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Work from home and save the planet

Work from home and save the planet

How valuable were dogs to ancient humans?

How valuable were dogs to ancient humans?

Now everyone can build battery-free electronic devices

Now everyone can build battery-free electronic devices

New cereal box-sized satellite to explore alien planets

New cereal box-sized satellite to explore alien planets

Disabled people can now use Android phones with face gestures

Disabled people can now use Android phones with face gestures

Researchers uncover how all life on Earth began

Researchers uncover how all life on Earth began

New light-weight and comfortable casts self-adjust during the healing process

New light-weight and comfortable casts self-adjust during the healing process

Who needs a boss? Study shows benefit of employees managing themselves

Who needs a boss? Study shows benefit of employees managing themselves

Artificial intelligence as an early warning system against runaway climate change

Artificial intelligence as an early warning system against runaway climate change

Researchers find human learning can be duplicated in solid matter

Researchers find human learning can be duplicated in solid matter

Smartphone sensor data could detect if you are 'high'

Smartphone sensor data could detect if you are 'high'

Can we just bury our carbon dioxide problem under the sea?

Can we just bury our carbon dioxide problem under the sea?

How a 2-day 'Kindness Yard Sale' turned into a year’s worth of kindness

How a 2-day 'Kindness Yard Sale' turned into a year’s worth of kindness

Strength training can burn fat too, myth-busting study finds

Strength training can burn fat too, myth-busting study finds

Are you ready for a 3D-printed house? They're cheaper, stronger and long-lasting

Are you ready for a 3D-printed house? They're cheaper, stronger and long-lasting

Scientists To Bring Woolly Mammoth Back From Extinction

Scientists To Bring Woolly Mammoth Back From Extinction

Flying cars are coming sooner than you think

Flying cars are coming sooner than you think

Delivery robots take the strain out of shopping

Delivery robots take the strain out of shopping

Hundreds march for right of animals to live with ‘decency and kindness’

Hundreds march for right of animals to live with ‘decency and kindness’

New research “sniffs out” how memories are formed

New research “sniffs out” how memories are formed

An MIT sleep study’s eye-opening findings

An MIT sleep study’s eye-opening findings

New DNA sensor can quickly determine whether viruses are infectious

New DNA sensor can quickly determine whether viruses are infectious

Research finds that inner solar system planets were formed through violent collisions

Research finds that inner solar system planets were formed through violent collisions

Team creates micro-robots propelled by air bubbles and ultrasound

Team creates micro-robots propelled by air bubbles and ultrasound

China launches world’s first early morning weather and climate monitoring satellite

China launches world’s first early morning weather and climate monitoring satellite

Robots are taking over for an aging industrial work force

Robots are taking over for an aging industrial work force

How robots can tell how clean is ‘clean’

How robots can tell how clean is ‘clean’

Winged microchip is smallest-ever human-made flying structure

Winged microchip is smallest-ever human-made flying structure

New insights into the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of cancer

New insights into the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of cancer

Can a novel light therapy help people with Alzheimers?

Can a novel light therapy help people with Alzheimers?

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