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Scientists find THC in over 60% of CBD products they tested -- and that may be a huge problem

It's like buying 0% alcohol beer at the grocery store only to find yourself positive on a breathalyzer.

This DALL-E mini AI can create original digital paintings of anything -- so why is it obsessed with women in saris?

Try DALL E mini and you'll be obsessed too.

Do sexualized video games actually contribute to misogyny and body image issues?

Objectification in video games has some people, especially parents, concerned. But research suggests this may be a non-issue.

The medical procedure that allows Rafael Nadal to compete at Wimbledon

The procedure could end up deciding who the best tennis player of all time is.

The booming space tourism industry may undo decades of ozone layer regeneration

Going to space is a fantasy many are willing to pay a lot of money to fullfill, but is the cost to the environment being factored in?

The three global agreements that could change the future of the oceans

The situation for the oceans is critical. Could these agreements provide the desperately-needed protection?

Paleontologists discover stunning 30,000-year-old woolly mammoth baby in Canada

It's, by far, the most complete and best-preserved woolly mamoth ever found in Noth America.

Volunteer scientists often do a really good job at producing usable data

We don't need to lock science in an ivory tower.

Aquaman speaks up for world’s oceans at UN conference

Momoa took his fight fight to protect the oceans in the real world.

Heart failure? That's less important than potholes, most people seem to believe

Heart failure is widely not considered in public discourse.

Robots that read human body language promise to boost productivity without taking our jobs

Body language detection marks a new paradigm shift in human-robot interactions in an industrial setting.

Exoplanets rich in Hydrogen and Helium could be habitable for billions of years

The universe just got a lot more interesting.

What we can learn from Klingon and other invented languages

NuqneH! Saluton! A linguistic anthropologist (and creator of the Kryptonian language, among others) studies the people who invent new tongues.

What the science says about abortion rights

Safe and accessible reproductive health is backed by science and doctors. Reducing women's rights doesn't help.

The dangers of debt: researchers explain how financial crises can fuel extremist political movements

The old adage goes that desperate times call for desperate measures. Although how useful or constructive an approach this is, is highly debatable, real-world data seems to indicate that difficult conditions do, indeed, push the public’s political preferences. And, in no small measure, this shift can support extremist ideas. A new study co-authored by an […]

Roe v Wade overturned: what abortion access and reproductive rights look like around the world

The US Supreme Court decision shocked the world.

Recreating faces: Czech archeologists showcase how rich Bronze-Age women from Central Europe would have looked like

The reconstruction is based on archeological and DNA data.

On the spot: sunspot the size of two Earths is pointing right at us -- and it's doubled in size already

Scary as this may sound, the chances of anything bad happening are extremely small.

Multiple threats are causing huge declines in migratory birds

Researchers identified the most common threats to migratory birds and where they occur

Archaeologists use AI to discover one of the world's oldest campfires at one-million-year-old site in Israel

AI is pioneering a new field of data-driven archeology that may help answer some of the great mysteries from the dawn of humanity.

Why scientists think you should speak politely to animals

Research shows that animals can react to positively and negatively charged sounds, suggesting emotional contagion.

What can 65,000-year-old ‘stone Swiss Army knives’ tell us about the lives of ancient humans?

An archaeologist explains new evidence from stone tools that shows strong and wide social connections among our ancestors who lived 65,000 years ago in Southern Africa.

When, where, and how an electric vehicle is charged matters a lot. Here's why

Charging at the right time and place could double battery life and drastically reduce emissions from EVs.

The oldest axes in the UK were built over half a million years ago

They are believed to have been ancestors of the Neanderthals, living in Britain up to 620,000 years ago.

Russia could cut all Europe’s gas supplies this winter

It's time for a plan B for Europe's energy sector

Researchers uncover the secrets of color-changing minerals with potential uses for medicine and space-borne studies

This is the first time researchers have developed a model for why some minerals can change color reversibly.

If you can't balance on one leg for at least 10 seconds, you may be in trouble

Those who couldn't pass the one-legged stance test had a 84% heightened risk of death from any cause in the next decade.

Familly discovers 'fluffy' crab with a sponge for a hat washed up on the beach in Australia

The live sponge is trimmed to fit on the head of the crab, which the crustacean wears for protection from predators.

A Nordic diet can make your kids health-conscious right from the beginning

Give your baby this diet if you want him or her to develop healthy eating habits.

These self-healing robot fish can gobble up the microplastics from our seas

Maybe not man but robots can save the world from plastic.

Climate change (and hotter summers) affect our psychology. They could even make us more violent

Heatwaves and hot summers are becoming more and more likely. This could be linked to violence.

Vitamins are a waste of money for the vast majority of people

Most people think vitamins help or, at the very least, are benign. But new findings suggest that, in some cases, they can actually be harmful.

Scientists use a virus to control invasive fire ants in the US

Fight fire (ants) with fire. I mean, a virus.

Climate change is taking a big toll on US citizens -- virtually all of them

Climate change left no stone unturned.

An icky partnership: face mites are devolving into our symbiotes

All I have to say is... ewwww.

Heartfelt tattoo: novel skin-printed circuits can help monitor blood pressure comfortably, on the go

In the future, the system will be adapted to monitor a host of other metrics.

Could these fish skins prevent wrinkles?

Scientists found that Pacific whiting skin reactivates collagen pathways in human skin cells, hinting towards anti-wrinkling effects.

UN Sustainable Development Goals aren't really driving real policy change

These UN goals were supposed to drive policymakers towards sustainable change. But it's not really working.

Copper nanomesh "second skin" could be the future protection against all pathogens

This really is functional fashion!

A blue pigment loved by artists could suck up precious metals from your discarded cell phone

Prussian blue changed art in the 18th century. Three hundred years later, the pigment could help solve our electronic and nuclear waste problem.

Archaeologists solve 100-year-old mystery of Anonymous God of Palmyra

'Thou who shall not be named' turns out to be multiple deities.

Drinking caffeine before shopping increases impulse buying

Don't drink coffee before going to the mall. You've been warned.

What happens to mosquitoes in the winter?

Mosquitoes are commonplace in summer but where do they go once the weather cools? They don’t completely disappear but find fascinating ways to survive the winter.

Alzheimer's disease causes brain cells to overheat and 'fry like eggs'

Researchers have shown that an essential protein involved in Alzheimer’s causes cells to overheat, which may explain how the disease appears.

We're closer to understanding how autistic brains process faces differently, thanks to artificial intelligence

We can't dissect a living brain to understand how it works -- but we can do it with a computer.

Heat and humidity combo kill thousands of cows in Kansas

Climate change is taking a bigger and bigger toll on both humans and animals.

Colorful urban environments, even in virtual reality, can help city-dwellers' wellbeing

Researchers used virtual reality to test the impact of changes made to urban settings.

Underground experiment points to sterile neutrino, a new type of fundamental particle linked to dark matter

A new experiment confirms a long-standing anomaly that may point to a fourth flavor of neutrino.

An incredibly detailed map of Psyche shows the asteroid has a very eventful history

Metals, rock, and craters are sprinkled all throughout its surface.

Melting glaciers are forcing Nepal to shift the Everest base camp

The base camp used by thousands of people every year, lies on a melting glacier and is no longer considered a safe location.

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