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Even Neanderthals liked to wear jewelry, made of eagle talons

Ornamental uses of eagle talons, used by Neanderthals, have been discovered by scientists in the Iberian Peninsula for the first time.

Nov 9, 2019

By R Siva Kumar

Will Tardigrades go to Mars before humans? Scientists ponder combining radiation resistant DNA in humans for Mars mission

Scientists have been working on combining Tardigrades DNA with human cells to make astronauts endure extreme conditions in space and protect them from harmful radiation.

Nov 8, 2019

By Priya Yadav

Space

Scientists claim nature can combat air pollution but potted plants barely help

Scientists say plants and trees are a cheaper way to combat pollution than technologies, but indoor plants do not play a role in purifying air

Nov 8, 2019

By Priya Yadav

As the world gets wetter there'll be less water for North America & Eurasia, study reveals

Climate change would make plants consume more water than they do now, leaving less water for humans in North America and Eurasia, study reveals

Nov 8, 2019

By R Siva Kumar

Mysterious ice balls washed ashore Hailuoto beach in Finland; locals baffled

Round balls of ice shows up at a beach in Finland and locals are baffled that it has spread miles across the seashore

Nov 7, 2019

By Vinod DSouza

Red deer in a Scottish island adapts to climate change, gives birth earlier

Red deer in a Scottish island advance their breeding time to adapt to the changing climate.

Nov 6, 2019

By Priya Yadav

Plants possess intelligence like humans, animals, study reveals

A study reveals that plants communicate and show intelligence behaviour similar to human beings and animals

Nov 5, 2019

By Priya Yadav

Fossils of ancient cousins of today's rhinos found in the Yukon

With modern tools, paleontologists traced the origins of a few fragments of teeth found 40 years ago by a schoolteacher in the Yukon.

Nov 2, 2019

By R Siva Kumar

NTU's research led scientists to understand effects of microorganisms on humans

After this study, the researchers are currently preparing to understand the effect of air microbial communities on the environment

Oct 31, 2019

By Bhaswati Guha Majumder

NTU

Over 600 million people under serious threat of flooding due to sea-level rise

New report disapproved the previous findings and showed that the current environmental situation is more threatening

Oct 31, 2019

By Bhaswati Guha Majumder

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

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Top Environment News

Even Neanderthals liked to wear jewelry, made of eagle talons

Will Tardigrades go to Mars before humans? Scientists ponder combining radiation resistant DNA in humans for Mars mission

Scientists claim nature can combat air pollution but potted plants barely help

As the world gets wetter there'll be less water for North America & Eurasia, study reveals

Mysterious ice balls washed ashore Hailuoto beach in Finland; locals baffled

Red deer in a Scottish island adapts to climate change, gives birth earlier

Plants possess intelligence like humans, animals, study reveals

Fossils of ancient cousins of today's rhinos found in the Yukon

NTU's research led scientists to understand effects of microorganisms on humans

Over 600 million people under serious threat of flooding due to sea-level rise

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

India@75: Article-370 in J&K is History; Three Glorious Years Later, "Nothing" Has Changed

India@75: Article-370 in J&K is History; Three Glorious Years Later, "Nothing" Has Changed

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