Science

US museum educates visitors about bugs

Beetles, centipedes and tarantulas are among the insects that visitors to the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, or NHM, can learn about.

Mum and dad Theropod dinosaurs shared incubation duties

A new study into the incubation behavior of modern birds has shed new light on the type of parental care carried out by their long extinct ancestors -Theropods, a group of carnivorous dinosaurs from w...

`Lost City of Gold` may have been found deep in Honduras rain forest

A possible lost city could be hidden in Honduran rain forests, which might be the building foundations and mounds of Ciudad Blanca, a never-confirmed legendary metropolis, new images reveal.

Dangerous bacterium can counteract `coffee ring effect`

When a coffee stain dries, its edges become noticeably darker and thicker, while the middle of the stain remains almost unsoiled.

Mum and dad dinosaurs shared work load!

Dinosaurs shared the load when it came to incubation of eggs, according to a new study into the brooding behaviour of birds.

Bengal school student wins prestigious NASA prize

Amik Mandal, a Class-VIII student of a school in Durgapur has won the third prize in his category at "NASA Space Settlement Contest".

Soon, solar panels as cheap as paint

The cost to manufacture, install and maintain solar panels is so high that most people and businesses cannot afford to place them on their rooftops.

Snapchat deleted photos` recovery possible

Utah based Decipher Forensics, now however, claims that Snapchat photos are recoverable and do not disappear forever.

Why ripe strawberries smell so distinctive

Scientists from the Technische Universitat Munchen (TUM) have identified the compound that gives ripe strawberries their characteristic caramel-like aroma.

Mechanism that puts the curl in curling stone revealed

Researchers from Sweden cliam to have found out the mechanism behind the curved path in the curling stone.