Snakes, some lizards and even a few mammals can have a venomous bite. Although these lineages split more than 300 million years ago, their venoms have evolved from the same ancestral salivary protein, reported scientists today in BMC Biology.
A previously unknown aspect of human evolution has come to light due to the use of ancient DNA, including samples of human remains around 45,000 years old.
Washington [US], August 29 (ANI): Researchers have found evidence of a super rare genetic condition that gives men an extra X chromosome, reporting the oldest clinical case of Klinefelter Syndrome to date.
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], July 19 (ANI/NewsVoir): Kauvery Hospital Chennai, a unit of Kauvery Group of Hospitals, a leading multispecialty healthcare chain in Tamil Nadu, successfully performed three life-saving procedures on a 55-year-old woman with dangerous cardiac arrhythmias (heart rhythm problems).
Scientists discovered a species of worm with an appetite for polystyrene. Read to know how their gut enzyme may be the answer to revolutionizing recycling plastic. Superworms can munch through plastic waste Scientists from the University of Queensland discovered that superworms, the larvae of Zophobas morio darkling beetles can eat and digest polystyrene. They grow up to […]