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`Homo` only primate whose tooth size decreased as brain size increased

Last Updated: Friday, April 4, 2014, 15:26

Andalusian researchers led by the University of Granada, have discovered that members of the human lineage, classed as the genus Homo are the only primates throughout their 2.5-million year history, whose size of teeth has decreased as their brain size increased.

Is Jesus Christ`s crucifixion wrongly depicted?

Last Updated: Friday, April 4, 2014, 13:51

Is the popular depiction of Jesus Christ`s crucifixion inaccurate?

New app that lets you text without Internet connection or cell service

Last Updated: Friday, April 4, 2014, 12:28

A new app in the virtual world called FireChat has been launched that lets users communicate with others in close proximity without any service provider or Internet.

New breakthrough could help create solar energy materials from Sun

Last Updated: Friday, April 4, 2014, 10:36

Researchers have found a way to tap the sun not only as a source of power but also to directly produce the solar energy materials that could make this possible.

Now, computer system that spots fake expressions of pain better than people

Last Updated: Friday, April 4, 2014, 10:34

Researchers have found that a computer-vision system can distinguish between real or faked expressions of pain more accurately than can humans.

Soon, a robot that hops like a kangaroo

Last Updated: Thursday, April 3, 2014, 22:35

Ever seen a robot that flies like a seagull or jumps like a kangaroo? You must not have but soon will.

112-million-year-old dinosaur chase reconstructed in 3D

Last Updated: Thursday, April 3, 2014, 19:56

Scientists have digitally reconstructed a dinosaur chase that happened around 112 million years ago.

Noah`s Ark may have floated even with 70,000 animals

Last Updated: Thursday, April 3, 2014, 19:25

Noah`s Ark, mentioned in the Bible, may indeed have floated without sinking - even with two of every animal in the world on board, a new study has claimed.

Sharks use all available senses to hunt down prey

Last Updated: Thursday, April 3, 2014, 18:40

A new study has revealed that when a shark gets hungry, it will use all the senses it has available to hunt down something to eat.

Pigeons can place everyday things in categories like humans

Last Updated: Thursday, April 3, 2014, 12:41

Researchers at the University of Iowa have found that pigeons share human`s ability to place everyday things in categories.