Mystery orbits in outermost reaches of solar system not caused by Planet Nine, study

Some of the strangest orbits of some objects have reached our solar system. According to astronomers, these mysterious orbits are to be formed by a...

Body-painting protects against bloodsucking insects

Body-painting started some time before people began to wear garments. There are archeological finds that incorporate markings on the walls of caves where Neanderthals...

Movie violence doesn’t make kids violent, study finds

There is evidence that some children imitate Ninja kicks, and that occasionally someone will "copycat" a crime they've seen or read about in the...

Evidence of life found in lake deep beneath Antarctic ice

Researchers drilling into a buried Antarctic lake 600 kilometers from the South Pole have discovered amazing indications of ancient life: the bodies of tiny...

New method for the transmission of electrons between proteins

Scientists at the Catalonian Institute of Bioengineering (Instituto de Bioingeniería de Cataluña) and the Seville Chemical Research Institute (Instituto de Investigaciones Químicas de Sevilla)...

How musicians communicate non-verbally during performance?

Successfully performing music with a group is a highly complex endeavor. To perform expressive music, musicians coordinate with each other. Now, a group of scientists at...

Scientists finally know what time it is on Saturn

Saturn is the sixth planet from the Sun and the second-largest in the Solar System, after Jupiter. This gas giant actually has no solid surface...

Why do Hydra end up with just a single head?

Hydra is single polyps, generally 1–15mm in length, with a whorl of tentacles at the top of a column and an adherent base at...

Scientists accidentally engineer mice with unusually short and long tails

While studying mouse development, scientists from two groups accidentally created mice with unusually short and long tails. This discovery could become an awesome example...

Understanding link between extreme rainfall events and floods

It has been reported that extreme rainfall events are increasing over India and widespread floods have increased threefold over the last several decades from...

Unraveling of 58-year-old corn gene mystery may have plant-breeding implications

Scientists snow have successfully solved a six-decades-old mystery of corn- why red pigments appear on corn sometimes. They solved the mystery while discovering a mutant gene...

Researchers developed Lotus-inspired biodegradable water repellent material

A water-repelling, biodegradable material inspired by lotus leaves has been developed by a joint team of researchers from India, Switzerland, and Italy. Super-hydrophobic or water...