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Why Neanderthals never had brain disorders

Last Updated: Sunday, April 20, 2014, 17:14

In a significant discovery, scientists have found why modern humans develop brain disorders like autism or schizophrenia but our ancestor Neanderthals did not.

Novel X-ray method for better screening at airports

Last Updated: Sunday, April 20, 2014, 17:07

In a bad news for smugglers and terrorists, scientists have developed a method of using X-rays that can specifically highlight hazardous materials.

Talk to your smart phone to unlock car!

Last Updated: Sunday, April 20, 2014, 17:03

What about giving a voice command to your smart phone to post Selfies, play songs or even unlock your car!

Fingernails glow when you make a call!

Last Updated: Sunday, April 20, 2014, 16:59

You will soon have fingernails that would glow as you call someone.

Earth`s extinction rate highly exaggerated: Study

Last Updated: Sunday, April 20, 2014, 16:57

Contrary to the current belief that about half of earth`s plants and animals would go extinct over the next century because of human activities, a study has found that this extinction rate is overly exaggerated.

Satellites can tell if a volcano will erupt

Last Updated: Sunday, April 20, 2014, 16:53

Satellite imagery can be used to predict which volcanoes are most likely to erupt, scientists have found.

New technique beams lasers into clouds to make it rain

Last Updated: Sunday, April 20, 2014, 16:23

Researchers have developed a new technique that may one day aim a high-energy laser beam into clouds to make it rain or trigger lightning.

LED bulbs can make your white shirt ineffective!

Last Updated: Saturday, April 19, 2014, 16:36

If you bring your white shirts under an LED bulb to see how white they are, you may not be able make any distinction, a study suggests.

Soon, attack drones that can attack from ocean floor

Last Updated: Saturday, April 19, 2014, 16:29

The Pentagon has developed attack drones that can patiently wait on the ocean floor for years.

Wild animals interbred with domesticated ones until recently: Study

Last Updated: Saturday, April 19, 2014, 14:20

Recent research on the domestication of donkeys, camelids (which includes dromedaries, Bactrian camels, llamas and alpacas) pigs, cattle, sheep and goats suggests that neither intentional breeding nor genetic isolation were as significant as traditionally thought.