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Parents giving alcohol too soon to kids, researchers say

Kids really shouldn't be drinking... really.

What Greenland's landscape looks like without any ice

Let's hope this landscape is never in the open.

Fracking linked to low-weight, less healthy babies

Run for the hills! Or at least 2 miles away, as that seems to be the 'danger radius'.

Humans are producing 9 pyramid of Giza’s worth of electronic waste per year

That's a lot of waste!

Longest-living vertebrate might be a 512-year-old Greenland shark

That's older than the United States.

Shatter-proof smartphones are one step closer as researchers tame glass on the atomic level

Rejoice, ye clumsy-fingered!

Novel gene therapy may have cured hemophilia A

It could positively change the lives of thousands of people around the world.

Sierra Nevada rose an inch due to water loss from California drought

It was that bad.

Women undoubtedly prefer strong, muscular men, study shows

Science confirms the obvious. But this study is still important.

Blue Origin makes first test flight in over a year, tests new Crew Capsule

The booster sent the unmanned crew capsule to the edge of space. They both soft landed on Earth later.

Digital avatars for schizophrenic auditory hallucinations make the voices go away

Lending a face to the tormenting voices trapped in the minds of schizophrenics can make them disappear.

Human-use anesthetics also knock out plants, weirdly, teaching us a lot about such drugs

It's funny to realize that we've been using anesthetics for at least a century now, but we still don't *really* know why they work.

French President at Climate Summit: We're losing the battle

It's a long and rocky road, which will require a lot action and a lot of effort, but there is a light at the end of the tunnel.

New archaeological findings show that Vikings "imported" from the Celts

Archaeologists were expecting to find beer, but they found something else.

Intriguing optical illusion proves most humans have 'curvature blindness'

Can your brain handle this?

Ancient mummy found to have bone cancer

Cancer was already affecting humans 2,000 years ago.

Scientists turn DNA into virtually any 3D shape imaginable

The fist DNA benders!

Ancient man-sized penguin found in New Zealand beach

It was a big one.

Ancient amber reveals that ticks dined on feathered dinosaurs, too

No respite from the bite.

Ancient tomb filled with stunning, pillaged bronze vessels, found in China

Ever seen a wine bottle shaped like a deer?

A newly formed island in the Pacific might resemble Martian volcanoes

New landforms on Earth could tell us about how ancient ones on Mars formed.

Child's brain rewires following double hand transplant 

This is the incredible story of Zion, the first quadruple amputee child in whom researchers observed massive brain reorganization before and after the hand transplant.

Right whales face extinction if humans don't intervene fast, NOAA researchers warn

The ocean will be less without them.

Deforestation in Africa has been much lower than previously thought

Though definitely good news, the reason why is negative.

Kids who look at screens before bed time tend to sleep less, get fatter

There are obvious advantages to such technologies, but doctors warn against excessive usage.

Tasmanian tiger genome reveals new clues about its extinction but also surprising kinship to kangaroo

It was also particularly vulnerable to disease well before humans arrived in Australia.

The difference between prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells

Big differences hide in tiny things.

Martian atmosphere is not threatened by solar wind

The findings imply that we don't really know how Mars' water disappeared.

The Earth whispers in a low hum that's now been recorded for the 1st time underwater

This planet is restless to its core.

Generic, cheaper Viagra is coming soon to an over-the-counter near you

Viagra improved the lives of millions of men -- now, it's becoming cheaper and more easily available.

Physics discover the most exciting form of matter: Excitonium

It's a discovery that has everyone excited.

The potato brought an era of peace and prosperity to Europe

You shouldn't overlook the potato.

The story of human dispersal out of Africa started 60,000 years earlier than previously thought

The history of mankind's humble beginnings has been rewritten.

Woman burns her retinas looking at the eclipse and doctors take the first-ever pictures of such damage

Don't look at the sun!

The International Space Station is mounting a new device to protect it from space junk

It's a sensor that will tell scientists how common small, but dangerous debris are.

Wildfires roar through Southern Cali as NASA and ESA satellites watch, powerless to intervene

Immense devastation has been wrought upon California this year.

Scientists find gut to brain connection that controls hunger -- and switch it off

The insight could prove useful to battle obesity.

World's oldest eye found in a fossil in Estonia is very similar to today's eyes

Not much has changed for the eye.

Hormonal contraception raises the risk of cancer for women by up to 38%

Including the pill, injections, or IUDs.

Intensive weight management can put type 2 diabetes into remission

Want to get rid of diabetes? Just lose some weight.

Google's AlphaZero surpassed the sum of human chess knowledge -- in 4 hours

Feeling outdated yet?

Scientists name 245-million-year-old Horseshoe crab after Darth Vader

The force is strong with this one.

Biology can help patch the flaws in our robots, metastudy reports

Life to the rescue!

Researchers 3D-print shockingly realistic human organ models

This could soon pave the way for real, functioning organs.

Swarm AI correctly predicted TIME's Person of the Year

The swarm intelligence found the #MeToo movement as the clear winner. It's the second time in a row it guessed TIME's POTY.

Oldest black hole found by astronomers -- the gargantuan object lies 13 billion light years away from us

It's the farthest, oldest, and perhaps most mysterious object we've ever discovered.

With a 3-D printed attachment, your laundry bottle could order more detergent when it's running low

Smart or lazy?

Newly discovered amphibious dinosaur had swan-like body but killer raptor claws

A crazy dino chimera.

Squeezing crystals from plant waste generates electricity

A biodegradable plant protein can be crushed to directly generate electricity.

3D-printed "living tattoo" turns bacteria into sensors and computers you can wear

Handy!