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The International Space Station was briefly knocked out of position by a Russian module

Everybody is fine and we've put it back in place.

What is gravitational lensing -- and how it helped prove Einstein right

Massive objects become the astrophysicists’ extra lenses.

We might have discovered the oldest animal fossils yet in the Canadian Northwest

Now we need to confirm that these were indeed sea sponges.

Sydney extends lockdown for another month as coronavirus cases keep mounting

Low vaccination rates have plunged Australia's cities into repeated lockdowns.

Dementia cases estimated to triple worldwide by 2050, as populations and average age increase

Sometimes, we do have to suffer for our success.

Why a coral reef doesn't have legal rights and other questions we should be asking

A book on coral reefs you don't want to miss out on.

A lab experiment shows that we could engineer malaria-carrying mosquitoes to kill themselves off

Not the kindest thing to do, probably, but it's still a cool idea.

Machine learning is paving the way towards 3D X-rays

It's still not ready for a hospital near you, but it will get there eventually.

Hubble finds water vapor on Jupiter's moon Ganymede

Our solar system just keeps getting more interesting.

Math researcher and amateur cyclist wins heroic gold at Tokyo Olympics

Austria’s Anna Kiesenhofer capitalized on her rival’s confusion in the women's road race.

Five new sports you can see at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. What you need to know

Four new sports are making their debut at the Tokyo Olympic Games, while baseball and softball are making a comeback.

Internet censorship causes stock market instability

Turns out, the free market doesn't really like censorship that much.

Argentinian lake turns bright pink due to industrial pollution

Not pretty, in pink.

Ingenuity has flown a full mile over Mars, and broken its altitude record

Our first Mars helicopter is busy growing into its own.

AI helps NASA look at the Sun with new eyes

Hindsight is 20/20 -- and so is a telescope equipped with AI.

NASA's InSight probe peers into the heart of Mars, sees Earth-like layers

Earthquakes passing through the planet's depths reveal bits about its structure -- but we're just scratching the surface.

A drone-flying software outperforms human pilots for the first time

It's not ready for commercial applications, but the potential is there.

The "most significant contribution AI has made to science": Google's AlphaFold will release the structure of every protein known to science

AI is done playing -- it's time to start dealing with real-world problems.

Difficulties hearing speech over noise? That may be an early sign of dementia, new study says

New evidence that hearing impairment significantly contributes to the risk of dementia.

Some cockatoos started raiding trash bins in Australia. Then, they taught their friends how

They're like the raccoons of the bird kingdom.

Fossil Friday: UK couple accidentally discovers a mother lode of fossils

Not a mean feat at all.

Six cups of coffee a day is enough to start damaging your brain

Going overboard is never good for you.

Norway starts work on carbon storage program -- says it's "absolutely necessary"

The country believes simply reducing our emissions isn't enough -- we'll also need to sequester carbon underground.

Astronomers find moon-forming disk around exoplanet

The revolving disk holds enough matter to seed three moons the size of Earth's.

InSight maps Mars' composition and chunky core for the first time

Thanks to NASA's InSight Mars mission we now have a good picture of the interior of another planet.

Archeologists may have figured out why American rabbits were never domesticated

It seems to boil down to "they don't play nice with others".

Adorable mountain creature eats yak poop to get through the winter

This "real-life" Pikachu isn't afraid to get dirty to make it.

Bands of chimps attacked and killed gorillas. It's the first time we've witnessed anything like this

Chimps formed coalitions and attacked gorilla families close to their territory, killing two gorilla infants in the process.

Sharks have spiral-like intestines that resemble one of Nikola Tesla's inventions

This complex structure may explain how sharks can go weeks without a meal.

Self-healing material could one day automatically repair broken phone screens in seconds

Scientists in India have made a new class of crystalline material with self-healing properties.

Cool experiment shows dice ordering themselves in a shaking cylinder

Nothing like a good shake to get you back in order, eh?

What Benjamin Franklin's battles with a deadly virus that swept Colonial America can teach us about our own struggles with anti-vaxxers

When Bostonians in 1721 faced a deadly smallpox outbreak, a new procedure called inoculation was found to help fend off the disease. Not everyone was won over, and newspapers fed the controversy.

15,000-year-old viruses found in Tibetan glacier ice -- and we know nothing about them

Just in case we needed another reason to prevent glaciers from melting.

Hubble is finally back! Here are its first photos since its shutdown

For the first time in over a month, Hubble is able to snap new images of the universe.

Sugar just got a bit CRISPR: precise gene edits can improve sugarcane resilience, reduce its environmental impact

It was a sweet, sweet success.

Scientists make the world's thinnest magnet. It's just one atom thick

The new material is one millionth the thickness of a single sheet of paper.

Crumbled comet helps researchers understand how their tails form

It roughly overlaps their wake through solar wind.

'No significant difference' in air pollution exposure between rush-hour commuters and others

I can't tell whether this is good or bad news. Maybe both.

Wild pigs cause as much carbon emissions as one million cars

Wild pig populations have bred out of control. We're now suffering the environmental consequences.

Jeff Bezos reaches space, makes it back in one piece

“Best day ever,” Bezos said after landing.

Living close to woodland helps children's mental health and development

More evidence that exposure to nature supports mental and emotional development.

Astronomers capture rare image of black hole plasma jet for the second time

Big or small, all black holes may be the same.

New AI training approach could finally allow computers to have imaginations

Just you wait until we figure out how to code ADHD.

Climate change is slowing down Europe's storms, raising flooding risks

The hazard will increase 14-fold by the end of the century.

Just how "human" are we? At most, 7% of your DNA is uniquely human, study finds

This type of finding is making researchers think that Neanderthals and Denisovans weren't all that different from us.

Humans started growing cannabis 12,000 years ago -- for food, fibers, and probably to get high

Humans and weed go back 120 centuries.

Neutron Stars Make Ant Hills Out of Mountains

New research has shown that mountains on the surface of neutron stars could be millimetres tall.

The success of Iceland’s ‘four-day week’ trial has been greatly overstated

We may or may not have also been guilty of this.

What are the average colors of the world? Data science offers a creative answer

Earth's color palette in a series of creative maps.

Devastating floods in western Europe exceed even worst climate change predictions

The new climate normal is frightening.

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