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Scientists coax bacteria to assemble into a pressure sensor

Living electronics could be a game changer.

Trove of bronze statues found on Antikythera shipwreck

The Antikythera site keeps on giving.

Mouse Mazes and Cutting Edge Science: A Discussion with Harvard's Shuhan He

A winding discussion about neuroscience, technology, and mouse mazes.

How dirty, soot-covered birds can track down pollution over a whole century

Back in the day when Chicago and Pittsburg were the world's Beijing and New Delhi.

We could power the whole of human civilization with wind turbines in the open sea

Offshore wind farms could provide three times more power than land-based turbines

Scientists just found half of the universe's missing matter, and strengthened the Standard Model in the process

It was floating around where we estimated it would be.

Revolutionary optical upgrade enables ground-based telescopes to hunt for alien planets

This could be a game changer.

Scott Pruitt says subsidies give renewables an unfair edge, and here's why he's a monumental hypocrite

Capital H.

Obscure 3,200-year-old stone inscription finally gets deciphered -- tells of Troy prince conquests and 'Sea People'

Troy is back in the limelight with a story written in a long-forgotten language.

The Past and Future of Mars with and without Human Intervention

An overview of humanity's fascination with the Red Planet.

There is no real debate around 'is climate change real?'

The climate change debate is moot.

Radioactive boars spark concern in Sweden

Boars will be boars -- radioactive or not.

Scotland's wind turbines are getting better and better

Bravo, Scotland!

Rarest songbird species turns out to be even rarer than thought -- because it never existed

So rare there's not one of them.

Reversing a current's flow is theoretically possible in a quantum system

More weird quantum physics.

High-potassium foods like bananas and avocados can stave off strokes and heart attacks, new study finds

Munch up on those avocados and bananas, people!

Virtual reconstruction shows what the first modern humans to reach Europe looked like

A lot has changed in 30.000 years.

Renewable flip flops: scientists produce the "No. 1" footwear in the world from algae

Walk a mile in these shoes.

Elusive stick insect thought extinct for 80 years is still alive and kicking

The amazing story of an insect presumed dead for decades.

Elon Musk tweeting with Rick (and Morty) about simulation singularity is the best thing I've seen all week

Things got funny fast.

Early modern humans formed complex social networks to avoid inbreeding as early as 34,000 years ago

The findings partially explain why humans were more successful than Neanderthals.

Musk says Puerto Rico's power grid could be built from the ground up with solar and battery packs

A great opportunity for clean energy to help set a tragedy right.

The moon once had an atmosphere seeded by volcanic eruptions

It must have looked like a weird sight from Earth's vantage point.

The world's first scientific satellite is still in orbit

It will stay there for centuries, if not a thousand years.

Neonicotinoid pesticides found in 75 percent of honey worldwide

The pesticide is heavily linked with the dramatic collapse of bee populations around the world.

Scotland bans hydraulic fracking -- indefinitely

Some argue a firmer ban is in order.

Some 2% of our DNA is Neanderthal. Here's what it does

In most ways, Neanderthals were just like us.

Scientists discover 15 new gecko species in Myanmar

They're all adorable. Alas, some could already be threatened.

Australian Committee thinks it should be OK for drunk people to use autonomous cars

Drink and let the car drive!

Just 3% of Americans own 50% of the country's guns

About 7.7 million American 'superusers' own between eight and 140 firearms.

Divers solve 93-year-old mystery by discovering shipwreck at the bottom of Lake Huron

It went under in 1924, claiming the lives of 25 crewmembers.

Marijuana use among teenagers drops to lowest since 1994, despite widespread legalization

Legal or not, teens aren't that interested in cannabis anymore.

Newly developed surgical glue seals wounds in 60 seconds

It could save countless lives.

NASA astronauts start spacewalk -- with live footage

You can watch it live here.

A woman's reaction to a 15-year-old tattoo nearly fooled doctors it was cancer

The story brings into discussion the often overlooked issue of tattoo ink safety.

In 2016, Coca-Cola produced 1 billion more plastic bottles than in 2015

The forgotten ingredient of a Coke -- plastic.

Aerial photos show Greenland deltas growing due to climate change

A rather unexpected effect of climate change.

Scientists make first quantum video call. It's supposedly unhackable

Sharing sensitive data will never be the same.

Biomarker molecule discovered "in abundance" around alien star, but still no life

Turns out, planet farts are just like ours, but with chlorine!

Smartphone AI spots sick plants with remarkable accuracy

In a new advancement, scientists developed an algorithm that can identify sick plants based on sight alone.

Roll-out solar panels that unfurl like a carpet electrify tiny British island

The system can fit 10 times as much power output than traditional panels in a given container.

New York mice are actively evolving into a new species: city mice

Soon they'll carry little smartphones around. I hope.

Ever dreamt of being a medieval castle builder? You'll love Château de Guédelon

It's being build today using only tech and know-how from the 13th century. Loads of fun!

Starting school before 8:30 AM increases depression risk, researchers find

Snooze.

Musk's argument that we live in a simulation doesn't hold water, quantum physicists say

The blue pill or the red pill?

The 2017 Nobel Prize in chemistry awarded for cool new tricks in electron microscopy

They're the guys that tell proteins "freeze!"

World's first molecular robot could usher in a whole new age of miniaturization

Nanoscience just got a whole lot more interesting.

Actually, it is time to talk about gun violence -- and science has a lot to say

The US suffers mass shootings at more than 11 times the rate of any other developed country.

Progress in medicine drops breast cancer fatality rate by 40 percent, saving 322,000 lives

Mammograms and chemo save lives, and things can get better.

Facebook turns over 3,000 Russian-bought ads featuring rifles, anti-immigrant messages

They even weaponized puppies.