Delhi Informer

India-born Nobel laureate Venkatraman Ramakrishnan’s strong comments that the Indian Science Congress (ISC) served little purpose triggered a debate on Wednesday among scientists in the country. While a few members of the fraternity called for… The Times of India (New Delhi edition)

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Not all flowers are created equal and now, it turns out that bumblebees can tell the difference. Scientists have found that these insects can connect differences in pollen quality with floral features, like petal color, so that they only land on flowers that offer the best rewards. Bees don’t ingest pollen while foraging on flower. […]

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From Shakespearean sonnets to impassioned speeches to lovers’ whispers, human language is an amazingly rich form of expression, whose evolution has long puzzled scientists. Now, some researchers propose that human language represents the blending of two different communication systems, those found in songbirds and monkeys. Content-based language may have its roots in monkey alarm calls, […]

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