Government committed to judicial reforms, says PM
August 18th, 2012 - 3:45 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Aug 18 (IANS) Committed to improve the justice delivery system, the government has taken several initiatives, including launching the National Mission for Justice Delivery (NMJD), Prime Minister Manmohan ... Read more...
Posted in Uncategorized |
Weaning infants late led to woolly mammoth’s end?
December 22nd, 2010 - 2:00 pm ICT by IANS
Toronto, Dec 22 (IANS) Woolly mammoths inhabiting areas north of the Arctic Circle began weaning infants up to three years later than modern day African elephants. But this adapted nursing pattern could ... Read more...
Posted in Environment |
Crows’ major energy intake comes from tool-derived food
September 18th, 2010 - 4:26 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Sept 18 (ANI): Scientists have discovered that a substantial amount of the crows' energy intake comes from tool-derived food, highlighting the nutritional significance of their remarkable tool-use skills.Tool use is ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Craziest book titles revealed
February 27th, 2010 - 5:30 pm ICT by ANI
London, February 27 (ANI): Unusual book titles have been picked to feature in The Bookseller's silliest title of the year contest.Organiser Horace Bent called it "one of the most competitive short-lists in ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Emergence of first molars linked to growth and reproduction in apes and humans
December 30th, 2009 - 12:51 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, December 30 (ANI): In a new research, scientists have determined that the timing of molar development and eruption in apes and human beings is closely related to their growth and reproduction.The ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Hair reveals ancient Peruvians were stressed out
December 3rd, 2009 - 5:57 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, December 3 (ANI): Scientists have across evidence in the form of a stress hormone in the hair of Peruvian individuals who lived between 550 A.D. and 1532 that suggests that people ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Study on sheep shows link between personality, survival, and reproductive success
September 16th, 2009 - 3:05 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, September 16 (ANI): Canadian researchers have established a link between personality, survival, and reproductive success by carrying out a study on male bighorn sheep.Denis Reale, a professor in the Department of ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Earliest backboned land animals had different life histories
April 21st, 2009 - 5:33 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, April 21 (ANI): In new discoveries by researchers from Uppsala, Cambridge and Duke Universities, it has been shown that the earliest backboned land animals had different life histories.The researchers studied fossil ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Why don’t animals seem to favour sex change?
February 4th, 2009 - 2:22 pm ICT by IANS
Toronto, Feb 4 (IANS) The sex of humans and animals remains unchanged - but some species do switch genders, in a phenomenon called sequential hermaphroditism. It occurs naturally from plants to fishes. ... Read more...
Posted in Sci-Tech |
Big brains make for longer life and reproduction
April 17th, 2008 - 3:12 pm ICT by admin
Washington, April 17 (ANI): Anthropologists from Duke University and the University of Zurich have found that the extra brainpower some primates derive from big brains actually helps them live and reproduce ... Read more...
Posted in National |