Huge dinosaur footprint discovered in South America
Source: CNN By Jareen Imam, CNN (CNN)There’s a good chance that if flesh-eating dinosaurs were still around today, we wouldn’t just have to worry about their sharp teeth. Scientists recently […]
Good News: You’ve Got a Better Brain Than You Think
Source: Time By Jeffrey Kluger Getting older? No worries If babies could gloat, they would. The rest of us may have it all over them when it comes to size, strength […]
What really happened to mammoths and other iceage giants
Source: BBC By Niki Rust Scientists have known for a century that there was a global extinction of large animals at roughly the same time as humans expanded around the […]
‘Patient Zero’ Not the Source of HIV in the U.S., Study Finds
Source: Time By Mahita Gajanan Scientists have exonerated the man blamed for setting off the AIDS epidemic Scientists using genetically-sequenced blood samples from people infected by HIV have exonerated the man known as “patient zero,” who was blamed for setting off the AIDS epidemic. A genetic analysis of stored blood samples […]
The Fascinating Reason Why Liars Keep On Lying
Source: Time By Alice Park Once a liar, always a liar, the old saying goes. Turns out there’s some scientific truth to that: researchers have tracked down how the brain makes lying easier as the untruths build up, providing some biological evidence for why small lies often balloon into ever larger […]
Videos: Meet Savannasaurus, A New Huge Dinosaur Species
Watch a short video in CNN Meet the man Savannasaurus Elliottorum dinosaur is named after Remains of the Savannasaurus was uncovered by David Elliott, co-founder of the Australian Age of […]
We’re developing brains outside of the body
Source: BBC By Zaria Gorvett 5 October 2016 As she speaks, Madeleine Lancaster rests her hand on her pregnant belly. “Oh they’re about six or seven months along now”. At […]
The mystery of why left-handers are so much rarer
Source: BBC By Hannah Fry From the time we pick up a chunky crayon and start scribbling as children, it begins to become clear whether we’re right- or left-handed. But […]
2016 Nobel Prize in medicine proves the theory of evolution once again
2016 Nobel Prize in medicine proves the theory of evolution once again; by showing shared genes between baker’s yeast & humans Yoshinori Ohsumi wins Nobel prize in medicine for work […]
The genius who grows tiny brains in a lab
Source: BBC Our brains are complex organic computers – some believe the most complicated in the Universe. Yet one scientist has managed to create mini brains that mimic how our minds work. Deep in a lab in Cambridge, England, you will find see an extraordinary thing: tiny, exact replicas of […]
‘Love Hormone’ Oxytocin May Enhance Feelings Of Spirituality
Source: Huffington Post By Antonia Blumberg; Associate Religion Editor, The Huffington Post “Oxytocin appears to be part of the way our bodies support spiritual beliefs.” The same hormone that helps mothers […]
A herpetologist in the making
By Prof. Muhammad Sharif Khan Since 1963, when I started working in field of herpetology, I enjoyed support of my family. None except me, were lovers of frogs and lizards, especially my late wife Rashida Tasnim (Professor of Persian language), with neat and clean habits, tolerated the smell of formalin, […]
DNA hints at earlier human exodus from Africa
Source: BBC By Paul Rincon Science editor, BBC News website Hints of an early exodus of modern humans from Africa may have been detected in living humans. People outside Africa […]
Why You Should Pay Attention to Your Body’s Internal Clock
Source: Time BY Michael J. Breus Dr. Breus is a board-certified sleep specialist and the author of The Power of When When you do things is important to your health and wellness In our relentless quest to live healthier, happier, longer, more productive lives, we often overlook a powerful tool that’s […]
Coral Reefs Are Dying. Here’s Why You Should Care
Source: Time BY JUSTIN WORLAND Richard Vevers has traveled the globe to photograph coral reefs since quitting his advertising job. In 2011 he cofounded the XL Catlin Seaview Survey, a […]
Meet the man on a mission to save carnivorous plants
Source: BBC By Lucy Jones 15 September 2016 Stewart McPherson is prepared to go a long way for his science: even into the grounds of a prison in the Philippines. “I […]
Science Explains Why Anxiety Can Be So Hard to Treat
Source: Time By Alice Park New findings in this animal study could lead to better drugs Anxiety, and more broadly, stress, is a common part of everyone’s lives, and for […]
Evolution of Empathy
Source: Muslim Sunrise, Fall 2016 volume Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times A Colorado woman managed to fight off a mountain lion that […]
Why paper cuts hurt so much
Source: BBC By Jason G Goldman 5 September 2016 Paper seems completely harmless, but anybody who has refilled a photocopier or thumbed too quickly through a book knows that this […]
Why It’s So Hard to Ignore a Baby’s Cry, According to Science
Source: Time By Jordan Raine, University of Sussex / The Conversation Have you ever been sat on a flight with a crying baby in your vicinity, wondering more and more with […]