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Brain cells can outlive the body

October 21, 2015

Brain cells can outlive the body

Brain cells can live at least twice as long as the organisms in which they reside, according to new research

Higgs boson find may spell doom for universe

October 21, 2015

Higgs boson find may spell doom for universe

A subatomic particle discovered last year that may be the long-sought Higgs boson might doom our universe to an unfortunate end, researchers say

World’s largest prime number discovered -- all 17 million digits

October 21, 2015

World’s largest prime number discovered -- all 17 million digits

As part of the Great Internet Mersenne Prime Search (GIMPS), Curtis Cooper recently discovered the 48th and largest prime number yet found.

Texas teen takes home $100G science prize

October 21, 2015

Texas teen takes home $100G science prize

A high school student from Texas has won a $100,000 scholarship for scientific work that could help driverless cars and robots navigate around obstacles.

The real story of North Korea's unicorn lair

October 21, 2015

The real story of North Korea's unicorn lair

North Korean state media has reported the discovery of the lair of a unicorn ridden by an ancient Korean king.

US science to plunge off fiscal cliff?

October 21, 2015

US science to plunge off fiscal cliff?

The American science programs that landed the first man on the moon, found cures for deadly diseases and bred crops that feed the world now face the possibility of becoming relics in the story of human progress.

One mile beneath the earth, dark matter detector nears activation in gold mine

October 21, 2015

One mile beneath the earth, dark matter detector nears activation in gold mine

Scientists hoping to detect dark matter deep in a former South Dakota gold mine have taken the last major step before flipping the switch on their painstakingly delicate experiment.

Artificial muscles built from 'carbon yarn'

October 21, 2015

Artificial muscles built from 'carbon yarn'

Muscles made from twisted strands of carbon yarn were able to pull more than 100,000 times their own weight in recent tests.

The Radioactive Orchestra: Band uses nuclear isotopes to make music

October 21, 2015

The Radioactive Orchestra: Band uses nuclear isotopes to make music

Every second in your body, thousands of tiny isotopes are bursting with radioactive decay. And, all around you, imperceptible gamma rays explode in a brilliant but invisible lightshow. And they've just formed a live band.

British, Japanese scientists win Nobel medicine prize

October 21, 2015

British, Japanese scientists win Nobel medicine prize

British researcher John Gurdon and Shinya Yamanaka of Japan have won this year's Nobel Prize in medicine for discovering that cells of the body can be reprogrammed into stem cells