London Scientists have discovered human-like footprints from Greece’s largest island Crete — dating back to 5.7 million years — that may put the established theories of early human evolution to the test. Ever since the discovery of fossils of Australopithecus in South and East Africa during the middle years ofRead More

Washington With water getting warmer, carbon dioxide level rising and bleaching events becoming more frequent, a team of Australian researchers has issued advice that more research is urgently required to determine whether corals can acclimatise and adapt to the rapid pace of climate change. The researchers from ARC Centre ofRead More

Washington, September 1 What is yawning? Why is it so contagious? Experts at the University of Nottingham have published research that suggests the human propensity for contagious yawning is triggered automatically by primitive reflexes in the primary motor cortex — an area of the brain responsible for motor function. TheirRead More

London An extreme global warming event 56 million years ago was driven by massive carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from volcanoes, during the formation of the North Atlantic Ocean, a study suggests. Researchers from the University of Southampton in the UK used a combination of new geochemical measurements and novel globalRead More

San Francisco Apple is expected to launch its next flagship device iPhone 8 on September 12, a media report said. According to the Wall Street Journal, the company is expected to release three new devices — iPhone 8 along with the updated versions of the iPhone 7 and 7 PlusRead More

Boston A simple device that can create complex birdsongs, including those of Zebra and Bengalese finches, has been developed by Indian-origin scientists at Harvard University. The device uses air blown through a stretched rubber tube to recreate birdsongs found in nature. Researchers found that the inherent complexity in birdsongs mayRead More

San Francisco Apple is expected to launch its next flagship device iPhone 8 on September 12, a media report said. According to the Wall Street Journal, the company is expected to release three new devices — iPhone 8 along with the updated versions of the iPhone 7 and 7 PlusRead More

Washington NASA’s next mission to Mars, scheduled to launch next year, will focus on examining the deep interior of the red planet, according to the US space agency. Information gathered by the Insight mission will boost understanding of how all rocky planets formed, including Earth, NASA said. “Because the interiorRead More

Los Angeles Smartphone addiction, and anxiety caused by being separated from the devices, is getting worse as people are increasingly seeing their devices as an extension of themselves, a study has warned. Smartphones have become an integral part of living, penetrating deep into everyday life as “an irresistible intruder inRead More

Toronto People who play contact sports such as football and hockey — that have higher risk of body collisions — are more likely show changes in their brain structure and function, a study has found. Researchers at St Michael’s Hospital in Canada performed preseason brain scans of 65 varsity athletesRead More