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October 21, 2015

Spooky! Human brain waves control mouse genes

Human thoughts can be used to turn on genes in mice, new research suggests

October 21, 2015

What happens to a dead body in the ocean?

When a dead body decomposes in the ocean, scientists know little about what happens to it.

October 21, 2015

New Mexico police catch a 'ghost' on camera

Next time you see a ghost, ‘who you gonna call?’ For those who live in Espanola, New Mexico, it won’t be Bill Murray and his fellow Ghostbusters, but instead the local police department.

October 21, 2015

'Theory of Everything' poster unveiled for Stephen Hawking biopic

A new poster for a Stephen Hawking biopic set for release later this year celebrates the love and scientific theories of one of the most well known cosmologists ever.

October 21, 2015

New poll says Big Bang theory a big question for many Americans

While scientists believe the universe began with a Big Bang, most Americans put a big question mark on the concept, an Associated Press-GfK poll found.

October 21, 2015

Top quark: Mass of world's heaviest elementary particle found

In the first joint result from the world's two leading particle colliders, scientists have determined the mass of the heaviest elementary particle, the top quark.

October 21, 2015

GlassesOff app claims to eliminate need for reading glasses

Like death and taxes, reading glasses are almost inevitable, caused by the aging of your eye known as presbyopia. Fortunately, there may be a way to correct it.

October 21, 2015

Not quite cold fusion: Experiments for freezing temperatures

Single-digit temperatures may not be much fun, but they can make for some interesting experiments.

October 21, 2015

Ask a science teacher: What creates the wind?

Wind is caused by a difference in pressure from one area to another area on the surface of the Earth. Air naturally moves from high to low pressure, and when it does so, it is called wind.

October 21, 2015

Ask a science teacher: Which came first, the chicken or the egg?

Every generation has argued this question.