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Lab-grown human skin might finally spell the end for animal testing

Not only that but tests could become more accurate too.

Low doses of THC can relieve stress, while high doses to the opposite

It's all about moderation, guys. Keep it down to a small buzz, researchers suggest.

Light-weight tethered exoskeleton helps you run faster and longer

You know this is serious business when it's funded by the military.

"Make our planet great again" -- The world reacts to Trump quitting the Paris Agreement

Trump to Earth: "Screw you." The Earth to Trump: "No, screw you!"

Giving babies their own room makes them sleep more, new study finds

There's still a lot of debate.

Methylene blue, a common antioxidant, could reverse some of the effects of aging in the human skin

Don't worry -- you won't turn into a Smurf.

Shape changing noodles are the future of pasta

Just add water.

Bats are attracted to green light at night

It could interfere with their migration.

Doctors urge women to not put wasp nests in their vaginas

Yes, I too sometimes fear the world is going to hell.

Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk and Disney CEO Bob Iger resign from Trump Presidential Council after Paris Agreement withdrawal announced

You can't advise a man who doesn't want to listen.

Curiosity rover finds that its landing crater on Mars could have been habitable for 700 million years

We don't know whether Mars held life... but there's certainly a lot of potential.

Fact checking Donald Trump's speech -- most is simply wrong, some is only misleading

Fact-checking Trump should be a full-time job.

Climate change will ruin Hawaii, new study finds

America's favorite travel destination, Hawaii, is in for some nasty times.

Trump puts USA against the world, withdrawing from the Paris Agreement

To put it in Trump language: It's a big, big decision which will have bad, bad consequences. SAD!

Expedition to the deep ocean reveals myriad of bizarre creatures, including "faceless fish"

A fish has no face.

Gravitational waves observed for the third time, opening new, unexplored paths in physics

The thrilling discovery is confirmed.

US exiting from the Paris Agreement seems to harm coal more than help it

Screwing the country and the planet in an attempt to make more money... and you're not even making more money.

The most realistic peek into a cell ever

What goes on inside?

Knowing for the sake of knowing: algorithm developed to hardwire curiosity into robots

Curiosity may have killed the cat, but cats don't run on microprocessors. I think.

How tree-climbing goats keep one of Morocco's agricultural treasures growing

Goats are crazy!

Japan launches satellite to generate its own, better GPS

Positioning errors will be decreased by a factor of 100.

You’d have to run 15% faster on a treadmill to workout as hard as outside

At the end of the day, you decide which works best for you.

Coral reefs generate $36 billion in tourism every year but we offer little in return

Millions of people enjoy diving around reefs every year.

Trump to withdraw from Paris Agreement, briefed source claims

This does not bode well.

Superantibiotic is now 25,000 times stronger than its predecessor

Our last line of defense just got a lot stronger.

Fractal: the stunning beauty of Earth's megastorms seen through Chad Cowan's eyes

Amazing.

Americans aren't only wasting the most food -- they're also throwing out the best bits

The worst of both worlds.

Nothing can escape a black hole's clutch -- and this proves Einstein's Theory of Relativity (again)

Ready to sink your teeth into some black holes?

Halos on Mars suggest the red planet may have been hospitable for far long longer than thought

Life had more time to appear or even thrive on Mars than we imagined.

We're entering a new age of genetic editing, as flurry of CRISPR trials already gear up

This could usher in a wondrous era for genetic science, but risks also loom nearby.

Carnegie U software lets anyone design and build a bot -- that works

Click, print, ready!

First DNA analysis of mummies shows ancient and modern Egyptians don't really have much in common anymore

An unprecedented research which will pave the way for more ancient mummy genome sequencing.

This Venetian doctor who invented the thermometer also helped shape modern chemistry

Santorio was an amazing scientist.

Researchers describe improved technique to extract water from brine

It's cheaper and more efficient.

Researchers took a nanoscale snap of a living cell membrane for the first time in history

They had to develop a whole new method to do it.

It's not fun and games with CRISPR: the technique can induce hundreds of unwanted mutations

Even with over 1000 unexpected mutations, the mice seemed healthy and normal.

Innovative tech generates electricity from where rivers meet the ocean

When two kinds of water meet, there's a lot of energy involved.

Power to the subpixel: new tech could triple the resolution of LCD screens

Hope my internet connection can keep up. Fingers crossed.

Nano-holograms 1,000 times thinner than the human hair pave way for smartphone-generated holograms

Scientists made holograms that are thin enough to be deployed from conventional electronics.

Organic food requires 40% more land than conventional farming for the same carbon footprint

Eating organic might make you feel good, but it's hardly a viable option for most people.

Urban heat island effect could almost triple the cost of climate change in cities, burn economies to a crisp

The roof, the roof, the roof is on fireeee.

World leaders distance themselves from Trump's environmental policies in unusually frank statement

Discussions were "intense" and marred by "dissent."

Incredible new Amazon glass frog is so transparent you can see its beating heart

It's strikingly beautiful but also endangered.

Learning to read changes your brain from stem to cortex, study finds

The more you do it, the better it gets.

We can't count on trees to solve our global warming mess -- there's just too much CO2 out there

We'd have to plant trees instead of food.

Study shows the martial art of Tai Chi is effective against depression

Fighting depression with a martial art.

For the first time ever, we've seen a black hole being silently born -- no supernova required

Why blow up when you can mass up?

"A curtain of snakes" -- for the first time, scientists confirm snakes can hunt in packs

Snakes just got even more impressive.

India cancels plans for huge coal power station -- because solar energy is getting so cheap

Coal is losing more and more ground.

Darwin was right: females like males who are good listeners

Females (especially younger ones) like good listeners. Write that down, guys.