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In 1991, hikers in the Alps saw a body in melting ice and found Europe’s oldest known natural human mummy, “Ötzi the Iceman.”The year 1991 marked a pivotal moment in archaeological history when Ötzi the Iceman was uncovered in the Alps. This astonishingly preserve...- Dinosaurs found frozen mid-sleep after prehistoric ash burial similar to PompeiiA dramatic volcanic eruption in ancient China 120 million years ago unleashed superheated ash and gas. This deadly event, similar to Pompei...
- Scientists just cracked a mystery that's puzzled researchers for centuries; why are 90% of humans right-handed?Why are 90% of humans right-handed? A new study published in PLOS Biology suggests that human right-handedness may have evolved because of ...
- 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...
- How Animals Adapt Faster Than Evolution ItselfAnimals are rapidly changing their behavior to survive new environments. This flexibility allows them to adapt quickly without physical cha...
- Inside the Underground Farms Run by Ant ColoniesLeaf-cutter ants engage in sophisticated agriculture, cultivating fungi for sustenance in underground chambers. This intricate symbiosis ex...
- 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...
- How Honeybees Mastered the Mystery of ZeroHoneybees are showing surprising intelligence. Scientists discovered these insects understand the concept of zero. They can also perform ba...
- It is not only about superfoods and exercise: Psychologist reveals the strongest predictor to live to 100 and beyondPsychologist Susan Pinker argues that the strongest predictor of living to 100 is not diet or exercise, but human connection. Drawing on re...
- Yes, women could hunt, just as well as men, 14K years ago!At times, the notion has proved stronger than the evidence at hand. In 1963, archaeologists in Colorado unearthed the nearly 10,000-year-ol...
- IIT Guwahati researchers develop AI model to predict the healing of thigh bone fracturesThe results of this research have recently been published in the open-source journal, PLoS One, in a paper co-authored by Dr. Souptick Chan...
- Younger people under age of 20 half as likely as adults to catch CovidThey are also less likely to transmit the disease to others.
- Languages create barrier in scientific knowledge transferLondon, Dec 30 (IANS) Despite the assumption that English is the lingua franca of global science, one-third of new conservation science doc...
- 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...
- 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...
- Having more kids may slow down ageing: StudyResearchers at Simon Fraser University in Canada found that women who give birth to more surviving children exhibited longer telomeres.
- Medical benefits of cannabis separated from its side effectsTheir latest findings show how the cognitive effects of THC are triggered by a pathway which is separate from some of its other effects.
- 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.
- Vegetative patients show 'hidden consciousness'However, the tennis test is stronger evidence that the patient is indeed conscious, to the extent that they can follow commands using their...
- Western Ghats endemic ornamental fish has multiple lineage.A study done by researchers has revealed that there is morphological and genetic evidence to show the presence of multiple evolutionary dis...
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