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Ancient Europeans: dark skinned, blue eyed?

October 20, 2015

Ancient Europeans: dark skinned, blue eyed?

An ancient European hunter-gatherer man had dark skin and blue eyes, a new genetic analysis has revealed.

What lies beneath: Tiny organisms thrive below earth's surface

October 20, 2015

What lies beneath: Tiny organisms thrive below earth's surface

Miles beneath the Earth's surface, where no light or air reaches, tiny organisms are eking out a meager existence.

Baby, it's cold inside: Scientists measure the universe's coldest stuff

October 20, 2015

Baby, it's cold inside: Scientists measure the universe's coldest stuff

Physicists from Australia and the United Kingdom have created a new way of measuring matter -- and as a result they now can study the coldest objects in the universe.

T. Rex flesh? Controversial soft tissue finally explained

October 20, 2015

T. Rex flesh? Controversial soft tissue finally explained

The controversial discovery of 68-million-year-old soft tissue from the bones of a Tyrannosaurus rex finally has a physical explanation.

Genomics firm 23andMe patents ‘designer baby' system, promises not to use it

October 20, 2015

Genomics firm 23andMe patents ‘designer baby' system, promises not to use it

A personal genetics firm was recently granted a patent on a system that lets you predict the traits of a baby -- but the company promises not to use.

Something Congress could agree on: Helium

October 20, 2015

Something Congress could agree on: Helium

Congress is so mired in gridlock that it couldn’t agree upon a basic funding bill, resulting in a partial shutdown of government. But helium? Now there's an inert gas this inert Congress can agree on.

MIT, Harvard scientists accidentally create real-life lightsaber

October 20, 2015

MIT, Harvard scientists accidentally create real-life lightsaber

In a reported first, researchers at Harvard and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have developed a newfangled technology that theoretically could be used to construct an actual lightsaber.

‘Sixth sense’ exists in brain, scientist says

October 20, 2015

‘Sixth sense’ exists in brain, scientist says

The brain does have a “sixth sense” beyond taste, smell, touch, sight and hearing, researchers say, but it’s nothing worthy of the X-Men.

Doc uses Google Glass to live-stream surgery

October 20, 2015

Doc uses Google Glass to live-stream surgery

Google Glass is finding its way into operation rooms: A surgeon in Ohio recently became one of the first to livestream an operation and use the technology to consult with a colleague.

Stephen Hawking gets superhero treatment in new comic

October 20, 2015

Stephen Hawking gets superhero treatment in new comic

Living legend Stephen Hawking has already achieved superhero status in the eyes of many science geeks, and now his ideas are being honored in comic book form