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...
Don’t Judge, Wait, and Know the Science: InterSex,The Body and The Self
By STEPHANIE DUTCHEN
The Harvard Gazette
An otherwise healthy baby is born with a phallus that seems small for a penis but big for a clitoris....
Helping to uncover the mechanism controlling brain states
By Juan Siliezar
The Harvard Gazette
It might be complicated, but the concept is as simple as a light switch.
A team of researchers led by two...
5,700-year-old ‘chewing gum’ helps recreate image of its eater
London--Researchers from the University of Copenhagen in Denmark have succeeded in extracting a complete human genome from 5,700-year-old type of "chewing gum", allowing them...
Our ancestors learnt to smile so that they can have sex
London--Believe it or not but our forefathers were way smarter than us when it came to wooing the opposite sex for mating. According to...
Indian-origin scientist finds dead probiotic that can fix leaky gut
New York-- A team led by an Indian-origin scientist has identified a dead probiotic that can reduce age-related leaky gut and control harmful, ageing-related...
When women, literally, aren’t recognized
By Ekaterina Pesheva
The Harvard Gazette
Our ability to recognize faces is a complex interplay of environment, neurobiology, and contextual cues. Now a study from Harvard...
Indian-origin researcher turns banana plant into packaging material
Sydney--An Indian-origin researcher-led team at the University of New South Wales (UNSW) on Friday announced it has discovered a novel way to turn banana...
Are we alone? Study refines search for habitable planets
New York-- A team of US researchers has redefined the conditions that make a planet habitable by taking the star's radiation and the planet's rotation...
Elon Musk scouting for potential Mars landing sites
Washington-- Elon Musk is serious about colonizing Mars and his aerospace company SpaceX has requested NASA to provide it with potential landing sites on...