COLLECTION

Cells divide. Cells divide and replace old or damaged cells. This is why biologists wonder how old are cells in our body, in [...]

A condenser turns a substance from its gaseous state to its liquid state — by cooling it. Historically, condensers were always oriented vertically [...]

What would happen if you strongly believe in something and I shatter your belief? No belief or opinion is an island; it doesn’t [...]

Agriculture was the spadework (literally so) that not only anticipated but also necessitated the Industrial Revolution. It will be a fatal mistake, or [...]

Schreckstoff is a chemical cocktail that fish release from their skin after an injury. Fish perceive the risk of a predator nearby when [...]

Ooh! That is  surprise. We make spontaneous sounds to express everything from elation (Woohoo!) to embarrassment (Oops!). A statistical analysis of responses to [...]

Can advertising rely on coffee breaks to make people more open to persuasion? This won’t deter the average office worker from taking his [...]

It is not clear whether Mary A Carskadon was aware that she was hacking her way into an adolescent mystery when she analysed [...]

A courtship dance of the Bilaan, a Filippino hill tribe of the Davao del Sur region, simulates the mating behaviour of forest birds. [...]

While Indians hold the simplistic notion of democracy as anybody’s right to use ear-damaging crackers and amplifiers anywhere any time, civilised people take [...]

Skiers perform their feat on a thin layer of water. They also do a great deal of waxing. The first is because of [...]

There is this real life story about a cat and a British road-repairer and how their encounter changed the way roads appear to [...]