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- There's a Hidden Message Written on The Back of This Family Portrait Left on The Moon
- There's a Record-Breaking Ozone Hole Over Antarctica, But Experts Say Not to Worry
- Project Loon Is Set to Circle The Planet With Internet Balloons in 2016
- This New Jet Concept Could Take You From London to New York in 30 Minutes
- Watch: This Is The Drill We Sent to Mars
- Here's The Story Behind That Amazing Image of a Lion Getting a CAT Scan
- Here Are Science-Backed Techniques to Stop Someone Snoring
- This New Fossil Discovery Is Changing Our Understanding of Ape Evolution
- Here's Why The Sun Makes Some People Sneeze, According to Science
- The US Death Rate Has Stalled After Decades of Decline, And No One Knows Why
- New Electronic Sensor Can Detect Ovarian Cancer in Your Breath
- Low-Fat Diets Are Ineffective For Long-Term Weight Loss, Comprehensive Study Finds
- A Fungal Infection in The Brain Could Be Linked to Alzheimer's, Study Suggests
- China's Planning to Build The World's Largest Particle Collider, Twice The Size of The LHC
- Only Half of How Our Food Tastes Is Influenced by The Ingredients
- Watch: The Science of Cheating
- This New Self-Healing Concrete Is Being Trialled in The UK
- Sound Can Travel Through Space After All – But We Can't Hear It
- Controversial Study Says Current Treatments Help Chronic Fatigue Syndrome; Critics Say No
- Wi-Fi Signals Can Identify You Through Walls And Even Track Your Movements
- NASA's Cassini Spacecraft Just Made a Deep-Dive in Enceladus's Icy Plumes
- Harvard Scientists Think Filling The Sky With Diamond Dust Could Cool Down The Planet
- Space Radiation Makes Mice Perform Better in Cognitive Test
- The Latest FDA-Approved Treatment to Fight Cancer? Herpes
- Here's Why The International Space Station Is Riddled With "Germs"
- Russia Just Announced That It Is Sending Humans to The Moon
- Scientists Discover Molecular Oxygen on a Comet For The First Time
- Watch: Here's What Happens When You're About to Die
- A Band of Special, Young Stars Has Been Discovered Near The Heart of The Milky Way
- The Element Cube Combines Every 'Collectible' Element on Earth Into One Weird-Looking Cube
- Honda Just Unveiled Its New Hydrogen-Powered Car
- This Plasma Engine Could Get Humans to Mars on 100 Million Times Less Fuel
- Scientists Develop a Real-Life 'Tractor Beam' Using Sound Waves
- Watch: Two NASA Astronauts Are About to Perform Their First Ever Spacewalk Outside The ISS
- Here's How We Invented a Star Trek-Style Sonic Tractor Beam
- A Salon Manager in The US Has Died Inside a Cryotherapy Machine
- A New Hydrogel Made From Snake Venom Stops Bleeding in Seconds
- Watch: Why Are Humans The Only Species to Suffer Through Puberty?
- These Rats Can 'See' Infrared Light Via Sensors Implanted in Their Brains
- Why The Strongest Pacific Hurricane on Record Resulted in Surprisingly Few Deaths
- 11-Year-Old Starts Own Business Selling Secure Passwords Generated by Dice Rolls
- Morocco's About to Launch The World's Largest Concentrated Solar Plant
- There's a New Drug to Treat Some Types of Baldness – And It Actually Works
- So Processed Meat Has Been Classified as Carcinogenic. Here's What You Need to Know.
- Vegetarian Hot Dogs Found to Contain Traces of Meat And Human DNA
- Watch: Here's The Real Reason Leaves Change Colour in The Fall
- Astronomers Watch Dead Star Demolish a Planet, Revealing How Earth Could Die
- Here's How to Watch The Last Supermoon of The Year Tonight
- Looking to Get Pregnant? Avoid The Month of June, Says New Study
- Here's Why Sometimes We Can Guess The Meanings of Foreign Words
- A Hunk of Space Junk Is Expected to Impact Earth in November
- Earth's First Mass Extinction Was Caused by The Emergence of Animals, Scientists Say
- Comet Lovejoy Caught Shedding a Whole Lot of Alcohol And Sugar
- Physicists Prove 'Quantum Spookiness' And Chase Schrödinger's Cat
- Collaboration With Co-Workers Hampers Creative Solutions to Problems, Study Finds
- New Compound May Block The Proteins Causing Alzheimer's Disease, Research Suggests
- Crocodiles Can Sleep With One Eye Open – Literally – Study Finds
- Lab-Grown Burgers Could Be on Your Plate by 2020
- Listening to Music Can Help a Hangover – if You Pick The Right Tunes
- Do Animals Recognise Themselves in Mirrors?
- Where in The World Are The Smartest School Kids?
- Watch: This Is What It Looks Like When a Black Hole Shreds a Passing Star
- Light Travels "Infinitely Fast" on New Zero-Index on-Chip Material
- Eating Mediterranean Foods Could Prolong a Healthy Brain For 5 Extra Years
- Watch: This New Extreme Self-Driving DeLorean Is Called MARTY
- This Gigantic Chinese Airship Flies on Solar Power For Up to Six Months at a Time
- Your Sunscreen Is Contributing to The Decline of Coral Reefs
- Scott Kelly Has Now Spent More Time in Space Than Any Other US Astronaut
- Microsoft's Audio Laboratory Is Officially The Quietest Place on Earth
- Researchers Have Published The Largest Astronomical Image of All Time
- Spring Could Arrive Almost a Month Earlier by The Year 2100
- 12 Healthy Habits to Get a Better Night's Sleep, According to Scientists
- This Clever New Refrigerator Keeps Food Cold Without Electricity
- Scientists Find Two Distant Stars Touching, And The Results Could Be Catastrophic
- Nike's Power-Laced 'Back to The Future' Shoes Will Be Available in 2016
- WATCH: This New Footage Shot Through Augmented Reality Tech Looks Amazing
- The 5 Best Apps to Watch Tonight's Spectacular Meteor Shower
- Earth Is One of The Universe's First Habitable Planets, And Most Are Yet to Be Born
- Scientists Finally Figure Out The Structure of a Key Cancer-Driving Enzyme
- This Smart Pavement Is Giving Pedestrians Access to Free Wi-Fi
- Science Says a Poo Transplant Through The Nose Works Better Than Antibiotics
- This Infographic Explains The Science of Why Pumpkin Spice Lattes Are So Addictive
- These 3D-Printed Antimicrobial Teeth Could One Day Replace Fillings
- Mining Company Rio Tinto Now Has a Full Fleet of Huge, Self-Driving Trucks
- The Search Begins: a Telescope Array Is Now Focussing in on 'Alien Megastructure' Star
- Scientists Have Found a Way to Make Leukaemia Cells Kill Each Other
- Watch: Here's What Happens When You Mix Ferrofluid With a Glow Stick
- In Rare Case, Man Experiences Seizures Triggered by Playing Sudoku
- People in Ancient Times Got as Little Sleep as We Do, Study Finds
- Men Should Wear Boxers And Sleep Naked to Keep Sperm Healthy, Study Finds
- NASA Just Announced an Unexpected Asteroid Flyby This Halloween
- New Photo Series Show What Fukushima Looks Like 4 Years After The Meltdown
- Norway's Capital Is Permanently Banning Cars From Its City Centre
- First-Borns May Have Higher IQ, But Sibling Bonds Are What Really Shape Our Future
- Early Treatment For Brain Inflammation Could Prevent Schizophrenia, Study Finds
- Life on Earth Originated 300 Million Years Earlier Than We Thought, New Evidence Suggests
- Watch: Just How Risky Are Vaccines?
- These Implantable LCD Lenses Could Replace Glasses And Contacts Forever
- Here's How to Watch This Week's Stunning Meteor Shower
- A Rare Mirage Has Made a Floating City Appear Over China
- Coming Up Blank: Here's The Science of Writer's Block
- New Research Reveals The Rise of Climate-Related Words in Literature
- Growing Resistance to Antibiotics Poses a Deadly Risk to Surgery Patients, Study Finds
- Watch: This Self-Balancing Wheelchair Can Climb And Descend Stairs Automatically
- International 'Luna 27' Mission Sets The Stage For a Human Return to The Moon
- Taking Probiotics Could Make You Less Stressed And Boost Your Memory, Study Suggests
- Cheap Material Made From Orange Peel Can Suck Mercury Out of The Oceans
- Scientists Have Observed a New Type of Solar Phenomenon: Blast Waves
- Air Pollutants Are Entering Our Bodies Through Our Skin, Study Finds
- 7 Things That Are Actually Better in 2015 Than They Were in Back to The Future Part II
- Hair Samples Can Reveal The Effects of Ecstasy, Study Finds
- Watch: What Is Light Anyway? Explained!
- Watch: Creepy New Video Software Lets People Swap Facial Expressions in Real-Time
- Scientists Are Finally Ready to Agree on The Mass of a Kilogram
- New Study Says We All Hallucinate – But in Different Ways
- This New Biosensor Can Detect Water Contamination as It Happens
- This Is NASA's Three-Step Plan For Getting Humans to Mars
- Watch: The Crazy Physics of Why a Shadow Is Brightest in The Middle
- Here's Why We Don't Feel Earth's Rotation, According to Science
- Does Hair Really Grow Back Thicker And Darker After Shaving?
- Scientists Discover Neural Circuit That Puts Brain Regions to Sleep While We're Awake
- This New 'emailable' Solar House Comes Together Like a 3D Jigsaw
- Can We Actually Learn New Things While We're Sleeping?
- These Animals Don't Get Cancer, And Scientists Think They Could Hold a Cure
- Tesla's Rolled Out an Autopilot Update – Now Its Cars Can Drive Themselves
- 30 People Have Already Donated Their Bodies to Australia's First 'Body Farm'
- Pioneering Review of 632 Ocean Studies Says Marine Food Chain Will Collapse
- Catastrophic Ice Shelf Collapse Would See Oceans Rise For Millennia, Say Experts
- 'Eternal Summer' Due to Artificial Light And Heating Is Bad For Us, Experts Say
- The First Case of Sexually Transmitted Ebola Has Been Confirmed
- Sweden Is on Track to Become The World's First Cashless Society
- Scientists Find That Bigger Brains Aren't Necessarily Smarter
- Scientists Can't Explain What Huge Object Is Blocking The Light From This Distant Star
- Sitting For Long Periods Is No Worse For Your Health Than Standing, Study Claims
- Study Finds Cancer Survivors Often Have Unhealthy Diets After Recovery
- Scientists Say They've Found a Particle Made Entirely of Nuclear Force
- China's Had a Functioning Telescope on The Moon For The Past Two Years
- An Australian University Has Created a Way to Track Endangered Species Using Virtual Reality
- Trip to Coffee Shop Can Provide Your Entire Daily Sugar Limit in One Hit, Study Finds
- Can a Rare Hawaiian Mushroom Really Give Women a "Spontaneous Orgasm"?
- Scientists Have Found One Tactic That Can Change Anti-Vaccers' Minds
- Watch: GoPro Savagely Attacked by a Pit of Rattlesnakes
- What Your Father Did Before You Were Born Could Influence Your Future Health
- New Interactive Map Shows How Rising Seas Will Swallow US Cities
- Brain Activity Is as Unique as Fingerprints, And Correlates to Intelligence, Study Finds
- Study Accidentally Shows The Incredible Effect of Helping The Poorest Families
- Now's Your Best Chance to View Mercury – Here's How
- Babies Born During Summer Are More Likely to Be Healthy Adults, Research Suggests
- This Is The Universe's Most Incredible Molecule
- Watch: 4K Cameras Shoot Bubbles in Zero Gravity
- A Pay Rise Makes Us Happier, But Not if We Have to Work Longer Hours, Study Finds
- Ancient Lakes Existed on Mars 3 Billion Years Ago, NASA Reveals
- A Severe Worldwide Coral Bleaching Event Is Now Underway
- A New AIDS Vaccine Is About to Be Trialled in Humans For The First Time
- Here's How Diamonds Can Help Scientists to Fight Cancer
- DNA Test Claims to Predict Sexual Orientation, But Experts Advise Caution
- Watch: Does This Look White to You?
- Experts Link Higher Incidence of Children's Cancer to Fukushima Radiation
- New Brain Monitor Makes Sure You're REALLY Under Anaesthesia
- Scientists Map Genes That Extend Life by as Much as 60 Percent if Deleted
- 9 Million Children in The US Are Currently at Risk of Contracting Measles
- A Canadian Start-Up Is Removing CO2 From The Air And Turning It Into Pellets
- Watch: This Is The World's Lightest Metal
- Four Rangers Tasked With Protecting Elephants Have Been Killed by Poachers
- Scientists Develop 'Psychic Robot' That Can Predict Our Actions
- Vaginal Bacteria Can Act as a 'Biological Condom' to Trap HIV And STIs
- This Tiny Camera Squeezes in 16 Lenses to Create 52-Megapixel Photos
- New Blood Test Determines Which Patients Are at Risk of Heart Attack
- Daraprim Is Still The Same Price, 2 Weeks After Martin Shkreli Said He'd Reduce It
- Here's The Science Behind The World's Rarest And Weirdest Phobias
- Watch: We're in The Middle of a War on Science
- Driverless Taxis Are Hitting The Streets of Japan Next Year
- Scientists Are Making Progress on an Exercise Pill That Mimics The Effects of Working Out
- Fishing For Compliments Can Be Good For You, New Study Finds
- Astronomers Spotted Strange Ripples "Unlike Anything Ever Observed" Around a Nearby Star
- The World's on Track to Get 26% of Its Power From Renewables by 2020
- Watch: This Handful of Baby Crabs Looks Like a Squirmy Nightmare
- This New Computer Program Can Diagnose Cancer in Just Two Days
- How Does a Touchscreen Actually Work?
- Here's Why It's Scientifically Impossible to Make a Perfectly Accurate Clock
- The Absence of Trees Could Increase Your Risk of Cardiovascular Disease
- Our First Glimpse at The Colour of Pluto's Atmosphere Reveals Blue Skies, Red Ice
- The 'Placebo Effect' Is Getting Even Stronger With Time, Study Finds
- A One-Off Injection Could Replace The Need to Spay And Neuter Your Pets
- Here's Why Your Boss's Jokes Are Unbearable, According to Science
- Our Love of Late-Night Meals Is Making Us Fat, Study Finds
- Panasonic Has Made The World's Most Efficient Rooftop Solar Panel
- SpaceX Reportedly Has Big Announcement in The Works
- Watch: Here's What Happens to Your Body When You Fall Out of Shape
- Ovarian Tissue Transplants Have Given Cancer Survivors Successful Pregnancies
- Astronomers Develop 'Habitability Index' to Guide The Search For Life on Other Planets
- Artificial Intelligence Systems Found to Have The IQ of a 4-Year-Old
- The Real Reason You Experience a Runner's High May Not Be What You Think
- Nobel Prize in Chemistry Awarded For Work on Natural DNA Repair
- Watch: Here's How to Make Your Own Working Hoverboard (No, Really!)
- Scientists Discover New Gene That Increases Alzheimer's Disease Risk
- Big News: Australian High Court Rules That The BRCA1 Gene Can't Be Patented
- Risk of Robotic Warfare Edges Closer as UN Regulation Stalls, Experts Warn
- China Now Spends More on Science Than The EU, Will Soon Overtake The US
- Wind Energy Is Now as Cheap as Natural Gas, And Solar Is Getting Close
- Physics Duo Wins The Nobel Prize For Solving Longstanding Neutrino Puzzle
- Extreme Poverty Will Fall Below 10% For First Time in 2015, Says World Bank
- An 11-Year-Old Has 3D-Printed a Device That Safely Stores Diabetes Test Strips
- Living 'Mini-Brains' That Cost Just 25 Cents Could Replace Animal Testing
- NASA Is Now "Pretty Sure" Those Weird White Patches on Ceres Are Salt
- Microsoft's New Smart Battery 'Learns' How to Last Longer Based on Your Activity
- Animal Populations in Chernobyl Are Thriving Due to Human Exodus
- It Was Easier to Stay Skinny in The 80s, Study Finds
- Australian Engineers Just Built a Quantum Logic Gate in Silicon For The First Time
- Nobel Prize Awarded For Pioneering Discoveries in Parasite-Fighting Drugs
- Watch: Man Gives Up Added Sugar And Alcohol For 1 Month
- Incredible High-Res Photos of The Apollo Missions Have Just Been Uploaded to Flickr
- You Can Now Help Save Animals by Looking at Ridiculously Cute Selfies
- It's Official: Our Personal Experiences Determine Who We Find Attractive
- Watch: For The First Time Ever, We Can See HIV Spread in Real Time
- Watch: The Science Behind Optical Illusions
- Scientists Can Now Perform Complete Genome Sequencing in 26 Hours For Emergencies
- Science Says Your Body Needs Vacations, And Here's Why
- Scientists Discover Protein Blockers That May Function as 'The Pill' For Men
- This Device Could Harvest Energy From The Air to Power Our Home Gadgets
- Watch: This Is Your Brain on Mars
- Every Single Cell in Your Body Is Controlled by Its Own Circadian Clock
- Watch: This New Robot Lets You Paint Using Just Your Eyes
- Watch: Is Glass a Liquid?
- This Neural Implant Lets ALS Patients Type Words With Their Thoughts
- Women Don't Actually Need to Have Their Periods
- This New Smart Glove Can Turn Sign Language Into Text And Speech
- Here's Why Your Future Internet Could Come Through Your Lightbulb
- 3D-Printed Ice Habitat Concept For Mars Draws Acclaim From NASA
- Children Exposed to 4 Key Bacteria Are Less Likely to Develop Asthma, Study Finds
- Researchers Just Made Batteries From Mushrooms… And They're Surprisingly Good
- Science-Backed Tips For Adjusting to Daylight Saving
- Driverless Cars Could Reduce Traffic Fatalities by Up to 90%, Says Report
- Watch: This Antibiotics Research Kit Turns Kids Into Citizen Scientists
- Scientists Find Worms Can Safely Eat The Plastic in Our Garbage
- World's First Optical 'Rectenna' Converts Light Directly Into a DC Current
- Watch: Your Outlook on Life Is Influenced by Your Genes