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Your phone's case and your car's tires may soon be made from renewable, plant sugars

Sweet.

World's only second US Declaration of Independence found in small English city

It all started with a short entry in a catalog of a tiny records office in the town of Chichester, in the south of England

A modern atlas provides maps necessary to save the world's biodiversity

Originally atlases were invented so that explorers could exploit new lands, this atlas does the opposite.

NASA is designing small away-from-home-ecosystems to make space exploration sustainable

Recycle everything!!!

Tesla will double the stations in its Supercharger network by the end of the year

It's not clear if congestion issues will be solved, especially in California.

107 cancer papers retracted due to peer review fraud

The red flag was, ironically, the fact that reviewers responded to emails on time.

We're launching a horde of tiny satellites, and that might eventually make space flight unusable

Space junk is cluttering space. One day, we might not be able to launch anything anymore.

To make forests more resilient to climate change we might ironically have to cut some trees

If done early, a thinned young forest can store as much carbon as an un-thinned one despite being heavily outnumbered.

What is gluten and why some people have gluten intolerance

Gluten Morgen!

Three African countries chosen for the 1st large-scale malaria vaccine pilot program

Hundreds of thousands of infants will be vaccinated against the mosquito-carried parasite.

How ancient water management by the Chaco or Maya can help modern strategies in the face of climate change

Water management policy needs to adapt to constantly shifting environmental conditions, else we risk repeating the downfall of the Maya.

"There's no vaccine for stupid" -- The best signs from the March for Science

"There's no vaccine for stupid."

Extra moisture caused most of the world's large animals to go extinct 15,000 years ago

There used to be giant sloths, rhinos, and dire wolves.

We just breached the 410 ppm threshold for carbon dioxide -- the highest it's been since the mid-Pliocene

From bad to worse.

Britain powered itself for a day without coal -- the first time since the industrial revolution

It's an important milestone, but there's still a long way to go.

A drop of dragon’s blood: using animals’ natural defenses to fight drug resistance

"Eye of newt and toe of frog, wool of bat and tongue of dog."

Ancient sea scorpion slashed prey with deadly sharp tail spikes

It had a built-in weapon.

Empowering women around the world could help usher in a sustainable society, paper argues

Help them help us.

'Hobbits' didn't evolve from a direct modern human ancestor. They likely originate from Africa instead

The most comprehensive bone analysis of its kind shows Homo floresiensis didn't share important features with Homo erectus.

In the face of rising antibiotic resistance, fungi could be a goldmine for new drugs

Bacteria are getting tougher but scientists are not sitting idle.

Female scientists often overlooked compared to male counterparts

Unfortunately, the world of science has plenty of room to improve when it comes to treating men and women equally.

Drinking sugary beverages on a daily basis might hurt your brain. Diet soda is no exception

Sugary drinks literally cause the brain to shrink, leading to poorer memory.

Macrophages conduct electricity through the heart to keep it beating properly

Wired.

Science is core to wildlife conservation

Scientists make a stance by marching for science and wildlife.

The African naked mole-rat can keep its brain alive for more than 5 hours with no oxygen

Nifty trick.

Why a startup is making speakers out of concrete

Sculpture or noise box?

'Wonder drugs' might prevent all forms of dementia. One of the drugs is already safe for humans

The drugs were manufactured to treat different conditions but they also seem to block an important pathway linked to brain cell death.

Antarctica is covered in hundreds of meltwater rivers and streams, and we had no idea this was happening

This could have been going for decades but scientists are worried nevertheless.

This robot works six times faster than humans -- and it's putting jobs at risk

The time where we could speak about 'robots taking our jobs' at the future tense has passed.

For the first time, researchers have shown that drugs like LSD and magic mushrooms produce 'higher' level of consciousness

However, it's not exactly better, and it's probably not the kind of expanded consciousness you'd want.

Newly found exoplanet might be the best place yet to hunt for alien life

Such discoveries keep piling up. We can only rejoice.

Retreating glacier causes big Canadian river to vanish in four days

Researchers have described the first case of 'river piracy' -- a river disappearing after an intense glacial melt.

Homing pigeons can improve and pass on knowledge across generations, the only non-primate to do so

Homing pigeon have their own form of cumulative culture passing down information about routes do their peers.

Though considered impossible, Harvard physicists have built a time crystal

This new state of matter could be key to building quantum computers.

Thermal diode could allow computers to one day function on heat alone

No more fans for us!

LHCb finds a deviation from the Standard Model which may hint at a new particle

The little brother of LHC might be on to something big!

Our brains get hit by epiphany before they let us in on it too, researchers find

The eyes give it away.

Seven Raspberry Pi Internet of Things projects you can make on your own at home

Making your own router, security cam system or weather station is very cheap and easy with Raspberry Pi. Here's how!

CRISPR can be used to test for Zika and cancer quickly and cheaply

One test can cost 0.61 cents to make.

Zebra-like horse found to coexist with ancient humans in Russia

They were thought to have gone extinct way before.

Well-kept vacant gardens can help reduce crime, new study finds

A new study conducted in Flint, Michigan, US, has shown that maintaining the gardens of vacant properties and keeping them clean can help reduce crime.

Shamanic drug ayahuasca rapidly improves severe depression symptoms, first randomised clinical trial finds

Amazonian shamans have been making the brew for ages. Now, science confirms for the first time its therapeutic potential against depression.

This app makes you smarter while you're waiting for the WiFi to connect

It's called micro learning, and it might change your life.

Physicists coax superfluid to have 'negative mass'

The matter flows against the pushing force.

Period-syncing has been debunked in the biggest study yet

The wide-held belief that women that spend a lot of time together start having their periods start at the same time is disproved again.

Animal cruelty-free testing methods will be tested by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration

A step in the right direction.

NASA snaps picture of huge crack in Greenland ice shelf

An unexpected crack has emerged across a giant Greenland glacier, raising concerns that a big chunk of the glacier might splinter off into the ocean.

How Gardening can benefit your health

It's good for you and it's good for the environment, so why not give it a try?

Fractal-etched graphene electrode boosts solar energy supercapacitor storage by 3,000%

This could be a game changer.

Mathematics explains how lizards get their patterns

Math is all around us.