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Laser technology reveals huge medieval cities hidden in Cambodian jungle

Who needs Indiana Jones?

This is the first mammal to be driven extinct by global warming

It was a cute rodent, off the northern coast of Australia, on an island by the Great Barrier Reef. Now it's gone, because of us.

You've been waiting all your life for this -- a device that literally cancels snoring

Aptly called the "Silent Partner", this device exploits the fundamental physics of pressure sound waves to render snoring mute.

Scientists find first rodent with human-like menstruation cycle

It's good news for us, but perhaps not good news for the rodents.

Elon Musk warns that settling Mars will be harsh, even deadly for the first colonists

Mars will be very safe and very comfortable one day. But first it's going to be harsh and unwelcoming.

Norway is now the world's leading whaling nation

Norway is killing more whales than Japan and Iceland combined.

Watch: the first short film written completely by an AI

It's surreal and it doesn't make much sense, but it's definitely intriguing.

Caffeine is essentially useless after three sleep-deprived nights

After only three nights of sleeping five hours or less, caffeine stops working.

Solar energy now cheaper than fossil fuels even without subsidies

You can only postpone the inevitable.

The medical system is taking advantage of you - here's how

The system is abusing all of us.

New silicon chip technology amplifies light using sound waves

A whole new world of signal processing may be just around the corner.

Nikola, the 'Tesla of Trucking', just secured $2.3 billion in pre-orders

Nikola, a shameless spinoff, is trying to do for trucks what Tesla Motors did for cars. Do they have what it takes, though?

It's not just big oil - big coal is funding climate change denial too

It's a reveal which unfortunately surprises no one.

Teenage boys who show empathy attract 1.8 more girlfriends than boys who don’t

All your girlfriends are belong to me.

This algorithm reconstructs the faces of people you see by reading your mind

Just from thoughts alone, researchers were able to reconstruct the faces of people portrayed in pictures.

Wildlife needs climate corridors to survive global warming -- Eastern U.S. most lacking

Many animals and plants are trapped in the face of mounting climate change. Their only hope are corridors that free access to cooler areas of the country.

Scientists find 2,000-Year-Old Still-Edible Hunk of Bog Butter

‘Theoretically the stuff is still edible - but we wouldn’t say it’s advisable’

Adidas to award first 50 pairs of recycled ocean trash sneakers

The company has chosen to award the shoes via a raffle system on Instagram

Scientists find another way to show that vaccines work: using Google

The fact that people still debate the effectiveness of vaccines is ridiculous.

Scientists make everyday objects invisible from multiple angles

Inching along the path towards the perfect invisibility cloak.

Archaeologists zoom in on sunken, ancient African metropolis

Rhapta was one of the most prosperous cities on the African coast, and one of the last trading posts of the Roman Empire.

First solar-powered boat to cross the Atlantic embarks on historical journey

A little ship braving the ocean on its own.

There's a second layer of information in our DNA, researchers find

We're still uncovering the secrets of the building blocks of life.

Ancient Greeks used this 2,100-years-old analog computer for both astronomy and astrology

The oldest computer in the world was found a century ago, but scientists are still learning.

Studies find "super bacteria" in Rio Olympic venues and beaches

Things are looking bad for the 2016 Summer Olympics.

US egg farmers to stop grinding male chicks alive by 2020

It's something that should have happened a long time ago.

Eight in ten Americans can't see the Milky Way due to light pollution

The vibrant night's sky that has enchanted countless generations is fading from from memory.

Study shows which celebrities endorse unhealthy foods and sodas

They're using the people we like to sell us things that aren't good for us.

Origami battery that runs on a few drops of water could revolutionize biosensors

This disposable battery runs on bacteria and folds like an origami ninja star. Sold!

Harvard team turns bacteria into living hard drives

Make your data evolve!

The Oscar winning algorithm that makes smoke and explosions seem real

You'll recognize the work instantly if you've seen movies like Avatar, Super 8 or Superman Man of Steel.

CO2 emissions turned into stone at experimental plant in Iceland

The Hellisheidi power plant is the largest geothermal system in the world, but also the site of a unique science experiment.

Elon Musk visits Pentagon to talk about a 'flying metal suit'

This Wednesday, serial entrepreneur Elon Musk met behind closed doors with United States Secretary of Defense Ash Carter down at the Pentagon.

Huge waves of foam wash over Froggy Beach after last week's storm

Stormy weather has an unusual upside if you happen to live on Australia's eastern coasts: giant waves of sea foam.

Switzerland soon to open first carbon capture plant: interesting engineering or plain stupid?

No later than October, Climeworks expects to open the first ever commercial carbon dioxide capture plant in the world, near Zurich.

A monster supermassive black hole was surprised feeding on an unusual supper: cold gas

Astronomers used to think black holes feed exclusively on a hot gas and dust, but it seems they sometimes like to go out for ice cream.

What happens when you throw a pound of Sodium like a skipping stone in a river

Warning: Don't try this at home!

The Black Plague that killed a third of Europe's people can be traced to a single bacterial strain

One single bacterial strain is responsible for the death of millions.

Massive sinkhole opens up in Ottawa, thankfully without victims

Authorities evacuated people and closed off the area to traffic, while they find a way to stabilize the collapsed area.

The world's oceans have way more light producing fish than we imagined

There are scores of marine species that have evolved light emitting abilities -- as many as four in five ocean fish are bioluminescent

China to build underwater laboratory, 10,000 feet beneath the surface

China is drastically accelerating its efforts to build a deep-sea research platform - but they aren't doing it for the science.

Dubai to start building world's biggest concentrated solar power plant

Dubai loves to take things to the superlative, and the city isn't toying around this time either.

Tallest tree in the Tropics is only a few meter shorter than Big Ben

A Yellow Meranti tree that towers at about 89.5m tall was discovered by Cambridge researchers in Malaysia.

Gravity wave breakthrough imminent as NASA and ESA set up unique experiment

It's one of the strangest experiment ever devised, and it may very well revolutionize science.

Wearable artificial kidney may change how we perform dialysis forever

Dialysis on the go may soon become reality.

This 25-year-old carried his artificial heart in a backpack for a year before receiving a transplant

A 25-year-old from the US has been living without a heart for more than a year.

Google scientists propose adding a 'kill switch' for A.I.

When in danger of A.I. overlords, press the big red button.

The US is rolling out superhuman hearing for its soldiers

Wearable tech could save the hearing of thousands of soldiers.

First U.S. testing of a man-carrying drone planned for later this year in Nevada

Chinese company EHang's model 184 will be the first human transport drone to ever be tested in the U.S. Keep your fingers crossed, this may solve your commute problems forever.

Microsoft sniffs for cancer clues in your search queries

Microsoft researchers data mined health queries and detected pancreatic cancer symptoms before the user even thought about it.