According to a press statement released by GSA, "During the last interglacial period , sea levels rose to 10 meters due to the melting of ice in Greenland and Antarctica. Humans were not responsible for this drastic alteration in the climate."
Koshik, an Asian elephant, at the Everland Zoo in South Korea, can speak some words in Korean which are easily understood by the speakers of the language, according to researchers of Vienna University, reports Reuters.
The finding connects all living birds' species that counts to almost 10,000 in total and reveals interesting details about their evolutionary history and its geographic context. Apart from this they show that birds' diversification rate has increased over the last 50 million years thereby challengin...
With the help of cutting edge virtual reality technology, the researchers have beamed a person into a rat facility allowing rat and human to interact with each other on the same scale.
Based on a tabletop model of quake fault, they state that the more time it takes for an earthquake fault to heal, the faster the shake it will produce when it finally ruptures.
Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) is by far the most common and most malignant of the glial tumors. Of the estimated 17,000 primary brain tumors diagnosed in the United States each year, approximately 60 percent are gliomas.
Till date breeding for aphid resistance has been recognized as an important tool for protecting red raspberries from viral infection.
There is common susceptibility to overeat during the short sleep and it is related to increased appetite in men and a reduced feeling of fullness in women.
The first sample provided by NASA's Mars rover Curiosity was soil scooped up at a patch of dust and sand that the team named Rocknest.
A new study, undertaken by researchers at the University of Michigan, have found that nisin, a common food preservative, helps in slowing or completely stopping squamous cell head and neck cancers.
Researchers working on the data collected by the Geoscience Laser Altimeter System(GLAS) aboard the Ice Cloud and Elevation Satellite (ICESat) have found a way to accurately measure the biomass of California. According to the reports, when ICESat2 will be launched in 2016, this method will be able t...
The new interesting discovery of the endangered tree dwelling tarantulas signifies how little do we know about the fauna surrounding us.
