Humans
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Tunnels on moon, Mars carved out by volcanoes could serve as human colonies
Sep 26, 2017, 03:33 PM ISTLava tubes - underground caves created by volcanic activity - could provide protected habitats large enough to house streets or even towns on the Moon and Mars
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Turning 25? Then you might be smarter than a computer!
Life | Apr 16, 2017, 10:52 AM ISTIt seems like 25 is the smartest time of your life, as a study suggests that it is the age when humans can outsmart the computers.
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NASA to collaborate with UAE’s space agency on Mars probe, aims to send humans in 2030s
World | Nov 28, 2016, 02:19 PM ISTUS space agency NASA will work with the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Space Agency on putting communications capability on the UAE’s Mars probe ‘Hope’ that will reach the Red Planet in 2021, NASA’s deputy chief
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Ebola virus may have mutated to better infect humans, claims study
Lifestyle | Nov 08, 2016, 10:19 AM ISTScientists who identified mutations in the Ebola virus that developed during the recent epidemic in West Africa say that the deadly virus may have adapted to better infect human cells. By the end of
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History rewritten! Humans arrived in Australia 10,000 years earlier than thought, suggest findings
World | Nov 03, 2016, 12:15 PM ISTHumans arrived in the arid interior of Australia 10,000 years earlier than previously thought, archaeologists working at a site in South Australia have discovered. Researchers excavating a rock shelter site in Flinders Ranges, 550 km
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This new technology by Microsoft can recognise speech just like humans
Oct 19, 2016, 02:51 PM ISTIn a major breakthrough in the field of speech recognition, Microsoft researchers have created a technology that accurately recognises the words in a conversation like humans do.
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Just like humans, even apes can guess what others are thinking, claims study
World | Oct 09, 2016, 09:28 AM ISTApes are able to predict what others might be thinking, a new research suggests. Apes have a human-like ability to guess have ability to guess what others are thinking, even in cases when someone holds
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SpaceX chief Elon Musk unveils his plan to get humans to Mars
World | Sep 28, 2016, 11:06 AM ISTOn a personal quest to settle Mars, SpaceX founder Elon Musk envisions 1,000 passenger ships flying en masse to the red planet well within the next century, "Battlestar Galactica" style.
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Remarkable! ASI discovers 10,500-year-old camping site in Ladakh
India | Aug 17, 2016, 09:19 AM ISTThe Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) has found an ancient camping site dating back to 8500 BC in Ladakh which indicates that humans were camping in the area 10,500 years ago. The site was
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An Indo-US facility that can make designer humans?
India | Jul 31, 2016, 11:04 AM ISTUnknown to most a new Indo-American collaboration with outcomes that can change the way we view life itself, this billion dollar project seeks to address some of the most fundamental questions. Nigel Lockyer, director of
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Robots to eventually replace humans on space missions
Jul 26, 2016, 06:47 PM ISTAutonomous robots capable of swimming, climbing and walking will eventually replace humans and animals on space missions.
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Watch! Super robot walking like a human on treadmill
World | Jul 19, 2016, 01:55 PM ISTAtlanta: Researchers have designed a new robot that has human-sized feet, and walks wearing a pair of sneakers just like humans. According to a scientist at the Georgia Institute of Technology, this newly developed robot
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Gazing alike: Monkeys and humans share staring behaviour, shows study
Lifestyle | May 17, 2016, 08:10 AM ISTWashington: Like humans, monkeys exhibit the same pattern of following another’s gaze throughout their lives, suggesting the behaviour is deeply rooted in our evolutionary past, according to a new study. Following another’s gaze is
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Humans lived with ‘Siberian Unicorn’, claims American science journal
World | Apr 02, 2016, 09:03 PM ISTNew Delhi: A long-extinct animal similar to the long-horned rhinoceros may have lived with human beings on our planet 29,000 years ago, researchers claimed after finding a skull in Kazakhstan. According to the American Journal
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Robots pave the way for human landing on Mars
May 17, 2014, 06:21 PM ISTWashington: With NASA rovers Curiosity and Opportunity relaying loads of information about the Red Planet, NASA is inching closer to a manned mission to Mars.With each landing on Mars over the past three decades, the
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Young apes regulate emotions like humans
World | Oct 15, 2013, 02:47 PM ISTWashington : A new research published in the current issue of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences has proved that apes share striking similarities in emotional development with humans.The research report has stated that
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'Humans possess capacity to sense the future'
World | Oct 26, 2012, 04:27 PM ISTWashington, Oct 26: Presentiment or sensing the future, even if we are clueless about coming events may in fact exist, says a new study based on an analysis of 26 papers published between 1978 and
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Humans increasingly poisoned by reef fish
World | Sep 11, 2012, 09:49 PM ISTSydney, Sep 11: Human beings are being poisoned by consumption of many reef fish whose flesh is contaminated with toxins, an Australian study says. The illness called ciguatera leads to a painful and debilitating effects