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Minke whales lunge 100 times an hour to feed under sea ice

Last Updated: Friday, August 15, 2014, 19:22

Scientists have for the first time recorded the feeding behaviour of Antarctic minke whales under the sea ice and found that the mammals lunge feed up to 100 times per hour, gorging on Antarctic krill.

Remembering mistakes helps speed up learning

Last Updated: Friday, August 15, 2014, 16:26

A new study has revealed that memories of the errors made the first time helps learning a task faster.

`Tick tock` speeds up a woman`s biological clock

Last Updated: Thursday, August 14, 2014, 19:58

The subtle sound of a ticking clock may increase a woman`s urge to marry and start a family at an earlier age, a new study suggests.

National Safety Science Quiz to be held

Last Updated: Thursday, August 14, 2014, 19:55

A National Safety Science Quiz is being organised by the National Council of Science Museums (NCSM) in partnership with a private safety science firm during the month of September-October, a statement said on Thursday.

New evidence suggests mummification in Egypt started 1.5K years earlier than thought

Last Updated: Thursday, August 14, 2014, 18:55

A new study has revealed that newly discovered evidence suggests that the origins of mummification started in ancient Egypt 1,500 years earlier than previously thought.

Arctic sea`s thick snow drastically shrinking

Last Updated: Thursday, August 14, 2014, 18:30

A new study had claimed that the thick snow on Arctic Sea ice has significantly lost its depth.

Little penguins forage together

Last Updated: Thursday, August 14, 2014, 13:54

Most little penguins search for food in groups, and even synchronise their underwater movements during foraging trips, according to a new study.

Soon, glasses made from metals

Last Updated: Thursday, August 14, 2014, 12:47

The glasses you use could soon be as strong as metals as engineers from University of Pittsburgh have just done what materials scientists have long sought to do: turning pure monoatomic metals into glass.

Genetically edited fruits a reality soon

Last Updated: Thursday, August 14, 2014, 12:39

Soon eat apples that do not get brown when cut or have super bananas that produce more vitamin A. With genetic engineering, `smart` fruits are coming at a grocery store near you.

Mummification began 1,500 years earlier than thought

Last Updated: Thursday, August 14, 2014, 11:24

The process of mummification started in ancient Egypt 1,500 years earlier than previously thought, says an 11-year long study, thus pushing back the origins of a central and vital facet of ancient Egyptian culture by over a millennium.