In a batch of 27 planets found outside our solar system, half a dozen have “wrong way” orbits, astronomers have…
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Deepest Volcanic Sea Vents Found
Three miles (five kilometers) below the surface of the Caribbean Sea (map), great volcanic chimneys gush subterranean water hot enough…
“Tyrant King” Leech Discovered
The new species—dubbed Tyrannobdella rex, or “tyrant leech king”—was discovered in the remote Peruvian Amazon, according to a new study.…
Brain ‘splits to multi-task’
An inability to deal with more than two things at a time may be “hard-wired” into our brain, research suggests.…
Cement Plant Becomes First to Capture CO2
A Canadian company called Pond Biofuels is capturing CO2 emissions from a cement plant in algae — algae the company…
Empathetic mirror neurons found in humans at last
HTML clipboard BRAIN cells that may underlie our ability to empathise with others have been detected directly in people for…
Conjoined twins separated
Sita and Gita, the conjoined twins from Bihar, underwent a successful complicated surgery in Delhi’s Batra hospital on Monday night.…
Blueprint of the songbird genome
The zebra finch is the first songbird to have had its genome decoded Scientists have created a “blueprint” of the…
New “Roadrunner” Dinosaur Found
A new dinosaur species unearthed in China would have given Wile E. Coyote a run for his money. Nicknamed the…
New Blind Snakes Found
The genes of a newfound snake family suggest blind snakes lived on the island of Madagascar since, well, before it…