In May, researchers at North Eastern Federal University in Yakuutsk, Russia, announced a “Sensational Discovery”. A well preserved female woolly mammoth, between 50 to 60 years old was spotted in the remote Lyakhovsky Islands of Novosibirsk archipelago in Russia. Even more remarkable, the team announced that the muscle tissues of the beast has “a natural [...]
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May
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Femme turtles may become fatal to the painted turtle
Painted turtles (Chrysemys picta) will not survive the effects of climate change by nesting earlier. Many flora and fauna are already responding to a warming world by reproducing earlier in the season, when temperatures are cooler. But, a new model, developed by Rory Telemeco, Karen Abbott, and Frederic Janzen from Iowa State University predicts this [...]
Apr
14
Insecticide-resistant mozzies could help destroy dengue
Insecticide-resistant mosquitoes that block dengue could be the key to controlling the disease, reports a new study. Professor Ary Hoffmann from the University of Melbourne and Professor Michael Turelli at the University of California, Davis have calculated that releasing mosquitoes with a genetic resistance to insecticides, that are also infected with a virus-suppressing bacteria, could [...]
Apr
9
Women like big, flaccid penises. And we don’t know why.
Men have rather unique and peculiar genitalia. For their body size, the penis is slightly longer and thicker than other primates. Plus, in its flaccid state the human penis does not retract into the body, like many other species. A popular explanation for this uniqueness is that “Size Does Matter,” or in the scientific vernacular, [...]
Mar
10
Virtual Reality can implant false memories and do other stuff
“Right now, we’re inside a computer program?” Asks a very a perplexed Neo in the 1999 classic, The Matrix. He has just realised that the world around him is virtual reality. While The Matrix is fictitious, according to some scientists, it’s very easy for us to confuse virtual reality for, well, reality. The quote opens [...]
Feb
10
Mum! How was the moon born?
As a kid, I figured that adults knew all of the big things in life: Why is the grass green? Why do zebras have stripes? How the moon was born? … and so on. I didn’t know the answers, but I was sure the adults did. So, it came to my surprise to realise that [...]
Jan
10
Where’s my Viagra? (And the trouble with “curing” female orgasmic disorder)
Clinicals trials are currently underway for a “female viagra”. For some, this is exciting news – that could bring a lot of fun into their bedrooms. But, others are concerned that the hunt for female viagra is merely a cash cow for pharmaceuticals. Tefina is a nasal spray being developed by Trimel Pharmaceuticals to help [...]
Dec
28
“Impossible” to decipher secret Pigeon message
British intelligence agents think it’s impossible to decipher an encrypted message written in WWII, and recently found attached to the leg of a pigeon. The bird’s skeleton was discovered in the chimney of 17th-century home in Surrey, UK in 1982 when the home owner, David Martin, was restoring his chimney. David Martin, told the The [...]