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Multi-step puzzles can be difficult for humans, but what if I told you there was a bird that could solve them on its own? In this BBC special, Dr. Alex Taylor has set up an eight-step puzzle to try and stump one of the smartest crows he’s seen in captivity. They describe the puzzle as […]

  The flight of the bumblebee may seem clumsy and slow, but new research claims these humble insects can reach altitudes higher than the peak of Mount Everest. Despite their rotund bodies and relatively small wings, researchers from Wyoming found that bees can negotiate air so thin it would kill a human – making them

  Never mind the cult movie Snakes on a Plane – scientists have shown how some serpents can fly. Paradise flying snakes and banded flying snakes are able to ‘slither’ through the air in Asian rainforests. Adopting an S-shape, they are able to glide almost 100 feet from tall trees. ‘They look like they are

By very virtue of being human, everyone has experienced infancy and toddlerhood. So why can most adults not remember anything that happened before the age of 3? Research has suggested that’s because infants don’t have the neural capabilities needed to retain an autobiographical memory. And now, a new study shows we start forgetting our earliest

  The process of conceiving a child and its development inside the body of the mother is a very beautiful and amazing phenomenon. Before it takes its first breath, a human baby has to pass through an incredible and miraculous transformation from a single cell to a complex, self-sustaining organism. This article contains the stages

  It might seem impossible to identify a dozen images flashing by in a fraction of a second. But a team of neuroscientists has found that the human brain can do just that at record-breaking speed. U.S. researchers discovered that the human brain can interpret images that the eye sees in just 13 milliseconds –

  We all know the basics about Albert Einstein. He was one of the greatest scientists of all time. He came up with the theory of relativity. He was born in Germany but moved to America, where he died in 1955. And yes, he rocked a wild hairdo. Albert Einstein, the kid with abnormally large

  Anyone watching the autumn sky knows that migrating birds fly in a V formation, but scientists have long debated why. A new study of ibises finds that these big-winged birds carefully position their wingtips and sync their flapping, presumably to catch the preceding bird’s updraft—and save energy during flight. There are two reasons birds

Myths are stories that are made up without any verification and there are very less or almost no authentic sources to verify whether they are true or false. Although they may be true but majority of them are false. Most of the myths are about Roman Gods, super heroes, inventions, discoveries and many other fictitious