Inside the Brain of a Fish That Changes Sex: The Hidden Survival TrickSome fish in oceans and reefs possess a remarkable ability to change their sex. This adaptation, known as sequential hermaphroditism, helps...
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A New Model Explains How People Choose Friends and Social ConnectionsNavigating the ever-changing landscape of human connections is a complex challenge. A new computational framework, SEMO, models how individ...
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The Animal That Edits Its Own Genes After They’re WrittenOctopuses possess a unique ability to rewrite their genetic messages. They extensively edit RNA after its creation, altering instructions b...
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The Evolutionary Trade-Off That Makes Some Species Almost Impossible to KillNature's most resilient creatures, like tardigrades and Greenland sharks, have mastered extreme durability by sacrificing rapid growth and ...
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Crypto's Wild West moves need tamingCryptocurrencies are experiencing new volatility as institutional money enters the market. This shift is causing deeper price drops and slo...
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Akshat Shrivastava breaks down life’s struggles and the one solution that works at every ageAkshat Shrivastava’s recent post on X outlines how each stage of life brings its own challenge—money in youth, time in middle age, and ener...
15 Jul, 2025, 08.36 PM IST
Five reasons your wife will outlive youResearch indicates women generally outlive men due to biological advantages. Genetics, hormones, and anatomical differences contribute to f...
08 Jul, 2025, 09.16 PM IST
IMEEC to have profound impact on world connectivity, says EAM JaishankarExternal Affairs Minister Jaishankar emphasized the importance of connectivity in diplomacy, highlighting the transformative potential of t...
13 Jun, 2025, 06.16 PM IST
Charting the Global Economy: US tariffs launch proves messy; ECB cuts ratesPresident Trump's unpredictable tariff policies are causing confusion among businesses and trading partners, accompanied by economic warnin...
09 Mar, 2025, 10.38 AM IST
New data links pandemic's origins to raccoon dogs at Wuhan marketThe genetic data was drawn from swabs taken from in and around the Huanan Seafood Wholesale Market starting in January 2020, shortly after ...
17 Mar, 2023, 02.30 PM IST
View: Bet you money ain't what it's said to beThe digital rupee, and other government-backed e-currencies, as well as cryptocurrencies, obviate the need for physical pelf by way of bank...
28 Jan, 2023, 10.27 PM IST
Cryptocurrencies at crossroads after annus horribilisThe market value of the 22,000-odd tokens and coins is now at less than a third of the peak $3 trillion in Nov 2021, and many of them are c...
20 Dec, 2022, 11.25 PM IST
Cryptocurrencies at crossroads after annus horribilisThat's been a brutal reality check for an industry that kicked 2022 off with dreams of widespread mainstream institutional adoption, of bit...
20 Dec, 2022, 08.05 PM IST
How will Covid-19 variant Delta evolve? Here's what the theory tells usEvolution is a result of random mutations (or errors) in the viral genome when it replicates. A few of these random mutations will be good ...
23 Aug, 2021, 12.27 PM IST
Brain over brawn? The selfish-brain prioritises its own energy needs over skeletal musclesLimited supply of blood glucose and oxygen means that, when active, skeletal muscle becomes a "powerful competitor" to the brain.
24 Oct, 2017, 06.14 PM IST
Handsome men may have poor semen quality: StudyResearchers studied 50 Caucasian male students from the University of Valencia, Spain, and found that facial masculinity is negatively asso...
08 Sep, 2014, 10.39 AM IST
- Scientists stalk 'gods' of small similarities
SOME years ago PsychoBabble witnessed a ghost busting session in a tribal cemetery on the edge of a Konkan forest.
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