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How fish gill genes helped create your ears

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The cells that form human ear cartilage and fish gill cartilage showed very similar patterns of gene activity, despite coming from entirely different animals. (Getty Images/iStockphoto)
Updated on Mar 07, 2025 11:47 AM IST

Hundreds could be infected with H5N1 bird flu without symptoms: Are you at risk?

Shocking discovery: Bird flu may be spreading undetected among humans!
Published on Feb 20, 2025 01:13 PM IST

Humans vs. dogs: How are their facial expressions processed? Study reveals

Do humans perceive emotions of dogs and humans the same way?
Published on Jan 08, 2025 09:43 AM IST

Scientists claim THIS creature will takeover the world if all humans die

Octopuses, as per Professor Tim Coulson of the University of Oxford, possess “dexterity, curiosity, ability to communicate with each other, and supreme intelligence”.
Published on Nov 15, 2024 05:59 PM IST

Is this 51,200-year-old cave art humanity's oldest story?

Humans have been painting on the same cave wall in Indonesia for over 30,000 years.
Published on Jul 04, 2024 03:00 PM IST

US reports 2nd human case of bird flu linked to dairy cow outbreak. Details

US reports 2nd human case of bird flu linked to dairy cow outbreak
Published on May 23, 2024 11:23 AM IST

Random Forays: Sleep on it for an instant reset

The problems of last night don’t seem quite as monstrous after a good sleep. (Shutterstock)
Updated on Feb 25, 2024 09:12 AM IST

World Human Spirit Day 2024: Date, history, significance and celebration

World Human Spirit Day 2024: Date, history, significance and celebration
Published on Feb 17, 2024 09:53 AM IST

World Anthropology Day 2024: Date, history, significance and more

World Anthropology Day 2024: Date, history and significance
Updated on Feb 16, 2024 08:39 AM IST

Scientists use pollen data to decode first human migration into Eurasia

They compared Pleistocene vegetation communities around Lake Baikal in Siberia, Russia, to the oldest archeological traces of Homo sapiens in the region.
Updated on Oct 01, 2023 04:50 PM IST

Human ancestors butchered and ate each other, study reveals

While the marks looked nothing like animal bites, they did resemble those that had been made by stone tools. (File)
Published on Jun 27, 2023 11:09 PM IST

Sunrays: Being begins here and now

Ever wondered why the suffix ‘being’ is added to the word human? We never say bird being or animal being. Why? Is it a reminder that humans need to dwell on ‘being’? Most of us concentrate on doing, having, becoming … but do we think about ‘being’? (Getty Images/iStockphoto)
Updated on Apr 30, 2023 12:50 AM IST

British pop icon Anne-Marie: Therapy has helped me cope with my anxiety in a big way

Anne-Marie made her India debut with her gig at Vh1 Supersonic held in Pune recently
Updated on Apr 22, 2023 01:41 AM IST

The human genome: The most important map ever produced

The Human Genome Project gave us the first sequence of the human genome, kickstarting a revolution in biology.
Published on Apr 16, 2023 11:16 AM IST

Is this the Demon Slayer's controversial scene fans have been waiting for?

The bathhouse scene had been previously included in the Demon Slayer compilation film and was banned in Saudi Arabia due to its risqué content
Updated on Apr 10, 2023 10:00 PM IST

Emerging domains of conflict in the 21st century

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This paper highlights five emerging domains of conflict that will characterise the remainder of the first half of the 21st century.
Published on May 11, 2024 01:57 PM IST

Deeply affected by others agony? Here's why we feel pain of others

Deeply affected by others agony? Here's why we feel pain of others while some cannot empathise
Updated on Nov 13, 2022 10:59 AM IST

Human brain cells implanted in rats offer research gold mine

Studying how these conditions develop is incredibly difficult -- animals do not experience them like people, and humans cannot simply be opened up for research. (Photo by Ryan M Kelly/AFP)
Published on Oct 13, 2022 02:44 PM IST

Gender and the brain: Why neuroscience is still searching for evidence

We call it 'the' brain. But is it a female or male brain?
Published on Sep 29, 2022 12:47 PM IST

Monkeypox: Person-to-person transmission, animal to human transmission

Monkeypox: Person-to-person transmission, animal to human transmission, precautions and preventive measures 
Updated on Jul 20, 2022 08:12 AM IST

Early human ancestors may be a million yrs older than previously thought: Study

Around 2.2 million years ago the Homo habilis -- the earliest species of the Homo genus that includes Homo sapiens -- was already roaming the region.
Published on Jun 30, 2022 07:11 AM IST

Exposure to new objects makes humans 'ready to learn' without goal of learning

Exposure to new objects makes humans 'ready to learn' without goal of learning 
Updated on Jun 01, 2022 09:16 AM IST

Indraneil recalls Ram getting locked inside washroom on sets of Human

Ram Kapoor worked in Human.
Published on Feb 22, 2022 08:23 PM IST