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It turns out that humans aren’t the only living creatures who turn to law enforcement to help maintain peace and order. A new study reveals that our evolutionary cousin, the chimpanzee, also takes advantage of an uninvolved third party to keep the peace and help mediate conflicts. The study’s authors say this behavior can be [...]
Scientists claim to have finally solved the mystery of why zebras evolved their distinctive black and white stripes — to keep blood-sucking flies at bay. Researchers from Hungary and Sweden, who detailed their study in the Journal of Experimental Biology, said the pattern of narrow stripes makes zebras “unattractive” to the flies. The key to [...]
Have you ever wondered why plants never get sunburnt? This is because plants make “sunscreen” in their leaves, say researchers who claim to have finally solved the mystery after a 15-year research. Ultra-violet rays — the most powerful part of the sun’s rays — can damage both humans and plants. But plants rarely show signs [...]
US researchers say they have created the world’s first genetically modified monkeys by merging cells from up to six different embryos, in what could be a big advance for medical research. Until now, rodents have been the primary creatures used to make chimeras, a lab animal produced by combining two or more fertilised eggs or [...]
Every star twinkling in the night sky plays host to an average of 1.6 planets, a new study suggests. That implies there are some 10 billion Earth-sized planets in our galaxy. Using a technique called gravitational microlensing, an international team found a handful of exoplanets that imply the existence of billions more. The findings were [...]
From grandma’s home remedies for cough, cold and other ailments, ‘tulsi’ (Indian Basil) is now being tested by Indian scientists for treating people exposed to harmful radiations and initial tests have shown some positive results. Scientists at the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) have developed a tulsi-based herbal medicine for treating people exposed to [...]
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