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October 20, 2015

What did our ancient ancestors look like?

The color of the eyes and hair of ancestors dead for hundreds of years can now be revealed from their DNA alone, researchers say.

October 20, 2015

100-year-old deathbed dreams of mathematician proved true

While on his death bed, the brilliant Indian mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan cryptically wrote down functions he said came to him in dreams, with a hunch about how they behaved.

October 20, 2015

World's largest atom smasher gets faster

The Large Hadron Collider is working more efficiently, physicists announced Monday, with more particles than ever before crammed into the particle accelerator's beams.

October 20, 2015

Ooooooooh Tannenbaum: Huge DNA code of the Christmas tree beginning to yield its secrets

Scientists say they're making progress on a huge project: mapping the DNA of the Christmas tree.

October 20, 2015

Math, science scores for some US students improving, but lag behind many in Asia, Europe

An international study shows American students perform better than the global average, but still lag behind many of their peers in Asia and Europe.

October 20, 2015

The science behind our strange, spooky dreams

The realm of sleep and dreams has long been associated with strangeness: omens or symbols, unconscious impulses and fears.

October 20, 2015

The real question: who didn't have sex with neanderthals?

The only modern humans whose ancestors did not interbreed with Neanderthals are apparently sub-Saharan Africans, researchers say.

October 20, 2015

'Jurassic Park' may be impossible, scientists decide

Researchers may never be able to extract 80-million-year-old dino DNA to bring a T. rex back to life, but a new study suggests DNA can survive in fossils longer than believed.

October 20, 2015

Einstein's brain is now an interactive iPad app

The brain that revolutionized physics now can be downloaded as an app for $9.99. But it won't help you win at Angry Birds.

October 20, 2015

'The Next MacGyver' winners hope to bring women in STEM to prime-time

The winners of 'The Next MacGyver' aim to bring women in STEM to TV.