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Creative people have significantly more connections between the right and left hemispheres as they use both sides of their brain for different acitvities. (Photo: Pixabay)Science
Here's how you can 'supersize' your memory

Turns out, gaining a super-sized memory is as easy as attending the 30-minute training sessions daily.

15 March 2017 10:44 AM IST

Coral grows in the waters off Raja Ampats Kri Island located in eastern Indonesias Papua region (Photo: AFP)Science
UK cruise ship damages pristine Indonesian coral reef

There has been outrage in the local tourism industry which relies on Raja Ampat's natural wonders for its survival.

15 March 2017 8:48 AM IST

Researchers say this bone may be related to regulating pressure in the ear, although its exact purpose is unclear.Science
400,000 yr-old half-skull points to mystery people

Researchers say this bone may be related to regulating pressure in the ear, although its exact purpose is unclear.

15 March 2017 8:46 AM IST

A statue of the first man in space, Russias Yuri Gagarin, reaching for the moon (Image: AFP)Science
Fly me to the Moon: Russia seeks new cosmonauts

It has announced plans for its first manned Moon landing by 2031.

15 March 2017 8:43 AM IST

A directive pleas to the European Commission, the EUs executive arm, to take action to protect the rabbits being raised for food in EuropeScience
Rabbit farming gets EU lawmakers hopping mad

A rabbit is -"kept in old-fashioned cages-" that leave a space per rabbit -"that is less than the area of two ordinary...

15 March 2017 8:41 AM IST

\This new material (Eurotapes) could be used to make more potent and lighter wind turbines,\ Xavier Obradors said, predicting it will make it possible to manufacture wind turbines one day with double the potency than existing onesScience
European team announces superconductivity breakthrough

In the long run the project could -"revolutionise the production of renewable energy,-" the Institute said in a...

15 March 2017 8:39 AM IST

Haematite tubes from the NSB hydrothermal vent deposits that represent the oldest microfossils and evidence for life on Earth 3.8 to 4.3 billion years ago. (Photo: AFP)Science
Fossils from 1.6 billion years ago may be oldest-known plants

The researchers said cellular structures preserved in the fossils and their overall shape match red algae.

15 March 2017 8:37 AM IST

The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket -- carrying a Dragon cargo capsule -- blasts off from the Kennedy Space Centers launchpad 39A in Florida, on February 19, 2017. (Photo: AFP)Science
SpaceX defeats Boeing-Lockheed partnership for GPS launch contract

The contract, worth $96.5 million, is the second GPS satellite launch contract awarded by the Air Force to Musk's rocket...

15 March 2017 8:34 AM IST

It is said that soldiers would use a combination of honey and vinegar to clean deep wounds and then cover the whole thing with balled-up spider webs. (Photo: Pixabay)Science
Science unravels spiders' monstrous food web

The world's spiders eat 400-800 million tonnes of insects every year -- equivalent to the amount of meat and fish that...

15 March 2017 8:11 AM IST

The ability to absorb light at short wavelengths and re-emit it at longer wavelengths is called fluorescence, and is rare in terrestrial animals. Until now, it was unheard of in amphibians.Science
World's first glow-in-the-dark frog discovered in Argentina

The fluorescent frog sports a muted palette of greens, yellows and reds in daylight, but gives off a bright blue and...

14 March 2017 4:51 PM IST

The technology being used by Google has been dubbed neural machine translation.Science
Google uses Artificial Intelligence to diagnose breast cancer

Google used a flavour of Artificial Intelligence called deep learning to analyse thousands of slides of cancer cells

14 March 2017 3:24 PM IST

Elon Musk, CEO and CTO of SpaceX, introduces the SpaceX Dragon V2 spaceship at the SpaceX headquarters in Hawthorne. (Photo:AP)Science
SpaceX scrubs rocket launch in Florida due to high winds

Wind gusts of up to 25 mph (40 kph) at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida forced SpaceX to scrub the launch of the...

14 March 2017 2:06 PM IST

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