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The Verge of Extinction

Extinction is the termination of a kind of organism or of a group of kinds (taxon), usually a species. The moment of extinction is generally considered to be the death of the last individual of the species, although the capacity to breed and recover may have been lost before this point.

Fish with human like teeth

Anglers at Jennette's Pier in North Carolina pulled up something unexpected — and uncanny — from the Atlantic: a fish with human teeth.

More than 98 percent of emperor penguin colonies are expected to become quasi-extinct by 2100

Nearly all of the world's emperor penguin colonies may be pushed to the brink of extinction by 2100, a study has found, as the United States moves to list them as threatened under the Endangered Species Act.

Snake-eating spiders

Snakes are occasionally overpowered and eaten by a limited number of spider taxa. Not all snake-eating spiders trap the serpents with webs. Tarantulas actively hunt their prey, then use powerful jaws to deliver a potent venom (SN: 2/28/19).

Heat Wave Killed more than 1 Billion Marine creatures in Western United States and Canada

Heat Wave Killed more than 1 Billion Marine creatures in Western United States and Canada

Consuming a diet with more fish fats, less vegetable oils can reduce migraine headaches

A diet higher in Afatty fish helped frequent migraine sufferers reduce their monthly number of headaches and intensity of pain compared to participants on a diet higher in vegetable-based fats and oils, according to a new study.

Dragon man fossil may replace Neanderthals as our closest relative

A near-perfectly preserved ancient human fossil known as the Harbin cranium sits in the Geoscience Museum in Hebei GEO University. The largest of known Homo skulls, scientists now say this skull represents a newly discovered human species named Homo longi or Dragon Man. Their findings, appearing in three papers published in the journal The Innovation, suggest that the Homo longi lineage may be our closest relatives and has the potential to reshape our understanding of human evolution.

A fermented-food diet increases microbiome diversity and lowers inflammation

A diet rich in Afermented foods enhances the diversity of gut microbes and decreases molecular signs of inflammation, according to researchers at the Stanford School of Medicine.

Zombie Genes: Genes That Come To Life In The Brain After Death

In the hours after we die, certain cells in the human brain are still active. Some cells even increase their activity and grow to gargantuan proportions, according to new research from the University of Illinois Chicago.

Monoclonal Antibody Cocktail – An Exceptional Game Changer For Covid Treatment In India

Immunity against a pathogen occurs either naturally or as a result of exposure to it. Vaccination is a biological procedure that stimulates the immune system of a person.

Covid-19 Second Wave And India´s Rivers Health

We have learnt a lot about how to break the transmission chain of SARS-CoV-2 by rapid testing, vaccination, sanitization, social distancing, social networking, etc. However, the conversation over SARS-CoV-2 transmission is still remnants.

Development of Food grade Edible Growth Media Using Food processing by-products: Production and Delivery of Probiotics

Vegetarian probiotic foods by meaning must be free from all animal-derived ingredients. This not only includes the product ingredients but the probiotic inoculum as well.

Role of Backyard Poultry in Sustainable Rural Livelihood under Indian Perspectives

It is fact that people are becoming much health-conscious and they are incorporating more animal protein in their diet due to its beneficial effects.

Life span of the host increased by the parasite

Worker ants live longer if they are infected with parasite tapeworm. Tapeworm (Anomotaenia brevis) infected ant (Temnothorax nylanderi) workers have a longer life span than uninfected workers in the same ant colony.

Researchers identified the molecular basis of soybean seed coat color

Gene silencing is the process by which the activity of the genes is regulated so that a particular gene's expression can be prevented.

CANDIDIASIS: Management Through Probiotics

Candida yeast is a normal inhabitant of our skin, gastrointestinal tract, and mucous membranes, including the vagina, mouth, and nasal passages. These eukaryotes naturally live in the vagina but they are only problematic when the bacterial balance is exasperated.

Host range of SARS-CoV-2 holds the clue for prediction of future outbreaks

The pandemic- COVID-19, has completed its one year since its inception from the seafood market of Wuhan, China. Till to date this has taken 2.75 million human lives all over the world. Scientists are working round the clock to come with an effective vaccine.

Canadian geologist found the oldest water on earth

Dr Barbara Sherwood Lollar of the University of Toronto has extracted from a Canadian mine water that is 1.6 billion years old.

Benefits Of Exercise During Pregnancy

Exercise during pregnancy may let mothers significantly reduce their children's chances of developing diabetes and other metabolic diseases later in life, new research suggests.

Microplastics in Mussels, Oysters and Scallops

Generally, everyone is well aware of plastics and its disadvantages. Plastics are not biodegradable as natural leaves or natural materials.

More than 140000 virus species identified in the human gut

Gut microbiota, gut flora, or microbiome are the microorganisms including bacteria, archaea and fungi that live in the digestive tracts of humans and other animals including insects.

Technological glitch leads to selection of wrong delicious menus

Fast food has not gotten much healthier in past two decades, study says. When it comes to the calories, sodium and saturated fat per serving in fast food, not much has changed since 1996, according to a recent study

Era of Living materials

Hybrid materials combine bacterial cells with nonliving elements that can conduct electricity or emit light.

Gulf of Mannar Marine Biosphere Reserve

Biodiversity refers to the diversity of all life forms and at Ball levels of organization.

Million-year-old DNA of mammoths

The oldest DNA ever recovered from an animal is adding new chapters to mammoth life history, going back more than 1 million years.

An insight into Equine Microbiome!

The microbiome is the genetic material of all the microbes - bacteria, fungi, protozoa and viruses - that live on and inside the human body. The number of genes in all the microbes in one person's microbiome is 200 times the number of genes in the human genome.

Electrical control of weeds

Weed menace all around have been an age Wold phenomena but with changing climatic conditions, easy and frequent movability of people, use of imported seeds etc. have further helped in their (weeds) growth all over the regions.

A memory without a brain

Brain, the mass of nerve tissue in the anterior end of an organism. The brain integrates sensory information and directs motor responses; in higher vertebrates it is also the centre of learning.

How Nanotechnology Is Contributing To The Fight Against Covid-19

The Covid-19 pandemic has gripped several countries across the world, resulting in several millions of infected individuals and hundreds and thousands of deaths.

Bed Dust Microorganisms May Boost Children's Health

In the most extensive study of its kind, researchers from the University of Copenhagen, in collaboration with the Danish Pediatric Asthma Center at Herlev and Gentofte Hospital, have found a link between microorganisms living in the dust of children's beds and the children's own bacteria.