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New star-shaped polymer can shred bacteria membranes to bits, offering alternative to antibiotics

The new stars in bug-killing.

You're holding that mug wrong -- physicist calculates 'claw-hand posture' is most effective to avoid coffee spills

Meet the claw!

Internet schools man for trying to "mansplain" a NASA astronaut

'It's simple thermo,' he said.

This August was the hottest one on record

In 136 years of continuous measuring, this is the hottest August ever recorded.

The moon might have formed after the planet was completely vaporized by cosmic impact

Earth and moon can trace their history back to a violent cosmic clash.

Scientists may have seen a black hole being born for the first time ever

Awww, it has your....mass.

Swiss startup demoes residential solar panels twice as efficient than what the market has to offer

Another confirmation that solar energy is moving fast.

MIT machine makes videos out of still images to predict what happens next

Some creepy deformities at large, but we get the idea: machines are getting smarter.

Jeff Bezos's Blue Origin unveils new heavy-duty rocket design meant to sweep contracts away from SpaceX

Should Elon Musk be worried?

The Universe expands equally in all directions -- and this is bad news for Einstein's equations

Zoom out far enough, and the Universe is a pretty homogenous place.

NASA released the most awesome pictures of Mars' surface to date

The rocks from Mars are surprisingly familiar.

Environmental history encased in hippo teeth shows how poaching is altering Africa's landscape

Poachers are destroying the delicate competitive balance between the two classes of plants in Africa's savannas.

Monkey Business: Popular Girls Have Less Lice

It pays off to have many friends, especially if you're a macaque.

Guilt and shame bring overweight men to the gym - not a desire to build muscle

It's important to be aware of these motivations if we want to promote long-term healthy lifestyles.

Scientists find a new way through which neonicotinoids are killing off bees

Bee populations are going down dramatically, and our insecticides are largely at blame.

Curiosity, not how much science you know, is the best predictor of unbiased opinions

Curiosity makes you resist the temptation to form opinions before you hear the science.

Rotterdam's new sharks will eat all the trash in the port's waters

Not really Jaws but they'll do the trick.

Scientists film bacteria becoming virtually drug-immune -- and it took them only 10 days

A fascinating glimpse at how life overcomes adversity.

Air pollution inside your car is 40% higher during traffic jams, so keep windows closed and switch fans off

Urban air pollution has been classified by the World Health Organisation (WHO) among the top ten health risks humans face.

High-power lasers create 'smoke rings' that travel along the beam with the speed of light

Smoke on the light, fire in the sky.

We've killed off 10% of Earth's wilderness since the 1990s

We're killing off the planet's wildlife - quickly.

There's more than just one species of giraffe

A new genetic study has revealed that we might have been looking at giraffes the wrong way all along.

Edible coating can empty every last drop of sticky liquids like ketchup, honey or syrup

Finally!

China covered all its new energy demand with renewables in 2015 -- and there was still plenty left to spare

Power from thin air. Lots and lots of power.

Payday loans can cause significant mental damage

A new report has shown that personal loans are “absolutely corrosive to mental health”.

NASA prepares mission to intercept asteroid

NASA is preparing for a potentially game-changing mission: intercepting an asteroid and bringing a sample back home.

The next sexual revolution might be that of the human-robot intercourse

Weird times ahead.

Yosemite park buys 400-acre property on its western border, the largest expansion in nearly 70 years

More park for your buck.

Climate change is killing Hawaii's birds

Rats have their part of the blame, but climate change is the main threat.

Physicists think they might have found a dark boson -- a dark matter particle

It could be the key to understanding dark matter.

Scientists debate the implication of life-altering tools that can wipe out species to save others

Some technologies are moving too fast for our ethics to keep up.

After fingerprint and DNA, now a protein test could complement forensic investigations

It could be a game-changer for law enforcement.

Cuttlefish can count at least up to five, new study finds

Can't they do what we all do and count on their tentacles?

Fracking-only bacteria discovered in two separate wells hundreds of miles apart

Bacteria are creating whole new ecosystems in fracking wells.

What causes phantom limb -- it's all in the brain

This freaky phenomenon might prove invaluable in using life-like prosthetics.

Pepsi, DuPont, Google and others play both sides by funding climate change deniers, despite publically supporting climate action

Lame, lame, lame.

Humpback whales bounce back from the brink of extinction

Humpback whales have made an epic return.

The 'Impossible EmDrive' will soon be tested in outer space

Hands-on experiments will help us finally get to the bottom of this thing.

This is the first meal made with gene-edited CRISPR ingredients

Still delicious.

Juno captures the closest-ever pictures of Jupiter we've seen -- and its hair-raising voice

We've never seen anything like this before.

Brain circuit links sleep-wake cycle with reward system -- a new potential target for insomnia drugs

A connection between reward and sleep has been found by neuroscientists. New drugs that target this circuit could help insomniacs ease into sleep.

Pollution particles reach the brain, new study finds

Tiny pollution particles have been discovered in brain samples, a finding described as "dreadfully shocking" by researchers.

How artificial intelligence will augment the typical North American city of 2030

Fifteen years from now in a North American suburb.

Impressive 170-million-year old "sea monster" fossil found in Scotland

It took two generations to bring this fossil to light.

Celebrating life one awesome picture at a time: the Welcome Image Awards 2016

Big science going on at the small scale.

Defunct Philae found on the surface of the comet

As Rosetta's mission draws close to an end, its high-resolution camera snapped a few photos of the Philae lander.

Chile just signed the cheapest unsubsidized power in the world at ¢2.91/kWh.

There are absolutely no subsidies which means this is the cheapest power plant in the world.

Woolly mammoths might become the first extinct species listed as protected to fight off ivory smugglers

Mammoth tusks are used as a front to launder illegal elephant ivory smuggling.

NASA Solar Observatory sees double eclipse from outer space

It's eclipse season for the Solar Observatory

Oldest evidence of life on Earth found in 3.7-billion-year fossil

Pushing the boundaries of life farther in time than ever before.