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In a 1953 experiment, two scientists named Stanley Miller and Harold Urey attempted to recreate the conditions of the early…

In many animals, sex is decided by obvious physical differences in the chromosomes. But in ants, bees, and wasps, sex…

When Isaac Newton wrote Opticks, published in 1704, he divided the colour spectrum into the now famous VIBGYOR, a set…

Hand preference reflects how the brain organises movement control | Photo Credit: Kelly Sikkema/Unsplash — Gayatri ChandrashekarA: There’s a neural…

In 1987, four years after the discovery of HIV as the causative agent of AIDS, scientists reported the first drug…

The story so far: India and Brazil signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on rare earths and critical minerals during…

“Scientists have long known that emotional states such as stress and anxiety can influence the intensity of these sensations. While…

For decades, fluorescent proteins have been among the most powerful tools in biology. They glow when illuminated, allowing scientists to…

A committee that includes K. VijayRaghavan, former Principal Scientific Advisor, and S. Somanath, former Chairman, India Space Research Organisation (ISRO),…

Chicks, like humans, often match “bouba” with round shapes and “kiki” with spiky ones. | Photo Credit: Michael Anfang/Unsplash Scientists…