Human, birds have similar sound systems
With each oscillation the larynx closes and opens, making the airflow stop and start, which creates sound pulses.
Nov 29, 2015, 14:00 PM ISTBetrayals forced early humans to spread across the world
Penny Spikins from the University of York in the UK said that the speed and character of human dispersals changed significantly around 100,000 years ago.
Nov 25, 2015, 15:59 PM ISTNew species of anthropoid primate found in Libya
The scientits performed the research at the Zallah Oasis, a promising site for unearthing fossils from the Oligocene period, roughly 30 million years ago.
Nov 24, 2015, 13:43 PM IST'Rat vision' gives humans best sight ever
Humans have the best of all possible visual worlds because our full stereo vision combines with primitive visual pathways to quickly spot danger, a study led by University of Sydney has discovered.
Nov 23, 2015, 12:47 PM IST'Rat vision' gives humans best sight ever
The brain cells suggest that human and other primates retain a visual pathway that traces back to the primitive systems of vertebrates like fish and frogs.
Nov 23, 2015, 11:59 AM ISTNASA booster for deeper space mission including Mars
In a bid to bolster its effort to prepare humans for deeper space missions, NASA engineers have refined the key thermal protection system of Orion - new exploration spacecraft designed to ferry astronauts to asteroid and Mars.
Nov 20, 2015, 11:15 AM ISTHuman brain decodes basic language like monkeys
Researchers reveals that recognising the basic structure of language is not unique to the human brain.
Nov 18, 2015, 12:56 PM ISTFast-moving rivers release more carbon dioxide like humans: Study
Scientists have discovered a surprising similarity between rivers and humans: both release more carbon dioxide when they work hard.
Nov 16, 2015, 20:49 PM ISTOur love for honey dates back to Stone Age
The study involved large scale investigation of sites across Europe, the Near East and Northern Africa.
Nov 12, 2015, 15:57 PM ISTWhat makes a leader? Animals show the way
In comparison to other mammal species, human leaders are not so powerful after all.
Nov 08, 2015, 13:59 PM ISTMonkeys in Asia harbouring virus from humans
Researchers have found that monkeys which commonly dwell with people in Asia can harbour variants of a type of virus which can cause infectious gastroenteritis or diarrhoea in humans.
Nov 06, 2015, 11:24 AM ISTCheck out: Top 10 weirdest creatures spotted on earth
Have you ever thought about weird creature being spotted on earth?
Nov 04, 2015, 15:00 PM ISTNew link in humans, apes evolution found
Researchers have identified a new species of small ape that existed before the evolutionary split of humans/great apes (hominids) and gibbons (the 'lesser apes' or hylobatids).
Oct 31, 2015, 00:33 AM ISTMIT's RF-Capture helps identify people through walls
The RF-Capture device sends wireless signals and reconstructs the human body by analyzing reflections of those signals.
Oct 29, 2015, 10:06 AM ISTNew technology to let robots walk like humans do
Scientists have developed new technology that will enable legged robots to walk like humans do, an advance that could allow the machines to work in the armed forces, save lives as firefighters or do household chores.
Oct 29, 2015, 00:25 AM ISTHumans only have one sense, not five: Study
Don Katz, an associate professor of psychology at Brandeis University in the US, has been investigating the interconnection of smell and taste in rats.
Oct 26, 2015, 14:37 PM ISTHumans may one day regrow their own teeth
Humans may be able to regrow their own teeth in the same way as a cichlid fish in Malawi lake, according to a new research.
Oct 20, 2015, 16:35 PM ISTSmell of dead can threaten humans: Study
Researchers found that putrescine, the chemical produced by decaying tissue of dead organisms, can produce a fight-or-flight response in humans.
Oct 20, 2015, 15:51 PM ISTEven honeybees love coffee!
A new study found that bees may select caffeinated nectar over an uncaffeinated, though otherwise equal-quality alternative.
Oct 16, 2015, 14:31 PM ISTBy 2030s, we could be living on Mars!
We could be actually living on Mars within next few decades as NASA has unveiled its plans of building colonies on the Red Planet.
Oct 10, 2015, 14:02 PM IST