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Unusual ancient gene governs sex of ant, bee, wasp newborns
In many animals, sex is decided by obvious physical differences in the chromosomes. But in ants, bees, and wasps, sex…
Why don’t left-handed persons make up half the population?
Hand preference reflects how the brain organises movement control | Photo Credit: Kelly Sikkema/Unsplash — Gayatri Chandrashekar A: There’s a…
‘Loose connection’ prevented NVS-02 satellite from landing in intended orbit, says panel
The NVS-02 navigation satellite set to aboard the launch vehicle GSLV-F15, from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC) in Sriharikota…
Scientists confirm HIV capsid is a good drug target despite resistance
In 1987, four years after the discovery of HIV as the causative agent of AIDS, scientists reported the first drug…
Scientists change how El Nino is labelled to keep up with temperature spikes
A waste picker drinks water while working during a heat wave at a garbage dump on the outskirts of Jammu,…
Aliens and America: Decoding U.S. politics’ obsession with finding extraterrestrial life
Aliens are real. Or maybe not. The possibility of mystical beings watching over us or even walking among us is…
Why do so many flowers have five petals?
In the flower bud, new organs begin as small bumps on a ring of tissue, and the petal number is…
A machine has verified the maths that won a Fields Medal: why it matters
Mathematicians have announced a milestone in the effort to thoroughly verify the solution of the sphere-packing problem — for which…
Science Quiz | The science of taste
The science of taste The Miracle Berry contains a compound called miraculin that binds to sweet receptors and can make…
Blue: the colour that moved kings before poets
When Isaac Newton wrote Opticks, published in 1704, he divided the colour spectrum into the now famous VIBGYOR, a set…