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Untouched 106 year old fruitcake found in the Antarctic -- it's probably still edible

No one touched it for more than a century, not even the penguins.

Gene variant that makes plump, juicy tomatoes identified by scientists

Who doesn't love a plump tomato?

Why adding water to whiskey makes it taste better, or so some scientists claim

Diluting whiskey with a touch of water can enhance its taste.

Drug-resistant candida outbreaks in the UK despite hospital efforts to control it

The CDC deemed this fungus a "serious global health threat."

Missing link dinosaur bridges the gap between vegetarians and meat eating dinosaurs

This missing link provides a glimpse into how different dinosaurs groups split and evolved differently.

Blood test can find cancer even before any symptoms emerge

Genetic sequencing could pave the way for a new age of cancer detection.

Ancient coins reveal when Rome became an empire

Even in science, you can learn a lot of things if you follow the money.

Trump Forest wants to compensate for the POTUS' climate policy by planting 100 new billion trees

Nope, it's not Trump's idea.

Researchers hijack plant to produce polio vaccine

Anti-vaxxers finally have a natural option.

Fish farming could cover our demand for seafood one hundred times over, paper estimates

Something smells fishy... Oh wait, it's my lunch.

What does 5-sigma mean in science?

In science, there's no room for certainty. But we can get close enough by using statistical significance.

Knee arthritis has doubled since 1950, and we don't really know why

Aging and obesity alone cannot explain it.

Popular pesticides are killing of bumblebees by preventing them from laying eggs

It's time to face it: our pesticides are killing off bees -- and bumblebees.

New tectonic plate discovered off the cost of Ecuador

We might be missing a few more.

Same-sex couples have no influence on child's gender identity

It's a prejudice that just has to go.

New insights into testicular macrophages, the guardians of male fertility

Meet the testis police!

Nanotech makes solar panels literally green, hopefully making them more appealing

What's your excuse now for not using solar energy?

Chicago tree map reveals intriguing pattern: trees seem to reduce crime rate

The benefits that trees provide -- both in terms of the environment and our health -- should not be understated.

UN declares Somalia polio-free

Soon, we might truly eradicate polio.

Scientists find 91 new volcanoes miles beneath Antarctica's thick ice sheet

Exciting but scary news at the same time.

Pakistan just planted one billion trees to tackle deforestation and climate change

Talk about pulling your weight!

Why were there three cows on Antarctica in 1933?

It wasn't just for the milk...

Feeling bad about feeling bad makes you feel even worse

Turn that frown upside down? No, just accept that sometimes it's OK to feel bad.

A history of how computers went from stealing your heart, to stealing your job

They changed our society from the ground up. And will do so again.

Why sea levels around Finland and Sweden are dropping while the rest of the world is drowning

Earth is not a bathtub and some places actually experience a sea level drop due to climate change.

Arizona fleas now carrying the plague, doctors warn

Yes, THE plague.

We can form new memories while we're asleep but not the meaningful kind

The implications aren't clear yet but you won't learn French in your sleep anytime soon.

A $550 handheld spectral analyzer could usher in new medical revolution

Hi-tech is getting smaller and cheaper.

Elon Musk's AI just beat the pros at Dota 2 -- one of the most popular and complex computer games

Robots are now beating us at computer games.

Goldfish make alcohol to survive the winter without oxygen

Go home goldfish, you're drunk.

Chocolate files: from the early days to today's dark pleasure

Chocolate is… who am I kidding — we all know what chocolate is. It’s sweet, delicious pleasure. But chocolate, this seemingly simple product has a rich and complex history which stems for almost 4,000 years. Before it took the beloved form we know today, chocolate had medicinal and ritualistic uses. The Early Mesoamerican days The Aztecs […]

Hewlett Packard supercomputer to be delivered to the ISS next Monday

Time to dust off that old Skyrim dvd.

Massive caves in southern Brazil are actually ancient ground sloth burrows

Some are big enough to drive a car through.

Researchers identify anti-hallucination system in our brains

Too bad we don't have one for use against pseudoscience.

Chimpanzees can master circular relationships, rock-paper-scissors about as fast as a 4-year-old

Ah, R-P-S. The only civilized way of deciding who has to go to the store.

Scientists poke at the root of our need for personal space -- using fruit flies

Dopamine seems to be the key.

Tiny, fossilized ape skull brings us closer to the common human-ape ancestor, fuels debate over humanity's place of birth

Not bad for such a small thing.

People find robots that make mistakes more likable, more intelligent

If only I was a robot :(.

Excessive use of dental fixture cream leaves UK man without use of his legs

Always use drugs as per instructions!

Dinosaur discovered in Patagonia back in 2012 is the biggest animal to ever walk the Earth

He was probably a gentle giant. Accent on giant.

Scientists develop spit-activated battery

The battery could power critical electronics like diagnostic sensors in developing countries.

Loneliness might become a deadlier public health threat than obesity, researchers warn

Quality relationships can actually make you live longer. And better.

Air pollution wrecks our DNA, makes us more susceptible to heart failure

If you're expecting, taking some time to visit some more pristine areas of the world might do wonders to your baby's health in the long run.

Not all video games are equal: some hurt your brain while others improve cognition

Action games that use in-game GPS do not promote spatial reasoning and can lead to a gray matter decrease in the hippocampus.

Modern humans might've killed off the Neanderthals by eating all the mammoth

Dibs on the last slice.

Newly identifed 500-million-year old ancient worm had 50 spines bulging from its head

It looked rather scary and ugly. Nevertheless, it was an important creature in life's evolutionary history.

A trapdoor spider rafted all the way from Africa to Australia

A long way for a little spider.

Couples who spend more than $20k on engagement rings and weddings are 3.5x likelier to divorce

The wedding industry has been lying all this time. The more you spend on a wedding, the higher the risk of divorce.

Excel spreadsheets might be ruining science for everyone

One more reason to hate Excel.

We're made of stardust, but heavier elements are made of black-hole-and-neutron-star dust

It's not a contest uranium, jeez.