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Monkey business: A group of monkeys in Indonesia will steal your wallet and sell it back to you -- for a cracker

The Monkey Mafia is acting up in Indonesia.

Chinese company offers free training for US coal miners to become wind farmers

It's the disproval of every Trump narrative around renewable energy.

Lack of sleep makes your brain start eating itself

Yikes! I'm off to bed.

NASA will explore an asteroid worth 10,000 $quadrillion -- four years sooner than expected

The scientific value might be just as high.

Latest results from Juno mission reveal massive surprises about Jupiter

Think you know Jupiter? Think again!

L.A. lawns lose 70 billion gallons of water every year. "It was the maximum water loss possible," said scientist

Talk about waste.

New study shows how Zika might re-emerge and strike the United States

The US is certainly not safe from Zika.

Mouse space sperm could pave a new era of space exploration

Space sperm to the rescue!

Trump's new budget proposal would slash funding for science -- especially Earth science

It's not really a surprise by now, but it's still saddening to see.

Replacing beef with beans on Americans' plates might be the fastest way to cut CO2 emissions

If Americans ate beans instead of beef, the U.S. would realize 50 to 75% of its 2020 GHG-reduction targets.

CBD oil made from cannabis cuts rare epileptic seizures in half

Although anecdotal evidence abounds, this is the first time science confirms cannabis compounds can treat epilepsy.

Do probiotics actually work? Let's hear what the science says

There's little evidence probiotics helps you medically.

Scientists find another reason why declawing your cats is not OK

Cats become more aggressive and exhibit other abnormal behavior such as urination outside the litter box.

There could be an extra, ancient layer of tectonic plates lurking under east Asia

Tectonics^2.

Researchers show why flamingoes stand on one leg

It's a pretty nice ability to have.

Earlier this month, California broke yet another green record using over 67% renewable power

Woob woob!

About 73% of sunscreens don't work as they claim or contain harmful ingredients

Many consumers can get burned.

Ancient climate change turned whales into Earth's largest organisms ever , study reports

Do you think they get self-conscious about their weight?

Seaweed is being used to kill invasive ants

It's safe and environmentally friendly.

A muffin a day might keep the doctor away -- if you eat this special muffin

Delicious and healthy? Sign me up!

Major study explored the biology of human intelligence and found 40 new genes that play a role

What shall we do with this information?

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.