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- A 10-Minute Walk Reverses The Vascular Damage of 6 Hours of Sitting, Study Finds
- Adorable Gene-Edited 'Micropigs' to Be Sold as Pets in China
- UK Woman Is First to Receive Stem Cell Treatment That Could Cure Blindness
- Evidence of Secret Chambers Discovered in King Tutankhamun's Tomb
- Here's Why NASA's Mars Rovers Are Banned From Investigating That Liquid Water
- Scientists Have Created 'Healthier' Sunblock That Doesn't Penetrate The Skin
- Make a Bottle Disappear in This Science Experiment You Can Try at Home
- Sweden Is Shifting to a 6-Hour Work Day
- Watch: Why Do We Have Body Hair?
- Scientists Estimate The Death Toll of The Volkswagen Emissions Cheating Scandal
- India Launches Its First Astronomy Satellite, ASTROSAT, Into Orbit
- Microsoft Plans to Deliver Low-Cost Internet to 600,000 Rural Indian Villages
- BPA Exposure Has Been Linked to an Increase in Diabetes And Obesity
- The Brains of High Achievers Are Wired Differently, Study Finds
- Aspirin Shown to Double The Life Expectancy of Some Cancer Patients
- Here's How Cactus Farming Could Ease The Californian Drought
- Watch: Is The New IPhone 6s Secretly Water-Resistant?
- Behold, The First Glowing Sea Turtle Ever Discovered
- Here's Why an 11-Year Search Couldn't Find Einstein's Gravitational Waves
- Watch: Here's Why You Need to Eat More Eggs
- Watch: How Fighting Wildfires Actually Makes Them Worse
- It's Official: NASA Finds Evidence of Liquid Water Flowing on The Surface of Mars
- These Personal Wind Turbines Let You Harness The Breeze Wherever You Are
- Viruses ARE Alive, And They're Older Than Modern Cells, New Study Suggests
- London Is Now Recycling Energy From Train Brakes to Power Their Stations
- Crowd Expert Says The Hajj Crush Wasn't a Stampede Like We Think
- A 200-M Sinkhole Just Swallowed Up a Campsite on Australia's Coastline
- NASA's About to Make a Big Announcement About Mars, Watch It Live Here!
- This Sustainable Floating City Can House 7,000 People And Produce Zero Waste
- Can Wearing a Man Bun Really Make Dudes Go Bald?
- Fidgeting Might Help Counteract The Damage of Sitting Down All Day
- Dead Woman Sliced 5,000 Times Creates 'Virtual Human' For Science Experiments
- Starving Cells of Sugar Could Be The Key to Future Cancer Treatments
- Scientists Have Built an Ultra-Thin Lens That Can Focus on Ridiculously Small Details
- Bone Fragments Found in Italian Convent Could Be The Real Mona Lisa, Say Researchers
- Lab-Grown Kidneys Shown to Be Fully Functional in Animal Recipients
- A 16-Year-Old Has Devised a Faster And Cheaper Way to Detect Ebola
- This New Gel-Based Touchscreen Makes Virtual Buttons Tactile
- Watch: Paralysed Man Walks Again Via Brain Waves Rerouted to His Legs
- Sweden Sets Its Sights on Becoming The World's First Fossil Fuel-Free Nation
- Antidepressants And Blood Thinners Prompt Brain Cancer Cells to Eat Themselves
- Scientists Think They've Found The Answer to What Causes Ringing in The Ears
- Watch: Here's Why We Put Telescopes in Space
- The World's Largest 3D Printer Can Now Make Entire Houses Out of Clay
- Here's Why Hangovers Really Do Feel Worse With Age
- There's a Rare Supermoon Total Lunar Eclipse Happening This Weekend
- A New Quantum Teleportation Distance Record Has Been Set
- US Defence Scientists Have Invented a Brain Implant That Boosts Memory
- Watch: Facebook Unveils Interactive 360 Video And It's Amazingly Fun
- Here's How Digestible Smart Pills Could Soon Replace Electronic Implants
- Two People Just Played 20 Questions by Reading Each Other's Thoughts
- Boeing Just Patented a System to Get Electricity From The Roar of a Jet Engine
- The Earth's Gravity Is Reshaping The Surface of The Moon
- Watch: Theory vs Hypothesis vs Law Explained
- Which Species Will Survive Earth's Sixth Mass Extinction?
- Here's Why Eating Too Much Can Give You a 'Food Coma'
- Powdered Food Alternatives Like Soylent May Be Harmful in The Long Term
- Sense of Smell Could Tell Us How Long We'll Live, Say Researchers
- Needing to Pee Actually Makes You a Better Liar, Study Finds
- Humans Can Be Identified by The Unique 'Microbial Cloud' That Surrounds Them
- A Cheap Pantry Ingredient Can Wipe Out 100% of Coral-Eating Starfish
- Scientists Create New Shape-Shifting Material From 1 Billion Tiny Magnets
- Here's What Eating a Big Mac Does to Your Body in an Hour
- The Syrian War Has Caused The First-Ever Withdrawal From The Doomsday Seed Vault
- Watch: What Causes Pins And Needles?
- Bullied Teenagers Who Exercise Regularly Are 23% Less Likely to Attempt Suicide
- Selfies Have Killed More People Than Sharks This Year, Reports Show
- High-Speed in-Flight Wi-Fi Announced For European Airspace
- New Light-Based Memory Chip Is The First Ever to Permanently Store Data
- Scientists Figure Out How to Make Flexible Materials 3 Times Stronger Than Steel
- Don't Be Fooled by a Viral GIF That Claims Earth Is Actually Lumpy, Not Round
- Here's How Tiny 3D-Printed Scaffolds Could Be Used to Restore Human Nerves
- Wealthy Business Man Buys Anti-Parasitic Drug, Raises Price 5,000% Overnight
- Watch: Hawaii's Terrifying Lava Flow Consumes Everything in Its Path
- Watch: How to Make a Frothy 'Latte' With No Espresso And No Milk
- Artificial Intelligence Is Now Smart Enough to Sit SAT Level Geometry Exams
- Prince Charles Drives a Wine-Powered Car
- Surgeons Can Now Practise Surgery on These Amazing 3D-Printed Hearts
- New Painless Nano-Patch Can Detect Diseases in The Blood
- UK Scientists Are Seeking Permission to Genetically Modify Human Embryos
- Giraffes Hum to Each Other at Night, Researchers Have Discovered
- Scientists Publish Most Comprehensive 'Tree of Life' Yet, With 2.3 Million Species
- A Discovery Channel Host's 2.4-Metre King Cobra Is on The Loose in Florida
- Watch: GoPro Footage Shows What It Looks Like to Take a Spacewalk
- Watch: Friends Build 11 Km Scale Model of The Solar System in Nevada Desert
- The World's Largest Green Roof Is Being Built on Top of an Old Silicon Valley Mall
- An Australian Student Has Reportedly Smashed NASA's Fuel Efficiency Record
- Australia Will Be Getting Tesla's New Powerwall Batteries in Late 2015
- Outdoor Air Pollution Is Now Killing Over 3 Million People Every Year
- Watch: Nano-Sized Invisibility Cloak Can Make Small Objects Disappear
- The US Just Partnered With China to Build a Bullet Train Between LA And Vegas
- We Need to Ban Microbeads to Protect Our Oceans, Say Scientists
- Watch: The Physics of Music, And Why It's Impossible to Tune a Piano
- This AI Can Beat Almost Anyone at Chess After 72 Hours of Learning
- Watch: Does It Matter Which School You Go to?
- The UK's First Self-Driving 'Pod' Vehicle Hits The Streets
- This Infographic Shows All The Reasons The Octopus Is The Coolest Animal Ever
- How Much Money Would It Cost to Become Batman?
- Is It Better to Eat a Whole Block of Chocolate at Once or Space It Out?
- Watch: Here's Why You've Been Washing Your Hands All Wrong
- Watch: A Science YouTuber Puts Six Degrees of Separation to The Test
- Scientists Have Developed a System That Absorbs 99.7% of Sound
- The Internet Is Eating Your Memory, But Something Better Is Taking Its Place
- Here's Why You Shouldn't Drink Coffee Anywhere Near Bedtime
- A Seal's Been Caught Hitching a Ride on The Back of a Whale Off The New South Wales Coast
- It Feels Instantaneous, But How Long Does It Really Take to Think a Thought?
- Here's Why Our Most Irrational Decisions Could Be a Result of Quantum Theory
- Adopting a Mediterranean Diet Could Lower Your Risk of Breast Cancer
- Here's How You Can Stand With Ahmed by Building Your Own Clock
- Frozen Embryos Are Now as Successful as Fresh Embryos in IVF Treatments
- The World's First All-Electric Propulsion Satellite Is Now Operational
- Half of Australia's Unis Are Working Together to End Sexism in Science
- A Vast Global Ocean Lies Under The Surface of Saturn's Moon, Enceladus
- The Cosmonaut With More Days in Space Than Any Other Human Has Returned
- Science Reveals Why The Mysterious Whale Shark Gets So Big
- Watch: Why Avocados Are The Most Awesome Fruit, According to Science
- New Pill Prevents Type 1 Diabetes in Mice, Study Finds
- Find Out if Your Job Is at Risk From The Future Robot Workforce
- Google's About to Provide Free Wi-Fi to 400 Indian Railway Stations
- Watch: This New Self-Destructing Computer Chip Explodes on Command
- This New Technology Converts Sea Water Into Drinking Water in Minutes
- Watch: The Science That Makes Storm Surges So Dangerous
- Watch: A Humpback Whale Almost Breaches Right on Top of a Kayak
- Here's Why Your Partner's Skin Isn't as Soft as You Think It Is
- Yes! Alabama Public Schools Now Have to Teach Evolution And Climate Change
- Researchers Identify The Longevity Genes That May Keep Some Life-Long Smokers Healthy
- Watch: Take a Walking Tour of The International Space Station
- Scientists Engineer Yeast to Produce Active Marijuana Compound, THC
- World's Longest Continental Volcanic Chain Has Been Discovered in Australia
- Here's How Our Hormones Help Get Us to Sleep
- This Code Can Help You Get an Extra 16% Smartphone Battery Life
- A Medieval Skeleton Has Been Found Hanging From The Roots of a Tree in Ireland
- Watch: GoPro Floats to Space, Films Earth, Lands in Desert, Found 2 Years Later
- A Natural Compound in Red Wine And Chocolate May Halt Alzheimer's, Study Finds
- US Government Develops Mind-Controlled Prosthetic Arm With The Sense of Touch
- Making Your Bed Each Morning Might Encourage Dust Mites to Breed in It
- Burning All Remaining Fossil Fuels Will Cause Sea Levels to Rise 60 Metres, Study Finds
- Production Is Underway on The World's Largest Aircraft
- This Transparent Lithium-Ion Battery Charges Itself With Sunlight
- Scientists Have Developed a Shark-Repelling Device For Your Surfboard
- Watch: Bare Skin Gets Tasered at 28,000 Frames Per Second
- Study Finds There Is No Such Thing as 'Gaydar'
- Find Out How Your Science Knowledge Compares to The Average American's
- Nearly One in Five High-School Vapers Has Also Vaped Marijuana, Study Finds
- People Adjust How They Walk So They Can Be as Lazy as Possible, Study Finds
- NASA Just Released These Never-Before-Seen Pluto Close-Ups
- This Infographic Shows The Dirtiest Places on Aeroplanes
- Physicists Figure Out How to Make 'Molecules' of Pure Light
- Watch: Elon Musk Says We Could Make Mars Habitable With Thermonuclear Bombs
- Your Gut Bacteria Can Reveal Which Diet Will Actually Work For You
- Here's Why Trees Should Be an Essential Part of Urban Living, According to NASA
- Watch: SpaceX Offers First Glimpse Inside Its Futuristic 7-Passenger Spacecraft
- Pinky The Rare Pink Dolphin Has Been Spotted in Louisiana Waters
- If You Can't Remember Your Dreams, It Doesn't Mean You Didn't Have Any
- Research Says Queues Would Be Quicker if The Last Person Were Served First
- Here's Everything You Need to Know About The Newly Discovered Hominid Species
- Watch: Drinking Whisky in Space Looks Like an Awful Lot of Fun
- Your Fingerprints Are About to Reveal So Much More About You
- The Compound That Makes Chillies Spicy Could Help Kill Cancer Cells
- Controversial Chinese Surgeon Signs on to Human Head Transplant Project
- NASA Takes Close-Ups of Ceres's Strange White Spots. Still Can't Explain Them.
- New Study Raises Fears That Alzheimer's May Be Transmissible Through Medical Procedures
- Watch: How to Make an Instant Coke Slushie
- This Tiny Implant Mops Up Wandering Cancer Cells in The Body
- Stunning NASA Shot Shows The International Space Station Pass in Front of The Sun
- Work Shouldn't Start Until 10am And School Even Later, Says Sleep Expert
- Here Are Four of The Most Exciting Women in Science Right Now
- Here's How to Get The Most Life Out of Your Battery
- Feeling Blue? You Might Start Seeing Colours Differently
- Vitamin C Could Be an Effective Replacement For Exercise, Study Finds
- Scientists Are Reawakening a 'Giant Virus' Frozen in The Siberian Wilderness
- Researchers Show How Self-Control Can Drain Your Memory Banks
- Here's Why Women Are More Attracted to Men Who Make Them Laugh
- 12-Year-Old Girl Scores 162 in The Mensa IQ Test, Beats Einstein And Hawking
- Watch: Here's What Happens to Your Brain When You Laugh
- This New Device Lets Visually Impaired Travellers 'Feel' Their Way Around
- Here's The Best Way to Tell if Someone's Lying, According to Science
- Scientists Think They Know How to Test The Parallel Universes Theory – For Real
- Watch: A New Red-Fanged Funnel-Web Spider Has Been Discovered in Australia
- Science Says Sperm Whales Live in Clans And Learn a 'Language'
- Watch: 3D Scan of Earth's Interior Shows What Lies Underneath Volcanoes
- New Blood Test Estimates Your Rate of Ageing And Alzheimer's Risk
- 7 Important Australian Discoveries Made in The Past Five Years
- Watch: A Meteor Just Exploded Over Bangkok
- Watch: Dutch University Creates Vending Machine That Serves Hot French Fries
- New Reef Discovered Off Australia's South Coast Rivals The Great Barrier Reef
- Watch: 9 Science-Backed Tips to Help You Study Smarter, Not Harder
- Scientists Find 'Superhenge' That Could Be Five Times The Area of Stonehenge
- Here's How BB-8, The Star Wars Droid, Gets Around (For Real)
- Watch: LG Unveils Double-Sided Display, But Would You Use It?
- The Science of Why Your Weight Jumps Around So Much From Day to Day
- This Giant Floating Farm Could Produce Almost 10 Tonnes of Food Each Year
- LHC Produces 'Primordial Soup' of The Universe Using Less Particles Than Thought Possible
- New 'Heart-in-a-Box' Device Revives Dead Hearts For Transplant
- Scientists Have Developed a "Highly Effective" Motion Sickness Treatment
- HIV Pill Protects 100% of Participants in New Study
- Watch a Tiny Water Droplet 'Orbit' a Knitting Needle
- Forget Bluetooth, New Wireless Technology Uses Your Body to Transmit Data
- Terminator-Style Robot to Save The Great Barrier Reef From Starfish Plague
- Your Cat Doesn't Really Need You Around After All, Study Finds
- Kids With Overly Controlling Parents Grow Up to Be Less Happy, Study Suggests
- Watch: Here's What You Need to Know About Devil Facial Tumour Disease
- Scientists Are Closer to Finding a Cure to The Crippling 'Stone Man Syndrome'
- 60,000 Critically Endangered Antelopes Dropped Dead in 4 Days
- Scientists Have Created a Natural Mosquito Repellant That's as Effective as DEET
- Watch: This Is Arguably Our Biggest Salt Problem
- NASA's Newest Spacecraft Concept Hitchhikes Across The Galaxy
- Here's How Many Calories It Would Take to Walk to Mordor
- The FDA Warns That Powdered Caffeine Could Potentially Kill You
- Watch: Self-Styled Pilot Connects 54 Drones And Takes Them For a Spin
- NASA Has Partnered With a Hoverboard Company to Build an IRL 'Tractor Beam'
- The Number of Trees on Earth Has Almost Halved Since Civilisation Began
- Watch: This Map Shows The 885,000 Km of Internet Cable Hidden Under The Ocean
- Snacking on The Go Can Trick Us Into Eating More Than We Should
- The Timing of Your Sleep Can Be as Important as How Much You Get
- Construction Has Started on The World's Most Powerful Digital Camera
- Tesla's Model S P85D Just Broke The Consumer Reports Ratings System
- Watch: Ants Form an Eerie Circle Around a Ringing IPhone
- The Human Body Has Gone Through Four Main Stages of Evolution, Fossils Reveal
- Research Finds That Working Longer Hours Doesn't Make You More Productive
- Watch: Octopus Brings a Seashell to a Tentacle Fight
- Scientists Compete For World's Cutest Creature With #CuteOff
- The Most Popular Way to Prevent a Hangover Could Be Wrong
- Why Do We Have to Take Some Medications With Food?
- Six Amazing Sights That Look Even Better From The International Space Station
- A New Type of Bandage Will Draw Out Bacteria And Speed Up Healing
- Fewer Americans Are Smoking And They're Quitting Faster Than Ever, Survey Shows
- New Lab-Grown Heart Tissue Sticks Together Like Velcro
- Midday Naps Linked to Reduced Blood Pressure And Fewer Medications
- Buzz Aldrin Has a Plan to Colonise Mars by 2040
- The Netherlands Plans to Have a 100% Wind-Powered Railway System by 2018
- Underground Oceans on Pluto Could Support Life, Says Brian Cox
- Study: Two-Thirds of Gluten-Sensitive People Had No Ill Effects When Given Gluten
- Melt-Resistant Ice Cream Coming Soon to a Cone Near You
- Watch: Here's How Much Chocolate Can Kill You
- Venomous Stonefish And Sea Snake Caught in Bizarre Battle
- A Physicist Has Calculated How Much Yoda Weighs
- Watch: The Evolution of Humans' Obsession With Bums