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The "eelevator" gives migrating eels a ride past obstacles

The lift to save eel lives.

Dinosaur extinction paved the way for an explosion of frog life

Move over dino. *Ribbit-Ribbit*

The science division of the White House is now completely empty

Dark news from the White House.

Early Neanderthal DNA suggests a modern human-related dispersal from Africa as early as 220,000 years ago

New insight into the evolution of Neanderthals but also into a common ancestral lineage.

Aztec tower of skulls unearthed in Mexico City

That's... That's a lot of skulls.

American mothers are weirdly starting to eat placentas -- and that might be fatally dangerous for babies

Yet another stupid health fad is making waves.

Someone made a Twitter account for "Scientist Trump" and we're in love with it

This satirical Twitter account managed to blend those two seemingly incompatible worlds -- meet Donald Trump, PhD.

Early Europeans may have survived the Ice Age because of arthritis

Ok, but can it go away now?

Bad beef: Despite pledge, Burger King continues to cause massive deforestation

It's up to us, the consumers, to make a difference.

Your voice will always sound funny when talking to someone you think is your superior

Hear how unthreatening I am!

Almost everything we know about salt may be wrong. Eating salt actually makes you less thirsty but hungrier

Turns out eating a high-salt diet makes the human body act like a camel hump. Read on...

Man who thinks "God created heavens and Earth" to oversee US space program

"God created the heavens and the earth," he says.

Corrected satellite data shows 2.4 times faster warming than previously indicated

It also debunks one of climate deniers most cited argument.

India just planted 66 million trees in 12 hours

It's a stunning testament to India's environmental projects.

Angela Merkel, German Chancellor: ‘We cannot wait to act until the [climate] science has convinced every last doubter’

There's a big rift between the US and the rest of the world.

Neanderthals might have practiced prehistoric dentistry 130,000 years ago

Still think Neanderthals were brutes?

10 Incredibly beautiful and eco-friendly places to visit

Traveling and caring for the environment can go hand in hand!

NASA wants to celebrate its 100-year-anniversary -- with you!

Happy bday, NASA!

Climate-change-induced heat will kill tens of thousands of Americans every year by 2090

Or as the experts call it, Chinese-hoax-induced heat.

Is lighting up the answer to America's opioid epidemic?

Opiates kill pain -- but they also kill people.

Chocolate can keep your brain in good working order -- but don't overindulge

Science at its tastiest.

Scientists decode complex sentences with 'mind reading' tech

The mind is not the closed book we think it is.

What is Vertigo: the most common type of dizziness

Vertigo isn't always fun -- here's everything you need to know about the most common type of dizziness.

Gecko-inspired 'Velcro' could help cleanup our growing space junk problem

Inspired by nature, scientists tackle a sticky problem.

Carved human skull fragments found in world's oldest temple hint at a morbid cult

Another spectacular find from Göbekli Tepe.

Older fathers tend to raise geekier children

Age matters!

Despite Trump, 7,400 cities vow to meet climate committments

Cities seem to have bigger ambitions than those of their countries.

Chinese province runs on 100% renewable energy for a week, saves half a million tonnes of coal

Bye bye coal.

State of Maine confirms its first measles case in 20 years

It's the first case in the state since 1997.

Study shows Obamacare expanded health insurance, reducing the number of cardiac arrests

Obamacare significantly reduced the incidence of cardiac arrest by 17 percent.

Orbiting supermassive black holes confirmed by astronomers for the time

This is one slow dance.

It's not just humans -- 1 in 3 US pets are also overweight

Just like humans, pets are becoming too overweight -- and we need to improve this.

Uranus has a magnetosphere that turns on and off every day

Not all planets are as lucky as Earth.

Llama-like creature Darwin used to call the "strangest animal ever discovered" finally gets a family

“Imagine a camel without a hump, with feet like a slender rhino, and a head shaped like a saiga antelope."

New finding could help plants survive drastic droughts

With drought on the rise, this finding couldn't come at a better time.

Fecal bacteria found in ice from Starbucks, Costa, and Cafe Nero

Would you like some fecal bacteria with that ice coffee?

There are two kinds of liquid water, researchers find

It seems water has a personality crisis.

Six simple ways to reduce food waste and make a sustainable difference

Here are some clever tips to help you stop wasting food.

Ravens remember the faces of people who duped them into unfair deals

Don't mess with ravens.

Scientists found lollipop-shaped ice crystals in some clouds

Ice lollipops in clouds sounds just delightful.

Urban birds use cigarette butts as chemical weapons against parasites

House finches use cigarette butts to ward off ticks. They do so on purpose.

Sex doesn't really sell, new study finds

Sure, it gets your attention but few are actually reaching their wallets.

Society will buckle under 2 billion climate-refugees by 2100 as rising oceans displace whole cities

The short of it keeps popping up in all kinds of studies: stop emissions!

World's largest wind turbine will be taller than the Empire State Building

In wind energy, bigger is almost always better.

Innovative approach blends solar energy and honey production for maximum sustainability

The sweet business idea of a Minessotta married couple.

Who do you spend most of your time with? The answer might surprise you

Birds of one feather flock together.

Global sea levels rose 50% faster than two decades ago because of Greenland's melting ice sheet

The cost of non-action could be dramatic by the end of the century.

Coral reefs barely survived bleaching, will be gone within the century unless we act

And the world will be less without them.

Electrocaloric refrigerators could be a more energy-efficient, light-weight alternative to today's fridges

Experimental technology for the future.

Previously unknown two-million-year-old marine extinction discovered by geologists

Something even worse might be happening today.