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Scientists have made the surprising discovery of fossilized plants 1.4 km beneath the Greenland Ice Sheet. That indicates the island has been ice-free within the last million years – meaning it’s more vulnerable to climate change than we thought.

A study investigating the relationship between the gut microbiome, genetics, and MS, is suggesting bacteria certainly plays a role in modulating the effects of the disease but whether that role is positive or negative may be determined by genetics.

The line between robots and living organisms is beginning to blur. Researchers at the University of Vermont and Tufts University have now essentially created new creatures from frog cells, complete with programmable behaviors.

Researchers have taken advantage of defects to make silver much stronger while still being conductive – breaking a theoretical limit in the process.

The search is on for clearer, more straightforward ways to diagnose depression and anxiety, and scientists at the University of Vermont believe they have unearthed another with the help of a newly developed AI algorithm that can detect telltale signals in a subject's speech. ​

​One of the problems with depression is the fact that detecting its onset can be difficult. A new computer program could help, however – it can detect depression in peoples' Instagram photos, even before the condition is diagnosed.

Hedonometer is a new web platform that crunches Twitter data to measure levels of happiness across the English-speaking world