Science Stories for 2016

Let's Raise A Glass To The Many Tech Pioneers Who Died In 2016 64
Astronomers Detect Mysterious Radio Signals Coming From Outside Our Galaxy 205
NASA Designs 'Ice Dome' For Astronauts On Mars 126
China Says It Will Shut Down Ivory Trade By End of 2017 67
Self-Driving Cars Will Make Organ Shortages Even Worse 295
Satellite Spots Massive Object Hidden Under the Frozen Wastes of Antarctica 296
Paintings Reveal Signs of Alzheimer's and Parkinson's In Famous Artists 24
Wisconsin's Department of Natural Resources Site No Longer Says Humans Cause Climate Change 371
Chinese Rocket Fails To Put Two Satellites Into Correct Orbits 113
Scientists Develop a Breathalyzer That Detects 17 Diseases With One Breath From a Patient 99
Nevada Website Bug Leaks Thousands of Medical Marijuana Dispensary Applications 55
FDA Releases New Cybersecurity Guidelines For Medical Devices 40
China Plans To Land Probes On Far Side of Moon, Mars By 2020 115
Vera Rubin, Pioneering Astronomer Who Confirmed Existence of Dark Matter, Dies At 88 162
Avatar-Style Manned Robot Takes First Steps In South Korea 42
The US Government is Loaning Millions of Dollars To Jumpstart Urban Farming 131
Humans Marrying Robots? Experts Say It's Really Coming 366
Cheetahs Heading Towards Extinction as Population Crashes 120
Apple Publishes Its First AI Research Paper 35
You're An Adult, But Your Brain Might Not Be, Researchers Say 261
Flickering Lights May Illuminate A Path To Alzheimer's Treatment 30
The Recent Changes In Earth's Magnetic Field 170
Are Airlines Intentionally Overbooking Their Flights? 313
Researchers Send Information Using a Single Particle of Light 56
How Social Isolation Is Killing Us 297
Ebola Vaccine Gives 100 Percent Protection, Could Be Readily Available By 2018 72
UK Hits Clean Energy Milestone: 50% of Electricity From Low Carbon Sources 111
Stanford Built a Humanoid Submarine Robot To Explore a 17th-Century Shipwreck 47
New Test Spots Human Form of Mad Cow Disease With 100-Percent Accuracy 133
World's First 'Solar Panel Road' Opens In France 277
Prepare For Even More Volatile Weather in 2017 364
China Claims Tests of 'Reactionless' EM Drive Were Successful 470
Obama Blocks Offshore Drilling In Atlantic, Arctic Areas 338
Japan Successfully Launches Solid Fuel Rocket 107
Using Multiple Social Networks May Lead To Depression and Anxiety, Says Study 119
Human Cells Naturally 'Eat' Silicon Nanowires 42
Pregnancy Alters Woman's Brains 'For At Least Two Years' 280
Scientists Blast Antimatter Atoms With a Laser For The First Time 115
Solar Is Top Source of New Capacity On the US Grid In 2016 192
China Chokes On Smog So Bad That Planes Can't Land 166
Are Psychiatric Medications Hurting More Patients Than They Help? 432
US Scientists Scramble To Protect Research On Climate Change 534
Human Zika Antibodies Prevent Infection in Mice 12
RIP Dr. Henry Heimlich, Inventor of the Heimlich Maneuver 51
Scientific American Column: 'It's Not Cold Fusion...But It's Something' 188
Apollo 11 Moon Rock Bag Belongs To Buyer, Not NASA, Judge Rules 63
Researchers Find Roads Shatter the Earth's Surface Into 600,000 Fragments 143
World Energy Hits a Turning Point: Solar That's Cheaper Than Wind 220
Vitamin D Deficiency During Pregnancy Linked To Autism 216
Aging Process May Be Reversable, Scientists Claim 253
Iceland Seeking 'Supercritical Steam' For Power Source 160
Lack of Penis Bone In Humans Linked To Monogamous Relationships and Quick Sex, Study Says 279
First Offshore Wind Farm In US Waters Delivers Power To Rhode Island 196
SpaceX Delays First Crewed Flight Of Its Dragon Capsule For NASA 39
Why China Can't Lure Tech Talent 219
Quest Diagnostics Says Personal Health Information of 34,000 Customers Hacked 69
Rapid Rise In Methane Emissions In 10 Years Surprises Scientists 293
Fossil Fuel Divestment Has Doubled In the Last 15 Months 263
IBM's Watson Used In Life-Saving Medical Diagnosis 83
Japan Sends Its New Space Junk-Fighting Technology To The ISS 64
Japanese City Tags Elderly Dementia Sufferers With Barcodes 115
Researchers Successfully Fight Colon Cancer Using Immunotherapy 40
Autonomous Shuttle Brakes For Squirrels, Skateboarders, and Texting Students 74
'Star In a Jar' Fusion Reactor Works, Promises Infinite Energy 431
Silly Putty Makes For Super-Sensitive Sensors 43
Radiation From Fukushima Disaster Reaches Oregon Coast 139
Bose Launches 'Hearphones' That Act Like Hearing Aids 65
Facebook Discloses New Measurement Errors, Continues To Hone Its Math 36
Mars One Delayed Its Mars Mission -- Again 99
US Life Expectancy Declines For the First Time Since 1993 497
John Glenn, First American To Orbit The Earth, Dies At 95 113
First Dinosaur Tail Found Preserved in Amber 70
Cesarean Births Could Be Affecting Human Evolution, Study Says 277
Earth's Day Lengthens By Two Milliseconds a Century, Astronomers Find 140
Paris Makes All Public Transportation Free In Battle Against 'Worst Air Pollution For 10 Years' 239
NASA Awards $127 Million Contract For Refueling Mission Spacecraft 38
Microsoft Researchers Offer Predictions For AI, Deep Learning 102
Weather Channel To Breitbart: Stop Citing Us To Spread Climate Skepticism 588
Former Samsung Engineers Build Smart Umbrella That Tells If It's Going To Rain 89
Scientists Develop Robotic Hand For People With Quadriplegia 22
Apple To Start Publishing AI Research To Hasten Deep Learning 26
White House Silence Seems To Confirm $4 Billion 'Computer Science For All' K-12 Initiative Is No More 280
California State Senator Introduces Bill That Would Mandate Reporting of 'Superbug' Infections, Deaths 75
Tech Billionaires Award Top Scientists $25 Million In 'Breakthrough' Prizes 56
CO2 Researchers Are Now Hacking Photosynthesis 119
Our Brains Use Binary Logic, Say Neuroscientists 69
Alien Life Could Thrive In the Clouds of Failed Stars 67
Paris, Madrid, Athens, Mexico City Will Ban Diesel Vehicles By 2025 243
Stephen Hawking: Automation and AI Is Going To Decimate Middle Class Jobs 468
Climate Change Will Stir 'Unimaginable' Refugee Crisis, Says Military 333
Four New Elements Finally Get Their Official Names, Added To Periodic Table 102
Russian Supply Rocket Malfunctions, Breaks Up Over Siberia En Route To ISS 135
Nestle Discovers 'Breakthrough' Method To Cut Sugar In Chocolate By 40% Without Affecting Taste 328
Earthquake-Sensing Mobile App 'MyShake' Detects Over 200 Earthquakes Large and Small 25
Astronaut Buzz Aldrin is Being Emergency Evacuated From the South Pole 192
FDA Approves Large Clinical Trial For Ecstasy As Relief For PTSD Patients 151
ULA Unveils Website That Lets You Price Out a Rocket 'Like Building a Car' 58
Google Earth's Timelapses Offer a 32-Year Look At Earth's Changing Surface 85
New Study Shows Marijuana Users Have Low Blood Flow To the Brain 560
Theory Challenging Einstein's View On Speed of Light Could Soon Be Tested 244
San Francisco's 58-Story Millennium Tower Seen Sinking From Space 242
India Unveils the World's Largest Solar Power Plant 177
Religious Experiences Have Similar Effect On Brain As Taking Drugs, Study Finds 228
Google Successfully Uses Machine Learning To Detect Diabetic Retinopathy 30
Russia Falls Behind In Annual Space Launches For First Time Ever 93
Spinal Fluid Changes In Space May Impair Astronauts' Vision, Study Finds 77
Microbiome Changes Drive the Dieting Yo-Yo Effect, Study Finds 256
NASA X-Ray Tech Could Enable Superfast Communication In Deep Space 58
Great Barrier Reef Has Worst Coral Die-Off Ever, Report Finds 235
Japan Fukushima Nuclear Plant 'Clean-Up Costs Double,' Approaching $200 Billion 302
Scientists Turn Nuclear Waste Into Diamond Batteries 156
EPA Increases Amount of Renewable Fuel To Be Blended Into Gasoline 351
Sugar-Free Products Might Actually Stop Us From Getting Slimmer 172
Researchers Successfully Achieve Suspended Animation With Mouse Embryos 28
Brain Cancer Patients Live Longer By Sending Electric Fields Through Their Heads 74
Scientists Believe There's Finally A Cure For The Common Cold 193
Science Journals Caught Publishing Fake Research For Cash 137
An Underground Ice Deposit On Mars Is Bigger Than New Mexico 113
6 Major Countries Have Recently Announced Plans To Phase-Out All Coal-Fired Power Plants 275
Toyota's Battery 'Breakthrough' Can Lead To More Range, Longer Life 29
For the First Time, Living Cells Have Formed Carbon-Silicon Bonds 87
Security Researchers Can Turn Headphones Into Microphones 122
ESA: European Mars Lander Crash Caused By 1-Second Glitch 110
Trump To Scrap NASA Climate Research In Crackdown On 'Politicized Science' 667
Scientists Create Battery That Charges In Seconds and Lasts For Days 230
American Computer Scientists Grace Hopper, Margaret Hamilton Receive Presidential Medals of Freedom 126
Trump Admits 'Some Connectivity' Between Climate Change and Human Activity 559
No Evidence of Aloe Vera Found in the Aloe Vera at Wal-Mart, CVS 333
US Dementia Rates Drop 24%, New Study Finds 105
China To Build a Solar Plant In Chernobyl's Exclusion Zone 87
Sea Ice In Arctic and Antarctic Is At Record Low Levels This Year 313
Canada Plans To Phase Out Coal-Powered Electricity By 2030 147
Walmart Tests Blockchain For Use In Food Recalls 109
One Third of California's Trees Are Dead 393
Feeding Seaweed To Cows Eliminates Methane Emissions 283
Dutch Science Academy Plans A Women-Only Election 266
Final NASA Eagleworks Paper Confirms Promising EM Drive Results 477
WHO: Zika No Longer a World Health Emergency 54
Scientists Discover Antibody That Neutralizes 98% of HIV Strains 90
The US Government is Finally Telling People that Homeopathy is a Sham 297
Terminally Ill Teen Won Historic Ruling To Preserve Body 386
Elon Musk: Tesla's Solar Roof Will Cost Less Than a Traditional Roof 428
ESA Launches Four Galileo Satellites 68
France To Shut Down All Coal-Fired Power Plants By 2023 328
Stephen Hawking: We Might Have 1,000 Years Left on Earth 522
SpaceX Files FCC Application For Internet Access Network With 4,425 Satellites 121
Pluto's 'Icy Heart' May Have Tilted the Dwarf Planet Over 52
Google Launches Earth VR For Free On HTC Vive 32
Maths Zeroes in on Perfect Cup of Coffee 162
'Stranger In a Strange Land' Coming To TV 227
Chinese Scientists Become First To Use CRISPR Gene-Editing On Humans 114
2016 Will Be the Hottest Year On Record, UN Says 284
Chemical Traces On Your Phone Reveal Your Lifestyle, Scientists Say 80
Another Study Finds Earth's CO2 Emissions Have Flattened Over The Last Three Years 201
Is Technology A Bigger Story Than Donald Trump? 430
'Radioactive Boy Scout' Reportedly Passes Away At Age 39 182
US Drought Brings A Surprise Benefit: No Tornados 90
How Stephen Wolfram Devised Interstellar Travel (And Code Samples) For 'Arrival' 102
A Computer Program Has Ranked the Most Influential Brain Scientists of the Modern Era 39
Atlas V Rocket Launches Sharp-Eyed Earth-Observing Satellite 19
Earth's Plants Are Countering Some of the Effects of Climate Change 186
A USB Stick Can Show HIV Test Results In Under 30 Minutes 52
Researchers Set To Work On Malware-Detecting CPUs 40
China Launches World's First Pulsar Navigation Satellite 46
Trump Picks Top Climate Skeptic To Lead EPA Transition 1066
Drinking a Can of Sugary Soda Every Day Can Boost a Person's Risk For Prediabetes, Study Finds 143
November 14th Supermoon Will Be Biggest In 68 Years 53
Increased Smartphone Screen-Time Is Associated With Lower Sleep Quality, Says Study 61
Brain Implants Allow Paralyzed Monkeys To Walk 50
Australia To Play Strategic Role in Biggest Ever Search For Extra-Terrestrial Life 25
What the Trump Win Means For Tech and Science 382
New Theory of Gravity Might Explain Dark Matter 164
Sea Levels Will Rise Faster Than Ever If Earth's Warming Continues, Says Study 140
Researchers Hack Philips Hue Smart Bulbs Using a Drone 50
Slashdot Asks: Is It Time To Dump Time Zones In Favor of Coordinated Universal Time? 598
Leaked NASA Paper Suggests The 'Impossible' EM Drive Really Does Work 711
India's New Delhi Now Most Polluted City on Earth, Air Quality Well Beyond 'Hazardous' Level 137
Scientists at De Beers Fight the Growing Threat of Man-Made Diamonds 365
New Paper Explores The Prospects For Life Around M-Class Stars 69
First Color Images Produced By an Electron Microscope 46
A New Process Turns Sewage Into Crude Oil 181
Face Electrodes Let You Taste and Chew In Virtual Reality 41
A Naked Black Hole Is Screaming Through the Universe 99
Why a Theoretical Physicist Wants All State Bills To Be Online Before Final Vote 304
Health Anxiety May Increase Risk of Heart Disease, Research Finds 36
Paris Climate Change Agreement Enters Into Force 137
China Launches New Heavy-Lift Long March 5 Rocket For First Time 93
Scientists Develop Magnetic Ink That Can Self-Heal Gadgets When They Break 52
Study Links Human Actions To Specific Arctic Ice Melt 234
Every Year of Smoking Causes About 150 New DNA Mutations That Can Make Cancer More Likely, Says Study 158
Why America Needs India's Rockets 112
World's Largest Space Telescope Is Complete, Expected To Launch In 2018 156
Researchers Make a High-Performance Battery From Junkyard Scraps 117
Study Finds That Athletes Perform Better When Reminded of Their Impending Death 106
Computer Virus Attack Forces Hospitals To Cancel Operations, Shut Down Systems 127
National Geographic Releases Alarming Climate Change Movie 'Before the Flood' On YouTube 693
NASA Signals Interest In Extending Commercial Spaceflight To the Moon 24
Why Tesla's New Solar Roof Tiles and Home Battery Are Such a Big Deal 280
SpaceX Plan To Fuel Rockets With People Aboard Raises Alarm Bells 190
President Obama Announces Semiconductor Industry Working Group To Review US Competitiveness 111
CloudFlare Can Be Ordered To Disclose Science Piracy Website Owner Details 55
Physicists Induce Superconductivity In Non-Superconducting Materials 50
NASA: We're Not Racing SpaceX To Mars 98
Deadly 1933 Long Beach Earthquake May Have Been Caused By Oil Drilling, Says Study 89
People Who Use Facebook Live Longer, Study Finds 122
Where Does Jeff Bezos Foresee Putting Space Colonists? Inside O'Neill Cylinders 151
NASA Scientists Suggest We've Been Underestimating Sea Level Rise 258
Male Birth Control Shot Found Effective 372
Bad Code May Have Crashed Schiaparelli Mars Lander 163
Mysterious Star Pulses May Be Alien Signals, Study Claims 128
NASA's New Horizons Spacecraft Sends Back Last Bit of Data From 2015 Pluto Flyby 60
Tesla Unveils Residential 'Solar Roof' With Updated Battery Storage System 231
Harvard Scientists Invent Cigarette-Smoking Robot For Better Lung Disease Research 46
SpaceX Says Helium Loading Issue May Have Caused Falcon 9 Explosion 38
Let Researchers Try New Paths 116
First-Ever Dinosaur Brain Tissue Found Preserved In a Pebble 43
Star Trek Discovery Gets Delayed After Losing Showrunner Bryan Fuller 191
Climate Change Rate To Turn Southern Spain To Desert By 2100, Report Warns 282
World Wildlife Falls By 58% in 40 years 180
Rich People Pay Less Attention To Other People, Says Study 259
New Study Shows HIV Epidemic Started Spreading In New York In 1970, Clears the Name of 'Patient Zero' 380
Noisy Coworkers And Other Sounds Are Top Distraction in Workplace, Study Says 290
Those Facebook Live Videos From Space That Are Going Viral Are Fake, NASA Confirms 39
Nuclear Plants Leak Critical Alerts In Unencrypted Pager Messages 79
Renewables Overtake Coal As World's Largest Source of Power Capacity 340
Scientists Create AI Program That Can Predict Human Rights Trials With 79 Percent Accuracy 83
Largest Auto-Scandal Settlement In US History: Judge Approves $15 Billion Volkswagen Settlement 128
Curious Tilt of the Sun Traced To Undiscovered Planet 232
Global CO2 Concentration Passes Threshold of 400 ppm -- and That's Bad for the Climate 376
Harvard Researchers Print World's First Heart-On-A-Chip 20
Study Finds Little Lies Lead To Bigger Ones 187
Climate Change Could Cross Key Threshold in a Decade, Scientists Say 357
Internet is Becoming Unreadable Because of a Trend Towards Lighter, Thinner Fonts 331
Elon Musk's Mars Colony Would Have a Horde of Mining Robots 222
Researchers Predict Next-Gen Batteries Will Last 10 Times Longer 171
"Splat" of Schiaparelli Mars Lander Likely Found 106
A British Supercomputer Can Predict Winter Weather a Year In Advance 177
Quantum Researchers Achieve 10-Fold Boost In Superposition Stability 89
'Anonymous' Hacker Indicted As His Hunger Strike Continues 67
Russians Seek Answers To Central Moscow GPS Anomaly 176
Chemical-Releasing Bike Lock Causes Vomiting To Deter Thieves 285
Schiaparelli Mars Lander May Have Exploded On Impact, European Agency Says 112
Stephen Hawking: AI Will Be Either the Best or the Worst Thing To Humanity 210
Facebook Bans Animated Breast Cancer Awareness Video Showing Circle-Shaped Breasts 99
Nurses In Australia Face Punishment For Promoting Anti-Vaccination Messages Via Social Media 656
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos Thinks Space Can Be the New Internet 90
First New US Nuclear Reactor In 20 Years Goes Live 344
Schiaparelli Mars Probe's Parachute 'Jettisoned Too Early', Whereabouts Still Unknown 185
Stanford Researchers Release Virtual-Reality Simulation That Transports Users To Ocean of the Future 83
ESA Lander's Signal Cut Out Just Before It Was Supposed To Land on Mars 244

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