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By Adam Rifkin

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Cement Is Stronger When Its Molecules Are Busted

The Best Science Books of 2016 – Brain Pickings

Four New Names Officially Added to the Periodic Table of Elements

German engineers have developed a biological way to absorb CO2 in the atmosphere that's far more efficient than what plants and algae use.

Male Athletes Are More Likely to Choke Under Pressure Than Female Athletes

Smallest sliver of time yet measured sees electrons fleeing atom...

Is it okay to touch Mars? by vsauce

Scientists found rat brain part that processes ticklishness. Tickling the rats caused neurons in that region to fire, making them giggle.

The first ever photograph of light as both a particle and wave...

Scientists can publish their best work at any age.

A key protein for spinal cord repair is found in zebrafish.

New compound molecule S63845b could help kill up to a quarter of all cancer types.

Feeding cows seaweed could slash global greenhouse gas emissions.

Scientists accidentally created a scalable, efficient process to convert CO2 into ethanol.

Tasmanian Devil's milk could be the killer ingredient in war on superbugs.

Silkworms Spin Super-Silk After Eating Carbon Nanotubes and Graphene

The maximum lifespan of humans is fixed and subject to natural constraints. With rare exceptions no one has lived beyond 115 years.

Climate Change And The Astrobiology Of The Anthropocene

U.S. adds first bees to endangered species list

Update the Nobel Prizes

The World Passes 400 PPM Threshold. Permanently.

Cats sailed with Vikings to conquer the world, genetic study reveals

Life "not as we know it" might be possible on Saturn's moon Titan. Bring on the methane.

DNA analysis reveals there are four distinct giraffe species, not one as previously thought.

Watch as Bacteria Evolve Antibiotic Resistance in a Gigantic Petri Dish

Biomimicry: 5 really weird animals that have inspired science and tech, including the pangolin...

It took centuries, but we now know the size of the Universe.

Scientists find 3.7 billion-year-old fossil, oldest yet

How Science Can Help Get Out the Vote

Discovery reveals evolutionary path from fins to fingers

Pulling consecutive all-nighters makes some brain areas groggier. Problem solving and concentration become sluggish when sleep-deprived.

A new "bed-of-nails" nano-surface selectively rips apart bacteria and leaves animal cells alone.

Birds can sleep while flying.

Dear Science: Why can’t we just get rid of all the mosquitoes?

A crowdsourced study of 450,000 customers of 23andMe has uncovered the first major trove of genetic clues to the cause of depression.

Could Nanotechnology End Hunger?

How Much Exercise Do You Need to Make Up For Sitting All Day?

Meet Luca, the Ancestor of All Living Things

Cougars can kill hundreds of deer over the course of their lives; restoring them to 19 states could prevent automobile-deer collisions.

How a Guy From a Montana Trailer Park Overturned 150 Years of Biology about Lichens

Cinnamon is good for memory improvement. Or is it?

Biomedical Scientist Teaches You How to Never Have a Serious Poison Ivy Rash Again

Some earthquakes on San Andreas fault are triggered by gravitational tug of sun and moon

Why Brexit may be a deadly experiment for science

The billion dollar brain training industry is a sham. It is nothing but a placebo, according to a scientific study.

Scientists have developed a new kind of bio-ink which contains stem cells and allows 3D printing of a living tissue.

Robotic ray is part animal, part machine, built from 200,000 genetically engineered heart muscle cells...

The Science Behind Fireworks

Richard Feynman on set theory, new math, bad vs good pedagogy, and precision vs clarity #mathed

The new huge Helium discovery is a life saving find and a game changer.

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