Science
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Exoplanet that vanished from sight likely never existed
Washington– What astronomers thought was a planet beyond our solar system has now seemingly vanished from sight, suggesting that the…
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Star’s strange moves around black hole proves Einstein right
London– After nearly 30 years of monitoring, scientists have found that a star orbiting the supermassive black hole at the…
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Uranus’ unusual properties due to ancient giant icy impact
Tokyo– Early in the history of our solar system, Uranus was struck by a small icy planet — roughly 1-3…
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Global ocean covered entire Earth 3.2 billion years ago
New York– Early Earth, home to some of our planet’s first lifeforms, may have been a real-life “waterworld” without a…
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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…
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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…
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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.…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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