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Spending more time in education causes myopia, study

For over a century, observational examinations have announced connections amongst education and myopia. It's been observed that children with myopia are more studious, or...

Dino-bird dandruff research head and shoulders above rest

In a new study conducted by palaeontologists from University College Cork (UCC) in Ireland have studied the fossil cells, and dandruff from modern birds, with powerful...

Engineers unveiled the mystery of 500-year-old Leaning tower of Pisa

The Leaning Tower of Pisa is one of the most remarkable architectural structures from medieval Europe. It is also referred to as the bell tower...

Seeking the truth on female genital cutting

According to an evidence provided by the WHO, almost three million girls are at risk every year of having their genitals cut in some...

Extreme mobility of mantis shrimp eyes

Mantis shrimp have extraordinary vision and even has the ability to see the polarisation of light. They have extream mobile eyes that don't stop...

Scientists used gene editing to improve red blood cell transfusion compatibility

The arrangement of blood for patients who require rehashed blood transfusions, and additionally for people with uncommon blood classifications, presents a challenge to transfusion...

New DNA method of screening pinpoints whose blood the vampire bat is drinking

The common vampire bat wants to feast upon the blood of residential creatures, for example, cows and pigs, gambling transmission of pathogens, for example,...

Dinosaurs disappeared and originated with a bang

Almost 60 million years ago, it is normally comprehended that the dinosaurs vanished with a blast – wiped out by an extraordinary meteorite impact. But their...

Having one eye slightly better than the other may explain ants’ left bias

New research from the University of Bristol has now found rock ants often have one eye slightly better than the other, which could help...

Study challenges key evidence for the pro-active reading brain

Scientists from the University of Bristol in collaboration with Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics in the Netherlands have discovered that the predictive function of...

Study resolves the mystery of an enigmatic Triassic reptile

The fossilised remains of a Triassic reptile, currently housed in two separate collections on each side of the Atlantic. The remains of the reptile, which...

New study unveils the rules governing how man-made and biological networks are built

A fascinating component of virtually all systems is that little structures, known as motifs, are discovered more regularly than we would anticipate. Seeing how...

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