The legs of the crabs and grasshoppers are shaped in such a manner that can resist twisting and compression, but human leg bones lack this. According to the study if the human leg bones were built in the same way they would have been much stronger.
A new species of African Monkey specie has been discovered in remote forests of the Democratic Republic of Congo. The newly discovered specie is lesula that is formally named as Cercopithecus Lomamienis.
A new study by from the University of North Carolina school of Medicines underscore the complex relationship between microbes, diet and host physiology.
Western Scrub Jays that live in breeding pair and are not particularly social birds have projected a peculiar behavior that captured the minds of the researchers from the University of California, Davis.
The data revealed by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter data clearly indicates the presence of carbon dioxide snowfalls on Mars. This is the only example of carbon dioxide snow falling anywhere in the solar system.
Nearly 36 million American adults suffer with hearing loss in varying degree. A study focusing on this, claims that background chatter causes the ears of those with hearing impairments to work differently.
A new set of fossil footprints that belonged to a small amphibian which would have roamed the Earth 315 million years ago has been traced in Joggins, Nova Scotia near Amherst. These footprints are the world's smallest known fossil vertebrate footprints.
People who live with smokers might be at a great risk. According to the researchers from the Northumbria University, non-smokers who spend more time with smokers or live with them are at a high risk of damaging their memory.
The wasp Agenioideus nigricornis that was lost more than 200 years ago is now being discovered as a predator of Australia's most common dangerous spider, the redback. And, the scientists are excited as the redback spider is most obnoxious pest of Australian homes and they seem to have found natural ...
A new online survey one on 350 students measuring the networking activity and levels of physical activity suggest that, time spent on social networking sites blocks other activities including physical activity.
The International Journal of Artificial Intelligence and Soft Computing carries an interesting of how a computer is being taught to interpret human emotions based on lip pattern.
The study that is being published in the medical Journal of the American Academy of Neurology focuses on the effects of heavy alcohol use on the timeline of stroke and the long term outcome for those who are habituated to it.
