Scientists document remarkable sperm whale 'phonetic alphabet'
The various species of whales inhabiting Earth's oceans employ different types of vocalisations to c...
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U.S. restorationist solves 60-million-year-old dinosaur fossil 'puzzles'
Before a T. rex can tower over museum visitors or a Triceratops can show off its huge horns, dinosau...
More solar storms brewing after last week’s aurorae as Sun ‘wakes up’
On Friday night, people from across the world were treated to a rare spectacle: vivid aurorae hangin...
General, central obesities linked to higher risk of colorectal cancer
Obesity rates are rising worldwide. In India, a 2022 study in The Lancet estimated the percentage of...
An overlooked molecule could help solve the Venus water mystery
More than four billion years ago, Venus had enough water to cover its surface with an ocean 3 km dee...
This century, heat waves are moving slower and lasting longer
Growing up in the 1990s in India meant having seen an ad for a glucose-based drink on television in ...
Caterpillars may sense threats using electric fields
Caterpillars have a sixth sense that most land-based animals do not. They can sense electric fields ...
New light-based tool could cut cost of spotting viral infections
Viruses infect plants, animals, and humans. A virus’ spread from animals to humans could unleash pan...
‘Green-beard’ genes could explain how altruism arose in nature
Altruism is widespread in nature. Worker honey bees devote their entire life to foraging and caring ...
Researchers find alternative to cool supercomputers
Heat is an inevitable factor in the operation of any computing device, such as laptops, smartphones,...
‘Universal’ equation predicts how often bird, bat, insect wings beat
Almost all animals that fly through the air and many that swim through water have evolved to flap th...
Brains that don’t see in greyscale first over-rely on colours: Project Prakash study
The world has many colours and being able to see them is a great source of joy. But a newborn baby m...
Study finds gene mutation that turns familiar faces into strangers
A simple joy, often taken for granted, is to unexpectedly run into a friend or a relative at a train...
Scientists find proof pain-sensing cells are either male or female
You finally got your hands on a new novel you’ve been wanting to read. You’re turning the crisp pape...
12 papers involving a scientist from CSIR’s Indian Institute of Toxicology Research retracted
Twelve papers co-authored by Ashok Pandey, a scientist at CSIR’s Indian Institute of Toxicology Rese...
Scientists find how the same ear senses murmurs and listens to screaming music
A tree that is flexible enough to shake in a gentle breeze will undoubtedly be uprooted during a squ...
