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Are we heading towards another ice age? Here's what a new study suggests

2.5 million years after the major ice age, scientists find out that there's a chance of another ice age.

Oct 31, 2019

By Pinaz Kazi

Dolphins control their swimming speed in sync with 'initiator' as benign followers

Scientists found that dolphins cooperated to sync on shared tasks. An 'initiator' and 'follower' in any experiment with dolphins would coordinate their swimming speed to match the other's behaviour.

Oct 29, 2019

By R Siva Kumar

A 370-million-year-old tetrapod may be the missing link of evolutionary puzzle before scientists

A needle-toothed tetrapod that existed more than 370 million years ago seems to be an important link in evolution with unique crocodile-like skull, high positioned eyes

Oct 29, 2019

By R Siva Kumar

Unlike tadpole, you can never regrow your hand or tail; Why?

If a newly identified gene that leads to the regrowth of an amputated tail in a tadpole is cut off, it can stop its regeneration, said scientists. They also concluded that warm-blooded animals must have lost this ability due to loss of such a gene called c-Answer.

Oct 28, 2019

By R Siva Kumar

Plants diversified from a common ancestor, reveals genetic data of 1,147 species

As there are more than 500,000 plant species today, scientists are exploring how there was a leap in biodiversity from a common ancestor. Through a unique project on plant evolution, scientists used genetic data from 1,147 species to create a comprehensive evolutionary tree for green plants.

Oct 28, 2019

By R Siva Kumar

This chart compares the smallest known exoplanets, or planets orbiting outside the solar system, to our own planets Mars and Earth.

Scientists reveal how a small planet can support life

Scientists say that exoplanets with mass 2.7 percent of the Earth can be habitable and contain life-supporting materials.

Oct 27, 2019

By Priya Yadav

Viral view: Picture shows 13-year-old boy stained in oil after he goes for beach clean up

The boy changed his T-shirt to a sort of tunic made out of a plastic garbage bag because it was getting so dirty.

Oct 27, 2019

By Pinaz Kazi

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Global warming forces coral reefs to move into cooler regions, study reveals

The study says coral reefs move to cool water to protect themselves in the looming threat of global warming.

Oct 26, 2019

By Priya Yadav

New study shows how scientists turn carbon dioxide to organic matter

This new technique promises to remove CO2 from the environment

Researchers have developed a new technique that can absorb carbon dioxide even down upto 400 ppm currently present in the environment.

Oct 26, 2019

By Priya Yadav

New strains of Adenovirus found in Singapore

Researchers have found new strains of Human Adenovirus responsible for several diseases, including pneumonia and other life-threatening diseases.

Oct 25, 2019

By Priya Yadav

Did Neanderthals walk over the Mediterranean centuries earlier than we thought?

Scientists from McMaster University have found some proof in Greece of the island of Naxos being occupied by Neanderthals and earlier humans at least 200,000 years ago - tens of thousands of years earlier than previously believed.

Oct 25, 2019

By R Siva Kumar

Fantastic grandmas snorkel to explore lethal sea snakes

A novel citizen science project by seven grandmothers in New Caledonia reveals that there are a huge number of venomous reptiles in a popular swimming spot at Baie des citrons.

Oct 25, 2019

By R Siva Kumar

'Artificial leaf' can be your clean gas wonder machine

Syngas, a widely used gas produced from fossil fuels, is an interesting alternative that can be made by an 'artificial leaf' with just sunlight, carbon dioxide and water. It can finally be used to develop liquid fuel.

Oct 24, 2019

By R Siva Kumar

Fungi introduction to wheat crop produces 'climate-smart' variety, less dependent on fertilizers

Research has shown that introducing fungi to wheat leads to a reduction in dependency on fertilizers as it provides nutrients to plants roots.

Oct 24, 2019

By Priya Yadav

Fossilized Moroccan Ampyx trilobites reveal arthropods were first social animals, lived half-a-billion years ago

Scientists who examined fossilized Moroccan Ampyx trilobites living 480 million years ago concluded that all early living species exhibited collective behaviour. They found that trilobites were most probably buried in positions oriented in the same direction.

Oct 23, 2019

By Revathi Sivakumar

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Top Environment News

Are we heading towards another ice age? Here's what a new study suggests

Dolphins control their swimming speed in sync with 'initiator' as benign followers

A 370-million-year-old tetrapod may be the missing link of evolutionary puzzle before scientists

Unlike tadpole, you can never regrow your hand or tail; Why?

Plants diversified from a common ancestor, reveals genetic data of 1,147 species

Scientists reveal how a small planet can support life

Viral view: Picture shows 13-year-old boy stained in oil after he goes for beach clean up

Global warming forces coral reefs to move into cooler regions, study reveals

This new technique promises to remove CO2 from the environment

New strains of Adenovirus found in Singapore

Did Neanderthals walk over the Mediterranean centuries earlier than we thought?

Fantastic grandmas snorkel to explore lethal sea snakes

'Artificial leaf' can be your clean gas wonder machine

Fungi introduction to wheat crop produces 'climate-smart' variety, less dependent on fertilizers

Fossilized Moroccan Ampyx trilobites reveal arthropods were first social animals, lived half-a-billion years ago

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