Bengaluru scientists solve mystery behind Odisha's 'black tigers'

A team led by ecologist Uma Ramakrishnan and her student Vinay Sagar from the National Centre for Biological Sciences, Bangalore, have discovered that the coat colouration and patterning which make......

Novel coronavirus jumped from bats to humans: Scientists

The progenitor of the novel coronavirus underwent "very little change" to adapt to humans from bats, according to a new study which suggests that the ability of the virus to spread from one person......

Answer to human brain's evolution in a fingertip

An Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, alumnus has discovered that humans' ability to use their fingertips for performing various tasks is the result of a complex neuro-motor-mechanical process......

400-million-year old insect fossil discovered

Two scientists have identified a fossil discovered in the 1920s as the world's oldest known insect, CNN reports.The 400-million-year-old specimen had wings suggesting that winged insects, and......