Why do squirrels rub snake scent on themselves, and what does it actually do?Ground squirrels have a surprising survival trick. They use the smell of rattlesnakes to hide their own scent from predators. Researchers o...
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Why Europe Is Quietly Bringing Back an Animal That Went Extinct in 1627The last aurochs, an ancestor of modern cattle, vanished in Poland in 1627. However, a groundbreaking scientific effort is bringing these m...
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Why bananas ripen so quickly, and the trick that may slow it downBananas ripen quickly due to ethylene gas. A new method uses aluminum foil to wrap banana stems, limiting gas release and slowing ripening....
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In the early 1900s, Henry Ford Observed Meatpacking Disassembly Lines: That Insight Led to the Automobile Assembly LineHenry Ford revolutionized manufacturing by adapting the disassembly line concept from meatpacking plants. He observed how animals were brok...
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Female Vs Male Watermelon: The Simple Trick to Pick the Sweetest One Every TimeForget the 'female' versus 'male' watermelon myth. Scientists confirm sweetness depends on ripeness, variety, and growing conditions. Look ...
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Tuesday Motivation by Angela Davis: 'I am no longer accepting the things I cannot change. I am changing the things I...' - Iconic voice for civil rights, social justice, and prison abolitionActivist Angela Davis champions personal responsibility, urging individuals to transform unjust conditions rather than adapt to them. Her l...
07 Apr, 2026, 07.35 AM IST
Elon Musk's Neuralink may have illegally transported pathogens, animal advocates sayWhile Neuralink's partnership with UC Davis ended in 2020, PCRM said the company continues to employ the neurosurgeon who oversaw the exper...
09 Feb, 2023, 05.08 PM IST
'Largest galaxy cluster in early universe found'Hyperion has a calculated mass more than one million billion times that of the Sun, making it the largest and most massive structure to be ...
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This 15-year-old Indian-American is an engineer, doing PhD in USTanishq Abraham, graduated from the University of California, Davis with the highest honours of summa cum laude.
30 Jul, 2018, 09.17 AM IST
Law student who created name & shame list now fears for personal safetyThe list which Sarkar says was crowd-sourced was published by her on Facebook and shared over 1000 times before she was blocked from Facebo...
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12-yr-old Indian-American genius aims to become doctor at 18Tanishq Abraham has been accepted to University of California (UC) Davis and received a regents scholarship to UC Santa Cruz.
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'Made in China' goods harming environment, claims new study'Made in China' goods are associated with significantly higher carbon dioxide emissions, potentially accelerating climate change, a study c...
29 Sep, 2015, 06.47 PM IST
Indian-American woman appointed CIO of top US universityMurali comes to UC Davis from Washington State University, where, since 2007, she has served as vice president for Information Services.
13 Jul, 2014, 02.45 PM IST
Indian-American woman Viji Murali appointed CIO of top US universityMurali comes to UC Davis from Washington State University, where, since 2007, she has served as vice president for Information Services, an...
12 Jul, 2014, 01.23 PM IST
Indian-American Viji Murali appointed CIO of top US universityMurali comes to UC Davis from Washington State University, where, since 2007, she has served as V-P for Information Services, and CIO for t...
12 Jul, 2014, 09.40 AM IST
New technology produces biofuel from plant wasteA new technique that produces gasoline-like fuels from farm and forestry waste could open up new markets for plant-based fuels beyond exist...
04 Feb, 2014, 06.17 PM IST
- Rice cultivation can aggravate global warming: Study
Rising temperatures and high levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere are causing rice paddies to release more of the potent greenhouse g...
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