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Quantum mechanics may explain why some jokes are funny -- and others, not so much

I'd just like to point out to the researchers that there's no such thing as a bad pun.

Trump's Defense Secretary just called climate change a "National Security Challenge"

I mean, the EPA is against climate change, and the military understands the threat. Is the world upside down?

Scientists call out Pruitt's false view of climate change

These "alternative facts" go against 150 years of research.

Europeans have evolved to eat more vegetables and grains

So, eat up those veggies!

Eating a lot of cheese doesn't raise your cholesterol and is associated with lower body mass index

Cheese eaters, rejoice!

Why we shouldn't bring back the mammoth and other extinct animals

Ice Age Park would be cool, but...

#FossilFriday: "Missing link" of sharks discovered

CT scanning shark fossil reveals their origins.

These fish have evolved the ability to leap onto land -- to avoid being eaten

These fish are quite comfortable out of water.

Galapagos penguin “teenagers” still beg their parents for food, and they oblige— when there's a lot of food

"And mom, can you pay my rent? This beach is expensive."

This Lego tape is the best thing you never knew you wanted

Shut up and take my money!

3D map of the pancreas offers new tool in diabetes research

It's not flashy, but it might make a big difference.

Astronomers zoom in on baby solar system only 300 light-years away that's forcing us to rethink planetary formation

In a rare opportunity, scientists are studying how planets are forming in a very young solar system. They got more than they bargained for.

Researchers found a supermassive black hole choking on its meal

Greedy!

Swedish kids will learn programming from their first year in primary school. They'll also learn how to spot fake news

Sweden wants its citizens to become proficient in two important skills for the 21st century -- and it's working its way bottom-up.

Superconductivity breakthrough could reset Europe's power lines and make renewable energy more competitive

Don't resist progress.

Mysterious 400,000-year-old skull found in Portugal might have belonged to a Neanderthal ancestor

No one knows who the direct ancestor of Neanderthals is but this skull might help shed light.

If there's any life in the Trappist-1 system it's likely been planet-hopping, scientists say

Nothing like a good ol' meteorite impact to kickstart life.

How cobras developed their devastating flesh-eating venom

The cobra developed a crippling venom -- and it wanted the world to know.

New gene discovery could rid Dalmatians of a respiratory disease

Only Cruella de Vil wouldn't be happy.

Spiders eat up to 800 million tons of insects and pests a year -- much more than humanity

Spiders eat much more than humans.

World's oldest plant-like fossils indicate we might have to rethink emergence of multicellular life

We might have to recalibrate the tree of life.

Emotional Intelligence makes better doctors -- but bossy doctors lose empathy

Does assertiveness make us lose our empathy?

Bees prefer rural flowers to urban ones, new study indicates

Bees are more of the rural type, it seems.

Guillemot chicks leap from their nest, risking life and limb, before they can even fly -- and know we know why

The dads really pull through for these chicks.

Antibiotic use kills more bees by letting in harmful bacteria

Take note, this also applies to us.

Google tool that calculates the solar energy potential of your rooftop expands to all 50 states

It's never been easier to make an informed, market-based decision about going solar.

The US doesn't want poor people: concentrated poverty rises for the first time since the '90s

"One Nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Except the poor, lol!" -- the honest pledge.

Scientists found a way to make car tires using eggshells and tomato peels

Putting the world's growing food waste problem on wheels.

Cooking at home is cheaper, more healthy, less fattening -- a major boost for nutritional sustainability

Writing this article left me starving. To the pans!

There are more great white sharks off the coast of Cape Cod

Seems like some good news for sharks!

More and more people support legalizing marijuana -- with economic arguments

A new Cornell study found that people who support legalizing marijuana are not potheads at all -- they have practical, economic reasons.

How climate change is forcing some scientists to move ice from a mountain in Bolivia to Antarctica

A daring team of scientists will battle the elements to save ice cores which hold treasures of scientific data before it's too late.

Epilepsy patients turning more and more to medical cannabis

A new study revealed that 14% of people with epilepsy have turned to cannabis to alleviate their condition -- almost all of them report significant improvements.

To birth supermassive black holes in the early universe, some galaxies may have had to be sacrificed

A new study offers an unorthodox explanation for how supermassive black hole formed in the early Universe.

Scientists ask the public's help in getting to the bottom of consciousness -- by cracking a chess problem

A novel take on consciousness.

Students will eat at the salad bar -- all it takes is marketing and some parental help

You don't need an ID for this bar.

Artificial intelligence can write classical music like a human composer. It's the first non-human artist whose music is now copyrighted

The 21st century biggest musical prodigy might turn out to be a machine.

A common tree frog has kept a secret for a long time— it glows!

It's the first frog known to be fluorescent.

Cells nudge each other with proteins when moving to keep your body in one piece

Knowing how cells coordinate could let us improve healing speeds and fight cancers.

Endangered tigers and leopards get new National Park in China

In a massive win for big cats, Chinese officials have approved plans to establish a massive national park in the northeastern corner of the country.

These are the world's most livable cities

Eight of the top ten are in Europe, with the highest city in the US coming at 29th -- San Francisco.

Wind energy could generate a quarter million new jobs by 2020 in the US alone, and an economic impact of $85 billion

America's largest renewable energy source will continue to add a lot of new jobs in the coming years.

Six years after a disastrous meltdown, it is now officially safe to live in some parts of Fukushima

Exactly six years later after the tsunami hit Fukushima, at least some residents can now sleep without worries.

Emotional computers really freak people out -- a new take on the uncanny valley

Be like us, but not us.

Dendrites generate electrical spikes too -- human brain computing capacity might be 100 times larger than thought

A groundbreaking study suggests the human brain works fundamentally different than science thought.

Contagious scratching may be hardwired into the brain

Sometimes you just gotta scratch, man.

The Origins of Water Ice on Mercury

Who would expect water on the nearest planet to the Sun?

Immunotherapy brings new hope for fading Tasmanian devils

An international study carried out over six years might spark new hope for Tasmanian devils threatened by the contagious devil facial tumour disease.

Green ice spotted in Antarctica's Ross Sea triggers new expedition for April

An effect of warming climate, or just a string of coincidences?

The EPA chief just said CO2 doesn't cause global warming

In the US, the fox is guarding the henhouse.