Unbelievable: Chimps shop like we do!
In a research conducted at Dartmouth College in the US, researchers have arrived at a conclusion that chimps too use their sensory powers to evaluate and choose figs.
Apr 22, 2016, 18:15 PM IST
Mice in space showed liver damage after two weeks
Lab mice that spent just two weeks in orbit showed early signs of liver damage upon returning to Earth, raising concern about what long-duration spaceflight might do to humans, researchers said Wednesday.
Apr 21, 2016, 01:18 AM IST
Implantable device may soon shrink pancreatic tumours in humans
In pioneering research, researchers from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Massachusetts General Hospital have developed a small, implantable device that delivers chemotherapy drugs directly to pancreatic tumours.
Apr 15, 2016, 11:28 AM IST
Birds in remote Antarctica can recognise individual people
While it is only natural for birds living among people to learn to differentiate individual humans, researchers have found that skuas living in remote Antarctica too can recognise people who had previously accessed the nests to measure their eggs and nestlings.
Mar 26, 2016, 12:14 PM IST
Microsoft shuts AI bot after twitteratti teaches it racism
Humans will be humans and the latest victim is Microsoft which launched artificial intelligence (AI)-powered bot on Twitter for a playful chat with people, only to silence it within 24 hours as users started sharing racist and offensive comments with the bot.
Mar 25, 2016, 16:16 PM IST
New form of Ebola virus may cause disease in humans
The Reston virus, a member of the Ebola virus family which is known to circulate in domestic pigs in Asia, may acquire the few mutations necessary to cause disease in humans and to develop into a novel health threat, researchers have warned.
Mar 25, 2016, 11:34 AM IST
Our DNA less 'human' than scientists previously thought!
About eight percent of what we think of as our "human" DNA actually came from viruses.
Mar 23, 2016, 15:48 PM IST
New drug for prostate cancer found promising
Researchers, including one of Indian-origin, have created a new molecule for prostate cancer that has shown great efficacy when tested in mice.
Mar 22, 2016, 12:45 PM IST
Small birds have vision twice as fast as humans
Thought to be the fastest of any vertebrate animal, their remarkable vision system, allows them to see the world around them in slow motion.
Mar 19, 2016, 18:17 PM IST
After Ebola and Zika, this new virus is poised to infect humans: Study
According to a new study, a SARS-like virus found in Chinese horseshoe bats may be poised to infect humans.
Mar 15, 2016, 13:55 PM IST
China to import 100 Russian service robots by 2017
China is set to import 100 service robots from Russia by 2017, a media report said on Friday.
Mar 11, 2016, 15:23 PM IST
Watch: Why nasty mosquitoes bite some humans more than others
Mosquitoes can easily smell any human within 100 feet because they have excellent scent receptors so it entirely depends on how your smell.
Mar 07, 2016, 13:47 PM IST
NASA working on laser technology that could send humans to Mars in 3 days!
NASA scientists are currently working on a new laser technology that can take humans to Mars in flat three days.
Feb 22, 2016, 17:53 PM IST
Jawless fish brains more similar to humans than thought
The study showed that two elements of brain genoarchitecture - or gene-expression patterns - thought to be unique to jawed vertebrates are actually present in two jawless fish - the hagfish and lamprey, the only jawless fish alive today.
Feb 16, 2016, 13:18 PM IST
Mystery `hobbits` not humans like us: Study
Diminutive humans that died out on an Indonesian island some 15,000 years ago were not Homo sapiens but a different species, according to a study published Monday that dives into a fierce anthropological debate.
Feb 16, 2016, 04:02 AM IST
Humans responsible for spreading bee killing virus: Study
Researchers said that moving animals and plants around the world could have devastating consequences both for domestic animals and for wildlife.
Feb 07, 2016, 17:31 PM IST
Lungs main target organs of MERS, says patient's autopsy
Patients with Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) often show signs of acute kidney failure but lungs are the main target organs of the new disease in humans, reveals a study of the first reported autopsy of a MERS patient.
Feb 07, 2016, 14:34 PM IST
DNA data uncovers unknown chapter of human history
This is remarkable because the M haplogroup is effectively absent in modern Europeans but is extremely common in modern Asian, Australasian, and Native American populations.
Feb 05, 2016, 17:55 PM IST
How rats respond to fear can fix stress disorder in humans
Female rats often respond to fear by "darting" where they start running around like crazy when they sense threat, new research has found, suggesting that the findings could lead to better treatments for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in humans.
Jan 31, 2016, 15:33 PM IST
'Advanced diagnostics important to detect genital TB'
The role of advanced diagnostics in detecting genital tuberculosis, which is linked to infertility in humans, was extremely important, an expert said here on Thursday.
Jan 22, 2016, 00:02 AM IST