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Thanks to a particle accelerator, we can see inside this ancient mummy

By Fedor Kossakovski

On Monday, a team of scientists carted the mummy of a five-year-old girl off for a 24-hour session with a particle accelerator.

The secret to turtle hibernation: Butt-breathing

By Jacqueline Litzgus, The Conversation

Here's the science behind how they do it.

Drilling reawakens sleeping faults in Texas, leads to earthquakes

By Anna Kuchment, Scientific American

For 300 million years faults showed no activity, and then wastewater injections from oil and gas wells came along.

How to avoid toxic toys this holiday season

By Lesley McClurg, KQED Science

The California Public Interest Research Group (CALPIRG), a consumer watchdog group, just released their annual Trouble in Toyland report.

On Black Friday, the psychology of retail rage

By Jaeha Lee, The Conversation

New research shows how human emotions affect the likelihood to misbehave on Black Friday, as well as a significant difference between men and women.

Praying mantis hanky-panky is way weirder than you think

By Joshua Cassidy, KQED Science

As it turns out, when a male mantis loses his head, it doesn’t mean he loses the urge to procreate. You read that right.

In remote Kenyan villages, solar startups bring light

By Fred de Sam Lazaro

Some 1.3 billion people around the globe don’t have access to an electric grid. But solar startup companies say harnessing an abundant resource -- the sun -- can light up some of the world’s most remote areas. In this Kenyan…

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This asteroid is our solar system’s first known ‘alien’ visitor

By Rashmi Shivni

A cigar-shaped asteroid named ‘Oumuamua is our solar system's first interstellar visitor -- that we know of.

Sugar industry withheld possible evidence of cancer link 50 years ago, researchers say

By Teresa Carey

Scientists at the University of California, San Francisco have uncovered documents demonstrating that members of the sugar industry called off a study in the 1960s because it linked sucrose -- a common sugar -- to heart disease and bladder cancer…

Will U.S. support for nuclear and coal at the Bonn climate talks encourage others to keep polluting?

By David Biello

The U.S. delegation's fondness for coal and nuclear may provide abundant cover to other nations to continue polluting. That means we're going to need technology now more than ever.