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October 30

• 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

October 29

• 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

October 28

• 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

October 27

• 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

October 26

• 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

October 25

• Watch: Why Coffee Naps Are Better Than Coffee or Naps Alone

October 23

• 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

October 22

• 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

October 21

• 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

October 20

• 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

October 19

• 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

October 18

• Watch: Quantum Computing Explained in Less Than 2 Minutes

October 16

• 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?

October 15

• 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

October 14

• 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

October 13

• 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

October 12

• 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

October 9

• 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

October 8

• 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

October 7

• 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

October 6

• 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

October 5

• 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

October 3

• What Medicines Would We Pack For a Trip to Mars?

October 2

• 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

October 1

• 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