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Why are 90% humans right-handed? Scientists finally find a fascinating answerScientists have uncovered a new theory for why most humans are right-handed. A major study suggests upright walking and a rapidly expanding...- A newly found snake species survives predators by disguising its tail as a second headScientists have discovered a new snake species in China's Guangxi region. This tiny snake, named Calamaria incredibilis, has a tail that lo...
- Why Some Animals Choose Family Over Freedom And What It Reveals About SurvivalLife in nature is not just about survival. Organisms often help their relatives reproduce. This is explained by inclusive fitness theory. I...
- Blame your parents for how food smells to you, your genes play a major roleA groundbreaking genetic study reveals that our DNA significantly influences how we perceive and react to everyday smells. Researchers iden...
- Why the PLOS report should be critically viewedThe good news (bad for feminists) is that the PLOS study is not quite right. It has certainly strayed from telling the whole truth about th...
- New DNA vaccine for COVID-19 effective in mice, hamsters: StudySome currently available COVID-19 vaccines rely on messenger RNA or mRNA strands to teach the human immune system to recognise the SARS-CoV...
- Global warming causing wild animals to give birth earlier: StudyResearchers have found some of the first evidence that global warming is causing wild animals to give birth earlier in the year, a discover...
- Ancient syphilis causing genomes recoveredLondon, June 25 (IANS) Scientists have recovered the first historic genomes from a bacterium that causes syphilis -- a sexually transmitted...
- Stay clear of dementia, be positive towards ageingThis makes a case for implementing a public health campaign against ageism.
- Genes that helps Tibetans survive at high altitudesNew York, April 28 (IANS) Variants of five different genes -- including one originating in the extinct human subspecies Denisovans -- help ...
- Hands-on experience helps students to grasp concepts betterNew York, Nov 13 (IANS) Interacting school students with live creatures like fish in classroom can help them to improve attitude towards sc...
- How humans got rid of many Neanderthal genes after inter-breedingNew York, Nov 9 (IANS) Neanderthal genetic material is found in only small amounts in the genomes of modern humans because, after inter-bre...
- Want to increase your lifespan? Follow dietary restrictions religiouslyThe study reveals understanding on how dietary restriction leads to increase in lifespan and impacts autophagy in the intestine.
- Maths can now tell us who is nice or nastyIt found that the behaviour of individuals can often evolve to be determined by a set of inherited genetic tendencies that predict relation...
- Plague may have persisted in Europe for 300 yearsResearchers from Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich recovered and analysed ancient DNA from 30 plague victims of the second plague pand...
- Safer polio vaccine strains for post-eradication eraScientists have developed a new generation of polio vaccine strains that are both effective and unable to cause the disease in case of an a...
- Indian scientists' discovery can lead to development of new antibioticsThe scientists at the Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB) have identified a potential area where new antibiotics can be develo...
- In the future, spider silk may help grow your replacement heartNow, there's another reason to be excited about spider silk: doctors might one day use the stuff to grow you a new heart.
- Centipede's genome shows how life evolved on EarthUntil now, the only class of arthropods not represented by a sequenced genome was the myriapods, which include centipedes and millipedes.
- BT may curb roundworm infection, says studyBT, or soil bacteria could help battle roundworm infection worldwide, says a study.
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