Five taste sensations and only three types of taste cells form the world of tastes – or so we thought. A new discovery indicates that there could be more complexity to this equation than we first thought. Researchers working with rodents have identified a new population of taste buds, and …
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FP TrendsJuly 24, 2020 18:04:21 IST Neanderthals were hunters and gatherers, and therefore led very physically stressful lives. But a recent study has revealed that these ice age beings had less ability to withstand pain than modern humans. Rude ancient human relatives have now been extinct for 40,000 years, but …
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One would think that at least 184 million years of evolution on completely separate continents would be enough to make two species of fish sexually incompatible. That was the assumption of scientists in Hungary when they placed sperm from an American oarfish near the eggs of a Russian sturgeon in …
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When microbiologist Jared Leadbeater returned to his office for the first time in months after a work trip, he found something strange. A cream-colored manganese carbonate compound (MnCO3), which coated the glassware he had left in his sink, had gone dark. Something had stolen some of his electrons. “I thought, …
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From the depths of time, from the Hell Creek Formation, the last of the hook-handed dinosaurs emerged: Captain Hook … from the Prairie. This fearsome creature had a snout full of teeth and large, viciously hooked claws. But each claw sat at the end of the most ridiculously short, stubby …
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