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Offshore wind costs hit record low in new Dutch Project

Two new massive 350MW arrays in the Netherlands will supply power to Dutch people at €87/MWh, which translates into under 10 cents/kWh.

Dutch designer creates device that turns smog into beautiful jewelry

Wear it on your fingers, not in your lungs.

Saturn's Moon Titan might host life, researchers report

Life on Titan? It's a good bet.

Higher consumption of unsaturated fats linked to better health

Unsaturated fats are good for you.

UK set to miss 2020 renewable energy goals

The United Kingdom will almost certainly miss its 2020 targets for renewable energy, the National Grid has said.

How a touch screen helped a disabled chimpanzee walk again

An amazing story that might shift the animal care paradigm for the disabled.

Turns out goats and dogs aren't that different when communicating with humans

There's a lot more going on under those horns than you'd think.

New Immunology Theories Shine Light on a Potential Link Between Vaccines and the Rise in Allergies and Autoimmune Disease

A review of recent speculations that link vaccines and the rise of allergies and autoimmune diseases in the US.

Penn engineers develop $2 portable Zika test

The $2 testing device, about the size of a soda can, does not require electricity or technical expertise to use.

Global warming and humans -- a lethal combination for megafauna

In between rising temperatures and human hunters, mammoths and sabretooth tigers stood no chance.

Access to Internet is a basic human right, the UN decides

It's a great day for the Internet but we're still just shy of a decisive ruling.

'Super bacteria' also discovered in Rio's sewage

The black shroud above the Rio Olympics looms bigger and darker.

Cyborg locusts might one day detect explosives and diseases

Why build some tech from scratch when nature did all the dirty work for you over millions of years of evolution?

Early childhood stunting costs developing countries $177 billion/year

Developing countries stand to lose $177 billion each year or about half a percentage point of GDP due to delays in the physical development of children.

Pasta is not fattening - in fact, it could help you lose weight

Keep that delicious pasta coming!

Chinese archaeologists find a stunning shrine that could contain Buddha's skull

A skull fragment found in an old Buddhist temple is believed to have belonged to Buddha.

'Feel good' neurons might explain the power of the placebo effect

The findings might explain the power of the placebo effect.

How cephalopods are masters of camouflage despite seeing in black and white

Despite having a single visual pigment in their retinas, cephalopods can blend with their multi-coloured surroundings easily fooling both prey and predators.

China finished work on FAST, the world's largest radio telescope

Built to boldly probe where no man has probed before.

Mars likely had many moons formed in the wake of a giant asteroid impact

While the size of Mars' moons is laughable, some scientists believe the Red Planet used to have many more moons.

Welcome to Jupiter! Juno spacecraft successfully enters orbit

Shouts of joy filled the air as Juno's success became evident and the shuttle enrolled on the gas giant's orbit.

The Juno shuttle is entering Jupiter's atmosphere - and you can watch it live

Watch it live here!

The world's tiniest game of Pac-Man is both awesome and educational

I'm gonna need a smaller controller.

Radical dental procedure regenerates teeth, making fillings obsolete

A team of researchers is revolutionising dental practice.

What Mars' unique sand dunes can tell us about its past

Mars is full of secrets, but we're unraveling them one by one.

Antarctica could lose 60 percent of its penguins to climate change by the end of the century

Antartica's penguins are in trouble.

This illusion can hack your brain into feeling the space around you

All you need is a brush and a rubber hand.

Plants seem to be better at gambling than most humans -- despite lacking a brain

Who you calling a peabrain?

Florida's coastlines are choke-full with guacamole-like algae blooms

Just as green, but with 1000% more "ew."

How the Earth got all its water -- meteorites might have a huge role

One of the first science classes children take teaches them about the water cycle on the planet. But how did water get here in the first place?

First fatal crash involving Tesla's Autopilot raises some serious ethical questions

The man in question was killed after his car rammed into the side of a tractor trailer which drove across the highway perpendicular to the Model S.

If you want to learn how well a pig is doing, listen to its grunts

One of the most familiar livestock animals seems to signal information about their personalities, but also wellbeing, by grunting.

Humanity is driving thousands of species extinct, but there's a flip side -- we also create new species

Humans -- tyrants of creators? Two researchers explored this duality by studying both extinct species and those who had evolved as a direct influence of man.

Rocks prove Mars used to resemble the Earth a lot -- but no, that doesn't mean there was life on it

But maybe our neighbour wasn't always so red-faced after all.

Stupidity and greed still threatens us all, said Stephen Hawking

Hawking, the most prestigious physicist today, said air pollution has worsened, and so has global warming. All due to humanity's greed and stupidity, which could be the end of us all.

After two thousand years, somebody finally revamped scissors

One amateur inventor turned upside down the design of scissors which had been unchanged for two thousand years.

Climate change is making the Arctic red -- and we should be very worried about it

A tiny algae could spiral out of control with huge consequences.

Dino bird wings found in fossilized 100-million-year-old amber look simply stunning

The specimens discovered by the researchers are one of a kind and, unlike previous amber fossils, the feathers were attached to tissue, too.

Paper strips worth 50 cents accurately diagnose both malaria and cancer

Chemists at the Ohio State University developed a paper strip technology that might save countless lives in rural Africa, and elsewhere where patients have poor access to medical services.

Music for the nose: an olfactory organ

A"smell organ" shoots scents instead of musical notes to dazzle an audience.

Leading science societies band together to speak against climate change denial in the U.S. Congress

An open letter to U.S. policy makers signed by 31 leading nonpartisan scientific societies reaffirms the reality of man-made climate change.

Scientists find three times more groundwater beneath California's Central Valley -- but a third may already be contaminated

Stanford researchers found California's drought-struck Central Valley harbors three times more groundwater than previously thought.

NASA's rocket destined to send humans to Mars just passed a critical test

NASA’s Space Launch System will be the most powerful rocket humanity has ever built and 2020 onwards, it should make history as the craft that put man on Mars.

Vegetables grown on Mars could be healthier than their Earth-grown counterparts

Food grown on Mars has been officially declared edible.

Global warming is greening the Northern Hemisphere

Global warming is greening the planet, but there's only so much CO2 plants can absorb.

New NASA transfer protocol makes space Wi-Fi better than yours

NASA always gets the best of everything.

Your party is saved! Scientists find a massive stash of Helium beneath Tanzania

We just bought some more time.

Earth may have had multiple magnetic poles one billion years ago

Earth's magnetic past wasn't as simple as today.

Why the Anti-Vaxxers Threaten Us All

There is no link between autism and vaccinations. Yet the science has not persuaded anti-vaxxers.

Science at Last Explains Our Soul

Explaining the human condition with clues from science.