evolution

Of all the mammals, bats have one of the poorest fossil records, with palaeontologists estimating that about 80 per cent of it is missing. This has made it difficult to pinpoint exactly when…

The three innermost leaves contain three basic bistable units. The intermediate ring describes the basic preparation…

A desperate father went to a monk for advice on dealing with his son’s peculiar behaviour. The boy took his neighbour’s bicycle and refused to return even though he had…

The Earth's surface is covered by plants. They make up the majority of biomass on land and exhibit a wide range of diversity, from mosses to trees. This astounding biodiversity came into…

A dense rainforest or other verdant terrestrial vegetation may be what first comes to mind at the mention of photosynthesis. Yet the clouds of phytoplankton that fill the oceans are the…

It’s a question on every new parent’s exhausted mind: Why are babies born so helpless? In 1960, an American anthropologist laid out an influential explanation rooted in human evolution.As…

NEW DELHI: There have been quite a few former Indian players who on record have said that Stuart Broad will always be remembered for the six sixes he was hit by Yuvraj Singh in the 2007 T20…

Ever since foldable smartphones first appeared on the horizon, they’ve been touted to be the next big thing in mobile technology and the future of handsets. However, it’s only now that we’re…

Astronomers have found evidence that some stars boast unexpectedly strong surface magnetic fields, a discovery that challenges current models of how they evolve. In stars like our sun,…

The new paper is the result of herculean computational analyses, involving researchers in Germany, Spain, and the United Kingdom, to better understand the role ancient retroviruses play in…