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Ellen Ochoa and Michael Foale join the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame

The best of the best.

Himalayan Sherpas owe their super-human high-altitude performance to a unique metabolism

Nepalese Sherpas use oxygen more efficiently than puny lowlanders.

Meet Tolley, the single most adorable robot you'll ever see ever -- who's also a breakthrough

Cute + science = yesplease.

The first hominids might have evolved in Europe, fossil jaw suggests

Emphasis on might.

Creationist geologist to sue Grand Canyon because he's not allowed to collect samples

It's a lose-lose situation for the Grand Canyon Park.

Loss of a mate causes birds to make new social connections and strengthen the ones that they already have

Birds of a feather flock together.

Grilling or microwaving mushrooms best preserves their nutritional properties

If you've always wondered how to best cook mushrooms -- these Spanish scientists have your back.

These tiny birds' hopping could teach robots how to navigate rough environments

Hoppity hop.

Physicists propose new, donut-shaped planetary body: the synestia

Homer Simpson would have been impressed. D'oh!

Women aren't more expressive than men, contrary to the common stereotype

There are some gender differences but these are far more nuanced.

Watch the Grand Canyon overflowing with clouds in the wake of atmospheric inversion

Beautiful.

Climbing Mount Everest just got a lot harder after the famous Hillary Step collapsed

It's the end of a mountaineering era.

Teaching school children to sniff out bogus medical claims works

Education > fake news

Warm-bloodedness shown to be millions of years older than we thought -- maybe as old as the dinosaurs

The case for dinosaur warm bloodedness keeps getting stronger.

LEGO Group achieves 100% renewable energy 3 years ahead of schedule, builds LEGO-turbine to celebrate

When you thought it's not possible to love LEGO even more...

Washington researchers want you to smoke pot -- for science

For science!

A flat-earther brought a spirit level on a plane to prove the Earth is flat. Yeah...

It's seriously unacceptable.

Happy (future) World Bee Day!

Celebrate the bees for all that they do for us.

Temporary swallowable gastric balloon helps obese lose 15kg on average in only 4 months without surgery

A huge innovation set to help a lot of people.

What tiny bite marks on fake plasticine caterpillars says about global predation patterns

A simple tool could radically change how biologists work from now on.

Exposure to BPA might reprogram the brains of turtles -- affecting them genetically

It changes their genes.

Even 'dumb AI' can supercharge human activity and efficiency, study reprots

Two heads are better than one.

Virtually all sea salt is contaminated with microplastic, study finds

Pass me the sea salt please, and hold the plastic.

Researchers identify main factors of home indoor air pollution: marijuana surprisingly plays a big role

Hint: it's smoking in.

It's so hot that Antarctica is going green, as global warming triggers moss explosion

When we said 'Go green,' this really wasn't what we had in mind.

We've (unknowingly) created a radiation shield around the Earth using radios

Can your Internet landline do this? No.

How a mycologist is making 'living' bricks out of mushrooms that are stronger than concrete

Not just a pizza topping. Mushrooms could really become an important building material in the future.

Neuron cluster which can override sleep identified in the fruit fly brain

95% of students like this bundle of neurons.

This 18-year-old Indian designed the world's lightest satellite. NASA will launch it into space soon

Be more like him.

Scientists find the step-by-step process by which your shoelaces come undone

Trying to walk it off only makes it worse.

Trump wants to cut the DOE's spending on renewable energy by 70%

Trump wants to set clean tech on fire.

Early farmers probably didn't really know how to select crops -- but they were very lucky

Domestication could've well happened on its own.

Cannibal, T-Rex ants spotted for the first time -- they're more timid than we expected

Not so ferocious after all.

Using public transportation reduces obesity and makes people healthier

Driving around all day is pretty bad for your health -- and for the environment.

What will humans look like in 1,000 years? [VIDEO]

Humans won't evolve naturally, that's for sure.

Paper-thin device turns touch into electricity, flags into loudspeakers, bracelets into microphones

Woah.

Female mice birth and nurse healthy offspring after being grafted with prosthetic ovaries

That's a pretty impressive print.

It used to rain so hard on Mars it shaped the planet's geology

A first of its kind study found rain on Mars was quite abundant.

Beauty sleep is a real thing, researchers find

Not getting enough sleep makes people want to avoid you. Seriously.

Children who miss more preschool show fewer academic gains

We might be dismissing Kindergarden too easily.

Our sense of smell is just as good as rodents' or dogs'

Poor human olfaction is a 19th-century myth, says scientist.

Why 7.5 billion people on Earth is bad news

We are legion!

Climate change is messing up the schedule of migratory birds

It's a sad lullaby for the songbirds -- and not just for them.

Puffy exoplanet is as dense as styrofoam. The unusual find could help find habitable alien planets

An extraordinarily inflated planet could prove very lucrative in our quest to find other habitable planets.

Novel 3D printing method makes furniture in vats of gel within minutes

I like everything about this!

Drinking too much caffeine can kill you -- Latte, soda, and energy drink combo kill US teen

Three cups of coffee is already too much.

Your robot always dropping stuff? Try these gecko-inspired pads

A gripping tale.

Remote Island in the middle of the Pacific is the most plastic-littered place on Earth

What was supposed to be one of the most pristine locations on Earth has now become a landfill.

New study confirms injections associated with oil and gas can cause earthquakes

A new study confirmed that oil and gas exploitation in the US can generate a surprising number of earthquakes.

Diesel cars sold in 2015 emit 50% more NOx emissions than anyone thought

The 'Diesel Gate' scandal runs deep and its effects will be widely felt for many years to come.