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When Man Reached India
Scientists have indicated that modern humans may probably have reached India and other parts of the South East Asian region thousands of years prior to what was first assumed. This finding was arrived at with the use of fresh archaeological evidence which could force that the early human history be revised. A team of scientists that came from various parts of the world such as the US, Germany, Uni..
Tamil Nadu government to set up a Marine biotechnology park near Mammalapuram
Deputy Chief Minister M K Stalin informed the reporters that the government of Tamil Nadu has put a proposal to build a Marine Bio-Technology Park. The Marine Bio-Technology park is likely to be set up near the famous tourist spot in Mahabalipuram. Mr. Stalin who shared this information with the reporters at a function further informed the reporters that the government plans to set up ..
Scientists Criticize The “Quack” Diets Of Celebrities
Leading charity names and shames celebrities who, on its claim, are using quack diets. Names of sports stars, models, actors and singers who are allegedly promoting pseudo scientific remedies for losing weight were included in the list of Sense about Science. Some of those listed are Cheryl Cole’s apparent belief in the “blood group diet” and Naomi Campbell’s maple s..
'Size of mammals grew dramatically after dinosaur extinction'
Toronto : The extinction of dinosaurs some 65 million years ago made way for mammals to grow in size – about a thousand times bigger than they had been, a new study has found. The maximum size of mammals in the post-dinosaur era levelled off about 25 million years later, or 40 million years ago, as the ecosystem was able to reset itself relatively quickly, found the study published in ..
Army's Strategic Forces Command tests Agni-1
CHENNAI : The Strategic Forces Command of the Army on Thursday fired Agni-1, the surface-to-surface missile, from the Integrated Test Range (ITR) on Wheeler Island, off Damra village on the Orissa coast. The flight was successful with the missile travelling its full range of 700 km. Fired at 10.20 a.m., the missile followed its trajectory and reached the designated target area in the Bay of Bengal..
Gulf of Mannar coral colonies dying
Chennai : The massive and branching coral colonies in the Gulf of Mannar region are dying due to cultivation of an exotic invasive seaweed species identified as Kappaphycus alvarezii. J.K. Patterson, Director, Suganthi Devadason Marine Research Institute, Tuticorin, said their organisation was involved in regular monitoring of the coral reef colonies in the region since October 2008. In October th..
Leonid meteor shower to peak on Nov 17-18
New Delhi : Leonid meteor shower will peak tomorrow, but a gibbous moon will play a spoilsport for sky gazers to view the spectacular celestial fireworks. Leonid meteor shower or shooting stars are expected to graze the sky at a rate of 60-100 on the night of November 17-18, president of NGO SPACE C B Devgun said. Leonids are a prolific meteor shower associated with the comet 55p/Tempel-Tuttle, he..
Scientists unveil secrets of exploding plasma clouds on Sun
WASHINGTON, DC : Scientists have shed light on the explosion of plasma clouds on the Sun. The Sun sporadically expels trillions of tons of million-degree hydrogen gas in explosions called coronal mass ejections (CMEs). ..
Protein study sheds light on insulin response and cancer cell growth
WASHINGTON, DC : The United States and Japanese researchers have identified a key step in metabolic pathways linked to diabetes and cancer. ..
Potential new treatment for deadly nipah, hendra viruses identified
WASHINGTON : Scientists have identified a potential new treatment for the Nipah and Hendra viruses, two lethal and emerging viruses for which there is currently no treatment or vaccine available. ..
