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A new study has revealed that oxygen-depleted toxic oceans had key role in mass extinction over 200 million years ago.

Changes in the biochemical balance of the ocean were a crucial factor in the end-Triassic mass extinction, during which half of all plant, animal and marine life on Earth perished, as per the University of Southampton study.

A new study has revealed that finasteride’s sexual dysfunction side effects have been poorly reported in hair loss drug trials.

The Northwestern University study is the first meta-analysis of the quality of safety reporting in clinical trials of finasteride for treatment of male hair loss.

Astronauts follow some “bizarre” rituals like getting slapped in the face with a cross before going to space .

American astronauts, Russian cosmonauts, and even rockets all go through the official blessing dished out by a priest from the Russian Orthodox Church, the Verge reported.

Photos from NASA’s official photographer showed that the same bearded and gowned official has been carrying out the ritual with gusto for a few years now.

A new study has revealed that the ancient RR Lyrae stars may not be as lonely as previously thought.

Many, perhaps most, stars in the Universe live their lives with companions by their sides, in so-called binary systems. Until recently, however, the ancient RR Lyrae stars appeared, for mysterious reasons, to live their lives all alone. But a recent study led by Chilean astronomers refuted the theory.

A new study has revealed that echoes and fluctuations in volume help humans figure out how far away sounds are.

Researchers from UConn Health reported that echoes and fluctuations in volume (amplitude modulation) are the cues people use to figure the distance between them and the source of a noise.

As per a new study an experimental Ebola vaccine called VSV-EBOV appears safe and generates immune response in a small phase 1 clinical trial.

Two independent but coordinated studies, performed at the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research (WRAIR) and the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), explored the safety and immunogenicity of the investigational vaccine when administered at different dosages.

A new study has provided a deeper insight into the complex birth of the giant stars.

A research group led by Aya Higuchi, a researcher at Ibaraki University, conducted observations of the massive-star forming region IRAS 16547-4247 with the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA).

The first human settlers on the Moon may live inside giant lava tubes large enough to house cities, which were formed by ancient volcanic eruptions, new research suggests.

The volcanic features are an important target for future human space exploration because they could provide shelter from cosmic radiation, meteorite impacts and temperature extremes, researchers said.

Lava tubes are tunnels formed from the lava flow of volcanic eruptions. The edges of the lava cool as it flows to form a pipe-like crust around the flowing river of lava.

A new study has revealed that it is hard for consumers to save money because they are often impatient and do not think about the long-term consequences of spending money thinking.

Daniel M. Bartels and Oleg Urminsky (both University of Chicago Booth School of Business) said that they’ve known that being aware of the benefits of not spending and being patient contribute to savings, but the research finds that one or the other is not enough.

An Anglo-Saxon medical textbook Bald’s Leechbook may have the right recipe for killing methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) hidden between its covers.

The stomach-churning potion, which includes wine, garlic, and bile from a cow’s stomach, could hold the key to defeating MRSA came about after a chance discussion between experts at the University of Nottingham in 2014, the Independent reported.

Lead researcher Freya Harrison from the University of Nottingham said that the thousand-year-old remedy has proven to be an “incredibly potent” antibiotic.

A team of researchers is trying to obtain clues to aging from long-lived lemurs.

When Jonas the lemur died in January, just five months short of his thirtieth birthday, he was the oldest of his kind. A primate called a fat-tailed dwarf lemur, Jonas belonged to a long-lived clan. Dwarf lemurs live two to three times longer than similar-sized animals.

In a new study, Duke University researchers combed through more than 50 years of medical records on hundreds of dwarf lemurs and three other lemur species at the Duke Lemur Center for clues to their exceptional longevity.

People in India and Ukraine spend just over 13 hours a week cooking, compared to the international average of less than six and a half hours each week, a study revealed on Monday.

They are followed by South Africa, where its citizens, on an average spend nine and a half hours on culinary activities, Indonesia where people spend more than eight hours a week and Italy seven hours a week.

A new study has indicated that even rats can imagine and they have the ability to link cause and effect such that they can expect, or imagine, something happening even if it isn’t.

The study conducted by Cognitive Neuroscience Society is important to understanding human reasoning, especially in older adults, as aging degrades the ability to maintain information about unobserved events.

Scared of the dark? Fear not as scientists have now created night vision eye drops, which enables one to see up to 50m in the dark.

The team behind it, an independent Californian biohackers, Science for the Masses, theorised that Chlorin e6 (Ce6), a natural molecule that could be created from algae and other green plants, could improve eyesight in dark environments, the Independent reported.

The molecule, which is found in some deep sea fish, forms the basis of some cancer therapies and has been previously prescribed for night blindness.

After analysing big data about a key protein, computer scientists at Washington University in St. Louis have discovered its connection in human history as well as clues about its role in complex neurological diseases.

Through a novel method, Sharlee Climer and Weixiong Zhang discovered a region encompassing the gephyrin protein – master regulator of receptors in the brain that transmit messages – on chromosome 14 that underwent rapid evolution after splitting in two completely opposite directions thousands of years ago.

Those who think the eye wearable device Google Glass is dead, be ready to shake a leg with the device. According to media reports, Google Glass will come with a new technology that will teach you some funky dance moves in real time.

In the popular interactive video game “Dance Dance Revolution”, users are prompted to make certain dance moves indicated by the programme controlling the game.

Rats have the ability to link cause and effect such that they can expect, or imagine, something happening even if it isn’t, reveals a new study.

The findings are important to understanding human reasoning, especially in older adults, as ageing degrades the ability to maintain information about unobserved events, the researchers said.

The recent study draws from long-understood ideas that when a rat (or dog or pigeon) observes one event followed by another, such as a tone followed by food, it forms an association between the events.