Humans evolved agile hands much earlier than thought

Last Updated: Tuesday, December 17, 2013, 20:03

Humans may have evolved dexterous hands around half a million years earlier than previously thought, discovery of a 1.42-million-year-old bone fossil in Kenya suggests.

Late Cretaceous Period may have been ice-free

Last Updated: Wednesday, September 25, 2013, 13:16

A researcher has said that he has found proof suggesting that no ice sheet formed during the late Cretaceous Period when the climate was much warmer than today.

Scientists measure croc nerves to understand ancient animals

Last Updated: Saturday, April 6, 2013, 13:47

Scientists have measured super-sensitive crocodilian facial nerves to better understand how today`s animals, as well as dinosaurs and crocodiles that lived millions of years ago, interact with their environment.

Soon, X-ray scanners that could fit in the palm of the hand

Last Updated: Thursday, January 10, 2013, 10:32

Hand-held scanners are one step closer to reality now, as an engineering team from the University of Missouri has invented a compact source of X-rays and other forms of radiation.