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The “New Species” Pipeline Is Speeding Up—and It’s Revealing What We’ve MissedScientists are identifying new species at an unprecedented rate, not due to recent evolution, but improved genetic and observational tools....06 Feb, 2026, 08.37 PM IST- 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...04 Aug, 2025, 09.05 AM IST
- IISc's computational analysis throws light on how dengue virus evolved in IndiaCases of dengue – a mosquito-borne viral disease – have steadily increased in the last 50 years, predominantly in the South-East Asian coun...01 May, 2023, 02.42 PM IST
- 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...01 Nov, 2021, 11.24 PM IST
- 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...28 May, 2021, 01.53 PM IST
- 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...06 Nov, 2019, 01.42 PM IST
- Ancient syphilis causing genomes recoveredLondon, June 25 (IANS) Scientists have recovered the first historic genomes from a bacterium that causes syphilis -- a sexually transmitted...25 Jun, 2018, 06.52 PM IST
- Stay clear of dementia, be positive towards ageingThis makes a case for implementing a public health campaign against ageism.10 Feb, 2018, 05.47 PM IST
- 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 ...28 Apr, 2017, 04.10 PM IST
- 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...09 Nov, 2016, 04.28 PM IST
- 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.15 Jul, 2016, 06.33 PM IST
- 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...25 Jun, 2016, 03.56 PM IST
- 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...14 Jan, 2016, 04.29 PM IST
- 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...01 Jan, 2016, 04.21 PM IST
- 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.26 Nov, 2014, 05.17 PM IST
- 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...10 Dec, 2013, 09.33 PM IST
- BT may curb roundworm infection, says studyBT, or soil bacteria could help battle roundworm infection worldwide, says a study.09 Mar, 2010, 06.53 AM IST
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