Since soon after our planet formed, Earth’s 4.6 billion-year-long history was dominated by single-celled life. Something dramatic happened about 500 million years ago called the Cambrian “explosion,” during which an incredible diversity of life forms became preserved in the rock record. These fossils included major groups of diverse animals that evolved into animal groups...
The Uttar Pradesh (UP) Government has recently launched new tourism initiatives in the core zones of its tiger reserves, despite directives from the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) to remove tourism structures from these protected areas. Established to ensure minimal human interference, core zones within tiger reserves are intended to serve as safe habitats for…
GENEVA: The United Nations on Friday condemned the staggering number of civilians killed in Israel’s war in Gaza, with women and children comprising nearly 70 per cent of the thousands of deaths it verified. In a fresh report, slammed by Israel, the United Nations human rights office (OHCHR) detailed a raft of violations of international…
Complicated births may not have arisen in humans as a trade-off between our need for big brains and pelvises suitable for upright walking, new research in chimps suggests…
The biomarker human neutrophil lipocalin HNL was previously shown to be a useful indicator of bacterial infections. Now, the dimeric form of HNL may also be used to effectively monitor the success of antibiotic treatment in sepsis…
On 26 November at 3 pm CEST we are holding an 1h30 online discussion with our members on Eurochild’s positioning on the area of children’s rights online. As we are currently drafting a position paper to guide us in this new area in the upcoming years…
The identification of a new hominin group called Denisovans was one of the most exciting discoveries in human evolution in the last decade. The post Several Denisovan Populations Introgressed into Modern Humans Multiple Times: Study appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News…
Video Friday is your weekly selection of awesome robotics videos, collected by your friends at IEEE Spectrum robotics. We also post a weekly calendar of upcoming robotics events for the next few months. Please send us your events for inclusion.Humanoids 2024: 22–24 November 2024, NANCY, FRANCEEnjoy today’s videos…