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October 21, 2015

Deformed, pointy skull from Dark Ages unearthed in France

The skeleton of an ancient aristocratic woman whose head was warped into a deformed, pointy shape has been unearthed in a necropolis in France.

October 21, 2015

Zombie neuroscience: Inside the brains of the walking dead

The rotting flesh, the shuffling walk, the unintelligible groans it's not hard to spot a zombie at a glance even among the most gruesome of Halloween monsters.

October 21, 2015

Mummified head may not be King Henry IV, researchers say

A mummified head identified as that of the French king Henry IV three years ago may not belong to the monarch after all.

October 21, 2015

Lost civilization's tech savvy seen in gravetop sundial

A carved stone found marking a Bronze Age grave in the Ukraine is the oldest sundial of its kind ever found, a new study reveals.

October 21, 2015

850 snakes found at New York animal control officer's house

Authorities in New York say they've found hundreds of snakes including two 6-foot Burmese pythons at an animal control officer's house.

October 21, 2015

Cosmos may be curved, scientists say

Evidence left over after the Big Bang may suggest a saddle-shaped universe, new data suggests.

October 21, 2015

Lego releases first female scientist

Wearing glasses and a lab coat, and holding out two Erlenmeyer flasks, Professor C. Bodin (as her nametag reads) is Lego's first female scientist.

October 21, 2015

Physicists levitate tiny diamonds in wild experiment

In quite an eerie feat, physicists have floated microscopic diamonds in midair using laser beams.

October 21, 2015

Scientists make world's smallest Mona Lisa

The world’s most famous smile is now the world’s smallest.

October 21, 2015

Reality check: Is our universe real?

Perhaps our human senses are deceiving us maybe existence is an illusion, and reality isn't real.