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Researchers discover atmosphere around an Earth-like planet

Can we get excited yet? Mmm no, not really.

Using e-charcoal to heat hookah pipes might kill eight times more lung cells than traditional charcoal

Smoking tobacco with hookah pipes is not harmless at all, despite what you might have heard.

How many calories does a human body have? Stone Age cannibals must not have been very satisfied

Cannibalism for food doesn't make much sense a recent study suggests.

Radio observatory equivalent to the size of Earth sets its gaze to the center of the Milky Way to image a supermassive black hole

This was thought to be impossible to undertake until not too long ago.

A reef-killing starfish's pheromones could be harnessed to exterminate them— and help the reefs!

The starfish are worse for the reefs than bleaching and disease combined.

There are now nearly a billion smokers in the world, more than ever despite smoking rates have come down

In 2015, one in ten people died because of smoking.

“Smart” contact lenses could sense your glucose levels in the near future

Results would be conveniently transmitted to your smartphone.

The Mediterranean fish stocks have almost completely collapsed

It is not looking good.

Novel polymer might enable self-healing smartphones and other electronics

Cracked screens and scratches might finally become history.

One in ten pregnant women infected with Zika in the US had babies with birth defects

The report confirms getting infected in the first trimester comes with the most risks.

Mid-century CO2 levels might be as high as they've ever been in 50 million years

We have a pretty solid track record for ignoble milestones.

Europe's first cave fish has been found hiding in southern Germany

Caves are such extreme environments that animals need special adaptations to live there.

Forget Brexit, here's how Britain lost the land bridge that connected it to Europe 160,00 years ago

Two megafloods destroyed a huge land bridge that connected Dover to Calais.

Oldest mammal blood found in 30-million-year-old tick fossilized in amber

The wildest things can get trapped in amber.

Replacing nuclear power with coal plants may have caused babies to be born one-fourth of a pound lighter

From bad to worse.

Humanity is getting another "Doomsday Vault" in the Arctic -- a digital archive for human knowledge

Hopefully nothing happens though.

Unvaccinated children account for majority of pediatric deaths due to the flu

Immunization is important.

Astronauts aboard the ISS will grow crystals for drug development

Space crystals will help us make better drugs on Earth.

It's not you -- Scientific research is harder to read than ever

Science is getting harder and harder to read, and that's a problem.

Intact, 3,800 year-old tomb uncovered in Egypt

It's the 14th family member archaeologists have found in the area.

Graphene-based sieve makes drinking water out of seawater

Desalination might one day be as easy as passing water through a sieve.

Nanoribbons pave the way for switching graphene 'on-off'

A novel and better way to make graphene into a semiconductor.

Teaching smart cars how humans move could help make them safer and better

The hips don't lie.

Newly discovered tyrannosaur species had a delicate face

Tyrannosaurs may have had unexpectedly sensitive faces.

Tiny Scottish island powers itself 100% with community-owned off-the-grid renewable energy system

Lessons to be learned.

Mars' Arsia Mons and the dinosaurs went extinct at the same time. Coincidence?! Definitely

#sync.

New protein can increase yields, save farmers millions every year

A tiny protein which can make a big difference!

SpaceX rockets are just inches away from full reusability. Space flight might never be the same after

Last week was a historic one for SpaceX. Here's what should happen next.

Fanged blenny 'heroin'-like venom could be the next super-painkiller

Tiny fish, big fangs, huge possibilities.

Consuming legumes is associated with a lower risk of diabetes

Yet another study underscores how important legumes are to a healthy diet and lifestyle.

Putin also said that emissions aren't causing global warming

Russia's president, Vladimir Putin, just said that climate change is unstoppable and not caused by human activity.

"Fast fashion" might be getting a new life with a breakthrough in upcycling

The fibers from used clothing can be broken down and used again to make new clothes, without going to the landfill.

New nanotech sponge sucks mercury from water in less than 5 seconds!

One basketball-sized sponge could clean an entire lake.

NASA releases breathtaking gallery of Jupiter photos

Aside from delivering a trove of valuable information about Jupiter and its nearby environment, the Juno probe has also sent back a number of spectacular photos

Yesterday, US officials said you had no right to online privacy -- we don't agree so here's Internet Noise to help you out

The pen is mightier than the sword -- the keyboard will be mightier than the mallet.

Why India might become the biggest market in the world for solar energy

India wants 100GW of solar and wind to come online by 2022.

Arctic ice is turning green, and now we know why

Green is not always good.

How infants start relating to other people past age 4. Critical brain fiber matures around that age

Don't get too upset if your child doesn't seem to understand your worries. But no more excuses past age 4....

The crippling pain of migraines makes you more likely to develop a generalized anxiety disorder

Because nothing bad ever comes alone.

From fiction to reality: scientists grow potatoes in Mars-like conditions

Interplanetary potato, yeah!

Immortal cells could usher in the age of plentiful, artificial blood for transfusions

Your body probably won't even tell the difference.

Island children's favourite animals are invasive species

But they did like more diverse critters than mainland children.

US politicians held an insane and embarrassing hearing just to attack climate science

A charade.

Beer giant Anheuser-Busch InBev commits to 100 percent renewable energy

Future beers will be made with 100% renewable energy.

The most diverse dinosaur tracks ever were documented in Western Australia. World's biggest dino footprint found here

“It’s such a magical place — Australia’s own Jurassic Park, in a spectacular wilderness setting," one of the researchers said.

Genetic 'typos' may be a more powerful driver of cancer in humans than environmental factors

Worrying.

Scientists identify new mechanism through which climate change causes droughts and flood

It's even worse than we thought.

The menstrual cycle has now been re-created on a plastic chip

Does it have PMS too?

If you like having sex, you should thank pathogens for making it possible

#wingmen.

Camera-shy octopus reveals what it's been eating

Hint: it has to do with an egg.