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Human super-predators not always ‘super-scary’ to wildlife, finds study

February 17, 2026 admin

Passive human structures like roads and settlements sometimes reduced animal vigilance, an Indian Institute of Science release said. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu Humans have climbed to the top of the food chain by skillfully hunting, trapping, and fishing for other animals at scales that far exceed other predators, altering how the animals behave…

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Long Believed Dormant, Scientists Discover This Muscle Still Works In Humans

February 2, 2025 admin

Long believed to be inactive or vestigial, scientists believe that the muscles behind the human ear are actually activated when people listen intently, according to a study published in the Frontiers in Neuroscience. This muscle, known as the auricularis posterior, has been largely dormant in humans for centuries but shows signs of reactivation when individuals…

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Brain Ageing Could Be Fault Of Mothers, Study Suggests

January 24, 2025 admin

A new study has found that the X chromosome passed down to the child from the mother might be responsible for accelerated brain ageing, potentially increasing the risk of conditions like Alzheimer’s disease. Only females have two X chromosomes (XX) while males have one X and one Y (XY). Given the natural order, the X…

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China’s ‘Artificial Sun’ Sets New Record, Sustains Plasma For 1,000 Seconds

January 23, 2025 admin

China has conducted another major nuclear fusion experiment in its pursuit of creating a novel source of energy. The Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak (EAST) fusion energy reactor, dubbed China’s ‘artificial sun’ sustained plasma for a whopping 1,000 seconds, breaking the 403-second record it set in 2023, according to a report in Live Science, citing Chinese…

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Powerful Beam From Ancient Black Hole 12.9 Billion Light-Years Away Targets Earth

January 16, 2025 admin

Black holes are among the most mysterious cosmic objects, much studied but not fully understood. In pursuit of understanding these celestial bodies, astronomers have stumbled upon a supermassive black hole, located a whopping 12.9 billion light-years from Earth, and it’s doing something pretty spectacular. The “blazar” is firing a super-powerful beam of energy straight towards…

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Human Brains Are Not As Fast As We Previously Thought, Study Reveals

December 24, 2024 admin

For the first time, scientists have quantified how quickly the human brain is able to process any information and the results might not be as flattering as we might have previously believed. According to the researchers, humans process information at a speed of just 10 bits per second despite receiving billions of bits of information…

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Robots Might Be Able To Sense Human Feelings Just By Touching Skin, Scientists Claim

December 22, 2024 admin

Scientists have discovered that future robots might be able to gauge how you are feeling by just touching human skin. According to a new study published in the journal IEEE Access, researchers used skin conductance as a way to figure out how an individual was feeling. Skin conductance is a measure of how well skin…

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Mysterious Reason Why Over 300 Elephants Died In Botswana Revealed

December 15, 2024 admin

At least 350 elephants died under mysterious circumstances in Botswana in 2020, sparking global concerns while leaving scientists puzzled about the reason for the mortalities. Four years later, a study conducted at King’s College London may have finally unearthed the answer. As per the research, a “toxic brew” of open water tainted by a species…

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High Testosterone Levels May Not Imply High Sex Drive As Previously Thought, Study Finds

December 1, 2024 admin

Having higher levels of testosterone does not mean men have a higher sex drive, as previously thought — a new study published in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B has claimed. Testosterone is a hormone, produced primarily in the testicles of men and in smaller amounts in the ovaries of women. It plays…

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World’s Oldest Alphabet Writings Discovered In Syria, Archaeologists Claim

November 23, 2024 admin

US researchers have discovered what appears to be the oldest known alphabetic writing in the world, after finding finger-length clay cylinders from a tomb in Syria with the etched details. Using carbon-14 dating techniques, the researchers at John Hopkins University determined that the cylinders were made around 2400 B.C.E., which makes them around 500 years…

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