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Pedestrians wear protective masks as they walk in a shopping district in Tokyo, Jan. 16, 2020. The outbreak of a mysterious SARS-like viral disease with symptoms of pneumonia has been traced to a new coronavirus spreading from the Chinese city of Wuhan. (AP)

Coronavirus: New disease spreading in Asia revives SARS fears

The outbreak has been traced to a seafood market in the Chinese city of Wuhan

20 Jan 2020 8:50 AM IST

Medics carry a patient into the Jinyintan hospital where patients infected by a mysterious SARS-like virus are being treated in Wuhan in Chinas central Hubei province on January 18, 2020. (AFP)

Doctors confirm false alarm over Indian teacherâ€™s ailment in China

Diagnosis of Indian womanâ€™s ailment shows her illness is not due to mystery virus sweeping China

19 Jan 2020 8:05 PM IST

Development of Indian science has been impeded by favouritism andn regionalism, says a paper presented at the Indian Social Science Congress.

Favouritism, regionalism did not spare even Nobel laureate C V Raman

Paper presented at Indian Social Science Congress says these twin blights have always impeded Indian science in its...

19 Jan 2020 11:12 AM IST

Climate change alters body clock of snakes

Climate change alters body clock of snakes

Reptiles unusually looking for mates in winter

19 Jan 2020 1:42 AM IST

$World\s oceans were warmest ever in 2019: Study$ Science

World-'s oceans were warmest ever in 2019: Study

The heat getting trapped in the oceans is equivalent to 3.6 billion Hiroshima bombs

14 Jan 2020 4:37 PM IST

Pal and his team wanted to look at the results of these measures when a brain was awakened in anaesthesia based on data from a 2018 study. (Photo: ANI)

Brain diseases influence speaking ability, study shows

Patients with language impairment due to Dementia have shown signs of reading and speech inefficiency, according to...

13 Jan 2020 3:54 PM IST

Smoke and wildfire rage behind Lake Conjola, Australia, Thursday, Jan. 2, 2020. (AP)

One billion animals killed or imperilled by Australian fires, says...

As per new estimates by University of Sydney, over one billion animals may have lost their lives or put in peril by the...

13 Jan 2020 11:29 AM IST

Renowned wildlife biologist Dr George Schaller recommends making forest dwellers partners in tiger conservation. (DC Photo)

Dr George Schaller: Make money from tigers and give it to the forests

Renowned wildlife biologist says India can learn from Rwanda where local communities were given a stake in saving the...

12 Jan 2020 8:44 PM IST

Map of Milky Way Galaxy reveals presence of stellar nurseries wave

Map of Milky Way Galaxy reveals presence of stellar nurseries wave

The newly developed three-dimensional map shows Earth-'s galactic neighborhood in a new light & is opening the door to...

10 Jan 2020 9:24 PM IST

It is very important to know the precise value of how fast the universe expands in order to determine the age, size, and fate of the cosmos. (Photo: NASA)

Astronomers measure expansion rate of Universe

Astronomers have measured the expansion rate of the universe using NASA-'s Hubble Space Telescope.

10 Jan 2020 8:38 PM IST

Stars that are slightly cooler and less luminous than the Sun are classified as K dwarfs, are the Goldilocks stars, said researcher Edward Guinan.

Study suggests -'goldilocks stars-' are best places to look for life

Astronomers are looking for planets in the habitable zone of stars which is often called -'goldilocks zone-'.

10 Jan 2020 6:03 PM IST

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Deforestation changing the way monkeys communicate

Researchers have found that the vocal patterns of Howler monkeys seem to differ in response to different types of forest...

10 Jan 2020 5:44 PM IST