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First known specialized fruit-eating dinosaur named ‘Hell Chicken’ that chewed like a parrotFruit-eating dinosaur: Researchers have unearthed a fascinating find with the identification of Infernogallus jamesi, a newly discovered fr...
Why NASA is studying 1.2-billion-year-old Scottish rocks for clues to ancient life on Mars and the Red Planet’s watery pastAncient rocks found in Scotland's Stoer Formation are being studied by NASA to understand potential signs of life. These rocks formed 1.2 b...
In 2018, NASA satellite images of penguin guano sent researchers to Antarctica's Danger Islands, where they found more than 1.5 million Adélie penguinsIn December 2015, scientists found a massive colony of over 1.5 million Adélie penguins on the Danger Islands. This discovery was made poss...
Meet Suborno Isaac Bari, the New York mathematics prodigy who began reciting the periodic table at 2, skipped five school grades and graduated high school at just 12Suborno Isaac Bari has drawn attention for an extraordinary academic journey that began in early childhood. He memorized the periodic table...
Meet Soborno Isaac Bari, the 12-year-old American math prodigy who impressed Obama at 4, gave physics lectures at 7, and scored a perfect 1500 on the SAT at 11Soborno Isaac Bari, a 12-year-old prodigy, has graduated high school and will attend college. He demonstrated exceptional mathematical abil...
From Ping-Pong table to Harvard: This 13-year-old built a Rs 3,000 robotic arm you can control with mindA teenager Benjamin Choi built a low-cost prosthetic arm during the 2020 lockdown using a 3D printer, fishing line and non-invasive brainwa...
In 1969, a fossil hunter followed an eroded gully in northern Kenya: It revealed ancient skull fragments and helped establish Koobi Fora as one of the world’s most important fossil sitesThe 1969 fossil discovery by Richard Leakey and H. Mutua at Koobi Fora, Kenya, initially speculated to belong to an early Homo species, has...
Fishes exhibit emotions, have ability to empathise: StudyNot just humans have emotions, folks!
Do your Facebook posts have God references? You are 15 times more likely to get diabetesUsage of the words 'drink' and 'bottle' on social media were shown to be more predictive of alcohol abuse.
Feeling lonely and depressed? Your Facebook posts can predict mental health statusWords like 'tears', 'feelings', 'I' and 'me' indicate loneliness and hostility.
Supercolony of over 1.5 million penguins discoveredScientists have discovered a previously unknown "supercolony" of more than 15,00,000 Adelie Penguins in a chain of remote, rocky islands of...
Climate change may slowly starve bamboo lemurs: StudyClimate changes may be forcing bamboo lemurs - one of the most endangered primate species on Earth - to change their dietary habits, causin...
- Modern dogs emerged through single domestication process: Study
London, Aug 8 (IANS) Challenging previous research that suggested two domestication processes led to the modern dog, a new study led by an ...
- Infrared links may soon replace wires in data centres
New York, Feb 1 (IANS) Communication in data centres in near future can become hassle-free as engineers are proposing to eliminate most of ...
Too little too late: Restoring extinct species would take at least 8 mn yearsIn Caribbean alone, more than half of the mammal species went extinct after human colonisation, said researchers.
Climate change threatening penguins in Antarctica: StudyContinued warming of Antarctica due to climate change may lead to decline of 60 per cent of Adelie penguin colonies by the end of this cent...
Cyber threat: Free livestreaming sites easy prey for malware attackersA study found that about 5% of video overlay ads on free livestreaming websites are malicious and videos are streamed without the content o...
Jupiter-like planet discovered 100 light years away; may hold waterIt is the first planet detected by the Gemini Planet Imager, or GPI, which was designed to discover and analyse faint, young planets.
Could depression be a physical illness?Depression may not be a mental or emotional condition but actually a result of inflammation caused by the body's immune system, scientists ...
- Four Indians among top tech innovators
Tapan Parikh, Sanjit Biswas, Partha Ranganathan and Dr Shetal Shah are among the 35, 2007, Young Innovators from across the world to be cho...