Researchers identify 9 genes behind eyebrow colours
Beijing-- An international research team has for the first time identified nine genes responsible for eyebrow colours.
Eyebrow colour is one of the most recognisable...
MIT physicists confirm Hawking’s black hole theorem for first time
New York-- Fifty years after physicist Stephen Hawking derived the black hole theorem, physicists at Massachusetts Institute of Technology have confirmed it for the...
Eclipses, through the years
By Alex McGrath
Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
Eclipses like the one coming Monday have mystified and intrigued humans for millennia. They also fascinate Harvard researchers, who...
Men and women may be wired to behave differently: Study
NEW YORK--Male and female behavioural differences correlate with their different brain networks, say researchers, including one of Indian origin.
Structural differences in the brain may...
Women career scientists still face gender bias: UNESCO
By Siddhi Jain
New Delhi-- Women still account for only 28 per cent of engineering graduates and 40 per cent of graduates in computer science...
Cosmic tango: Learning how black holes mate or merge
By Sahana Ghosh
Kolkata-- Black hole merger is literally a match made in heaven.
And the latest gravitational wave detection, from collision of two black holes,...
What the Nose Knows: The Science of Scent, Smell, Emotions and Memory
By Colleen Walsh
Harvard Staff Writer/The Harvard Gazette
“… I carried to my lips a spoonful of the tea in which I had let soften a...
Astronomers discover 7 Earth-like planets orbiting nearby star
Washington-- At least seven Earth-like planets orbiting the same star 40 light-years away and each may contain liquid water and be able to sustain...
Everybody should go to space, says Captain Gopichand after touring space
New Delhi-- Everybody should go to space, said Captain Gopichand Thotakura after becoming the first Indian ever to tour the edge of space on...
Elephants can adapt to human habitation but sirens stress them out
By Neha Jain
Bengaluru,-- As more and more elephant habitats are falling under the ever-growing influence of humans, elephants are often coming into contact...