefly quitting Facebook, new study says

#deletefacebook?

Cyprian dolphins resort to chewing through fishing nets due to overfishing

We're not giving them any other option.

Bahrain announces new, massive 80-billion-barrels shale oil reservoir

Is this good news or bad news?

Rare dinosaur footprint fossils give clues into a forgotten era

These tracks lead to a different world.

Bats are migrating earlier due to climate change, and this could spell trouble for our crops

Bats provide more than $22 billion of indirect value to farmers by controlling pests. When bats fall, so does our food.

The CDC thwarted 220 cases of pathogens with 'unusual' antibiotic resistance last year alone

If there's something strange in your neighborhood, who you gonna call? It better be the CDC.

Scientists reprogram brain cells that store memories about places

German researchers reprogramed brain cells to investigate how place memories are formed.

You can now add pasta to your list of healthy diet foods, study suggests

Researchers discovered that pasta didn't contribute to weight gain or increase in body fat.

Marijuana legalization helps decrease opioid consumption, research shows

In states where both recreational and medical marijuana was legalized, opioid prescriptions dropped about 14%.

Researchers zero in on Lyme disease's ability to resurface months after treatment

Its not really the bacteria that does most damage -- it's our bodies' response.

How stress impairs our ability to learn and recall

This explains why some people fail exams despite having studied for it.