In a study of data from 129,808 people over an 80-year span, researchers found that the genome sequence variations linked to higher education are becoming rarer in the population. Despite the decrease in these genetic factors in the gene pool, education levels continue to increase, showing that genetics are not the only factor at play.

China is shutting down 104 coal-fired projects across 13 provinces, which were expected to deliver a total of 120 gigawatts of power. With this change, it might be possible for the world’s biggest industrial nation to meet its target of limiting coal-fired power generation to 1,100 gigawatts by 2020.

The Mars Curiosity rover has found slabs of rock cross-hatched with shallow ridges that NASA believes could be mud cracks that formed about 3 billion years ago. This discovery adds to the growing amount of evidence that Mars was once a wet planet on which life could have survived.

Market research company Forrester estimates that by 2021 new technology will get rid of 6% of jobs. Joshua Browder spends a lot of time personally researching issues with confusing signage and parking rules.