Internet audience, mass texting making school bullies more violent
A new documentary on bullying suggests that mass texting on cellular phones and internet audience are making school bullies more violent. ANI
Even the recipes for your favourite dish came about by evolution
Some of the most mouth-watering recipes may not evoke principles of evolution in your mind, but scientists have now shown that these tried-and-tested dishes do have an evolutionary mechanism at work in the way recipes are passed down. ANI
Newly discovered planet revealed to be boiling hot
A new planet, spotted about a thousand light years away from Earth, has been revealed to be having excessively high temperatures of about 2460 degree Celsius, which makes it one of the hottest in our galactic neighbourhood. ANI
Astronomer suggests conserving lunar crater for radio astronomy
An astronomer has suggested that a crater in the center of the far side of the moon should be conserved, as it is an ideal location for setting up a future radio telescope to detect radio waves of all kinds that are impossible to detect on Earth. ANI
Hand-held computers more of a hindrance than help
A new study suggests that hand-held computers are considered to be a hindrance, rather than help, by about two-thirds of the people who use them. ANI
Nanowires may provide highly efficient lights
Nanotechnology researchers at Sweden-based Lund University are trying to develop devices that do not emit as harsh a light as existing LEDs, and that are more efficient and longer lasting. ANI
Global warming threatens rice yields in future
A new study has suggested that the yields of rice, which is a major food source, will drop in many areas in the future, as a result of increasing global warming. ANI
Black carbon pollution is a major contributor to global warming
A new research by scientists has suggested that black carbon, a form of particulate air pollution, has a warming effect in the atmosphere three to four times greater than prevailing estimates. ANI
Language feature unique to human brain identified
With the help of a novel technique, scientists at Yerkes National Primate Research Centre, Emory University, have identified a language feature distinctive to human brain that may provide an insight into the evolution of human language. ANI
Bolt from the blue no longer a mystery
Scientists have claimed that through a new computer model, they have finally worked out how lightning forms, how it escapes the storm cloud that fosters it - and whether it will form a bolt from the blue. ANI