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- New Hypothesis Suggests Dark Matter Wiped Out The Dinosaurs
- WATCH: This 3D-Printed Arm Costs Just $300, And Kids Really, Really Love It
- Researchers Have Achieved Wireless Speeds of 1 Tb Per Second
- Strange Reflections Spotted on Dwarf Planet Ceres
- Here's The Science Behind That Goddamn Dress
- These New Cryogenic Clocks Will Stay Accurate For 16 BILLION Years
- Monster Catfish Caught in Italy
- WATCH: The Physics of How to Bowl Like The Best in The World
- WATCH: Tiny Snake Swallows a Huge Egg Like a Pro
- People With ADHD Are Twice as Likely to Die Early, Often in Accidents
- A Black Hole 12 Billion Times More Massive Than Our Sun Has Been Detected
- Human Head Transplants Could Be a Reality in Just Two Years
- WATCH: This Is What The World's Lowest-Density Solid Sounds Like
- Google's New AI Has Already Learnt How to Crush Us at 49 Games
- World First: Three Men Replace Damaged Arms With Mind-Controlled Prosthetics
- NASA Missions May Re-Elevate Pluto And Ceres as Full-on Planets
- This Controversial Infographic Lists The 10 Smartest People in The World
- Two-Dad Babies Could Soon Be a Reality
- Scientists Have Created an Open-Access Fossil Database
- Clinical Trial Shows Peanut Allergy Can Be Prevented by Early Consumption
- Dogs Know When You're Lying to Them
- The Black Death Was Probably Caused by Gerbils, Not Rats
- Here's Why Marijuana Use Weakens Your Muscle Control
- Scientific Evidence Suggests The Simpsons Could Be Set in Australia
- Your Brain Uses a Clever Pattern of Wavelengths to Store Memories
- Here's Why You Need to Stop Turning Your Computer Off at Night
- WATCH: Stabilised Footage of Apollo 16 Car Cruising on The Moon
- This Australian Prefab Home Generates More Energy Than It Uses
- WATCH: The Spider-Tailed Viper Is Amazingly Good at Killing
- Marijuana Is Much Safer Than Alcohol And Tobacco, New Study Finds
- Even When You're Indoors, Sunlight Is Damaging Your Skin
- This Smart Helmet Will Change The Way You Ski
- An IBM Supercomputer Is Making Its Debut in a Kid's Toy
- World's First Grid-Connected Wave Power Station Switched on in Australia
- CT Scans Reveal a Mummified Monk Inside This 1,000-Year-Old Statue
- Giant Black Hole Burp Could Transform an Entire Galaxy
- A New HPV Vaccine Prevents Nine Strains of The Virus
- WATCH: This Is Exactly What Alzheimer's Does to The Brain
- Man's Death Leads to The Discovery of a New Virus
- Here's Where All Our Space Probes Are Right Now
- Massive Solar Shockwave Caught in The Act For The First Time
- WATCH: This Simple Idea Could Make Microwaves So Much Better
- The Masses of Black Holes Are More Predictable Than We Thought
- 'I Could Sow The Seeds of a New Civilisation': Mars One Hopeful's Vision of a Stellar Future
- Scientists Identify The Gene That Makes Our Brains Bigger
- A Soft Drink Ingredient Has Been Identified as a Potential Cancer Risk
- The Sleeping Habits of The Rich, The Powerful, And The Genius
- WATCH: These New Flowers Change Colour on Demand
- WATCH: New Footage Shows Why Colours Are Better Under The Sea
- WATCH: The World's Most Frequent Flyers
- New Breathalyser Could Screen For Lung Cancer
- This Is How Much a Cloud Weighs
- A Simple Saliva Test For Autism Could Be on The Horizon
- Scientists Discover The Strongest Known Natural Material in The World
- Potential New Vaccine Blocks Every Strain of HIV
- Look Up! There's a Black Supermoon Tonight
- Scientists Have Figured Out Why Weed Gives You The Munchies
- WATCH: Scientists Are Designing Chairs That Assemble Themselves
- Exposure to Psychedelic Drugs Prevents Asthma in Mice
- A Simple Blood Test For Iron May Be Able to Diagnose Alzheimer's Earlier
- Real Palaeo Diet: Early Hominids Ate Just About Everything
- This Is How Much Your Body Is Worth
- Fish Collagen 'Band-Aid' Can Heal Your Wounds
- What The Hell Is Causing These Science-Defying Plumes Above Mars?
- This New $6 Cream Promises to Painlessly Fade Your Tattoos Away
- WATCH AND DISCUSS: Peter Garrett AM Speaks at The 2015 Krebs Lecture, University of Canberra
- A Fish With Two Mouths Has Been Caught in South Australia
- Did The Evolution of Dogs Coincide With Early Garbage Dumps?
- Seven Myths About Scientists Debunked
- Higher Risk of Psychosis Linked to Skunk, But Not Hash
- WATCH: This Is Your Brain on Extreme Weather
- WATCH: This Is What a Full Day on Pluto Looks Like
- A DNA Hard Drive Has Been Built That Can Store Data For 1 MILLION Years
- WATCH: This Is What Your Immune Response Looks Like
- Your Poop Could Earn You $13k
- WATCH: A Water Droplet Pulses Itself Into a 'Star'
- WATCH: How Measles Made a Comeback
- This New Slippery Silicone Keeps Bacteria Off Medical Equipment
- WATCH: Prosthetic Arm Helps Army Veteran Rock Climb
- Robotic Cars Could Predict How Much Wine You'll Be Drinking This Vintage
- The FDA Is Covering Up Scientific Misconduct, an Investigation Has Found
- Here's How Much Plastic Waste Is Ending Up in Our Oceans
- Researchers Have Found a Way to See Light Through Opaque Materials
- Coffee Consumption Linked to a Decrease in DNA Breakage
- Science Has Worked Out Why Paper Cuts Hurt So Damn Much
- These New Non-Browning GM Apples Are Headed For The Market
- Telescopic Contact Lenses Let Users Zoom-in on Demand
- WATCH: Here's How Scientists Accidentally Discovered a New Medication For Sex
- How Reading a Little Each Week Is a Form of Life Support
- WATCH: The Science of Love
- Listening to Music at Work Could Be Messing With Your Brain Function
- Your Dog Knows Your Mood Just by Looking at Your Face
- Here Are The Submarines That Might Explore Titan's Methane Sea
- WATCH: Dating Advice From The Animal Kingdom
- Here's How Carnivorous Plants Munch on Their Prey
- WATCH: Is Love Really All You Need?
- WATCH: The Science of The Friendzone
- Chronic Fatigue Has Finally Been Classified as a Disease in The US, And It Has a New Name
- Newborn Baby Suspected to Be Carrying Parasitic Twins
- WATCH: Music in Your DNA And a New Species of Human?
- Smoking Thins a Vital Part of Your Brain, But Quitting Reverses The Damage
- New Self-Administering 'Smart' Insulin Could Revolutionise Diabetes Treatment
- Mystery SOLVED: How Popcorn Pops
- Watch: How Your Dog Can Protect You Before You're Born
- Crumpled-Up Alan Turing Documents Discovered in Bletchley Park Renovation
- Napping May Be Able to Reverse The Damage of Sleep Deprivation
- WATCH: Scientists Have Created Artificial Sunlight That's Real Enough to Trick Your Brain
- Physics Undergrads Are Now Making Sure Products Do What They Promise
- WATCH: Diver Coaxes Shark Into a Tonic State, And It's Beautiful
- Drinking Red Wine in Moderation Could Help You Burn Fat Better (Yay!)
- WATCH: This New Robot Dog Is Incredible
- New Altered Bacteria Can Convert Sunlight Into Liquid Fuel
- New Model Suggests Earth's Inner Core Has an Inner Core
- Chimpanzees Are Capable of Learning Foreign Dialects to Fit in With New Friends
- Simulated Spaceflight Ages The Immune Systems of Mice
- Quantum Light Beams Solve Biological Mazes
- New Model Suggests The Big Bang Never Occurred
- Wildfires Near Chernobyl Could Spread Radiation Through Europe
- WATCH: This Is an Astronaut's View of Earth
- This Is Big – Early Evidence Shows Common Antibiotics Also Kill Cancer Cells
- Original Magna Carta Copy Found in Sandwich Archive
- Spanish Is The Happiest Language, Chinese The Most Balanced, New Study Reveals
- DNA Survey of NYC Subways Finds Traces of Anthrax, The Plague, And Mozzarella Cheese
- WATCH: An Avalanche Start Right in Front of a Snowboarder
- WATCH: Here's What Happens When Hydrophobic Sand Is Dropped in Water
- Whoa, This Is What Eyeball Stitches Look Like
- A Computer Algorithm Can Now Find Wally Faster Than You
- An Injection of Brain Cells Has Restored Memory And Learning in Rats
- WATCH: Is It Better to Walk or Run in The Rain?
- Scientists Have Figured Out How to Stop The Common Cold in Its Tracks
- E-Cigarette Vapour Damages The Immune Systems of Mice
- New 'super-Steel' Alloy Is as Strong as Titanium, But 10 Times Cheaper
- Woman Becomes Obese After Receiving a Faecal Transplant From Overweight Donor
- Farming Is Now Worse For The Planet Than Deforestation
- The First "Murder-Solving" Lab in The Southern Hemisphere Is About to Open
- WATCH: An Octopus Shows Off Its Ridiculous Camouflage Powers
- Tiny Gold Particles Could Help Treat Rheumatoid Arthritis
- WATCH: The Most Exciting Science Projects in 2015
- A Faster Response Needed to See Fast Radio Bursts in The Universe
- World's Most Widely Used Insecticide Proven to Damage Bees' Brains
- WATCH: Here Are 8 Sick Remedies That Actually Work, According to Science
- WATCH: This Is What It's Like to See Sound
- The 8 Books Neil DeGrasse Tyson Thinks Everyone Should Read
- WATCH: The Science of Orgasms
- This $34 Smartphone Accessory Diagnoses HIV in 15 Minutes
- WATCH: The Science of Red-Heads
- Compound in Red Wine Found to Prevent Memory Loss in Rats
- New Structural Variant of Carbon Discovered
- Thousand-Year-Old Egyptian Mummies Found Floating in Sewage
- This Sea Slug 'Feeds' on Sunlight Using Photosynthesis
- Every Time a Fig Is Born, There's a Wasp Massacre
- Rare Goblin Shark Caught Off The Coast of Australia
- WATCH: Do Mobile Phones Cause Brain Tumours?
- WATCH: Scientists Have Created a See-Through Eggshell to Watch Embryo Development
- Researchers Have Found a DNA "Clock" That Predicts How Long You'll Live
- This Tiny Patch Harvests Electricity From Your Muscle Movements
- Scientists Build World's First Silicene Transistor
- WATCH: Cooled-Down Caesium in Water Is The Most Beautiful Explosion
- Here's How The Climate You Live in Affects The Way You Speak
- Yes! NASA Is Planning a Mission to Europa, One of The Best Candidates For Alien Life
- WATCH: These Are The Most Horrifying Parasites Ever
- Scientists Have Grown Functioning Cerebellum-Like Brain Tissue in The Lab
- Half an Hour of Walking a Day Can Ease Symptoms of Depression
- Ebola Is Mutating, New Blood Sample Analysis Confirms
- WATCH: Superhydrophobic Knife Slices Water Droplet in Half