Himalayas on the move

The Indian plate is heavy and steadily sinking under Eurasia  

Night blooms

Plants change flowering traits to mark friend from foe  

We, not humans, are natives

An odorous ant of North America argues its side of the story

Fungi create fertile soils

China loses its patent

Human’s best friend originated from a wolf in West Asia  

Shaping genetic inheritance

Same genes express differently due to smoking, alcohol, stress

Winter relief

Insects travel 4,000 km to avoid the cold British weather

In fits ‘n’ starts

An obstinate frog tells the tale of Himalayan rise

Earth on verge of mass extinction

Event will be human-induced, warn scientists

Salmon and a lousy louse

Fish farms harbour parasites, threaten wild fish varieties

Sulphur breathers

Anoxic ocean beds were found to harbour multicellular life  

Tale of two reptiles

Fossils of an ancient snake wrapped around a dinosaur enraptures scientists

Faecal detection of cancer

Strengthening the fragile

Scientists have started taking osteoporosis more seriously

Teething adults

Amino acid called proline can regenerate decaying teeth

Timed to perfection

Same plants fruit at different times in different regions, as per local monsoon

When did early humans reach India?

Stone tools suggest a million years ago, previous assumption was 0.5 million years ago

Count the bycatch

Scientists question widely adopted indicator of fisheries’ health

Benefits of self-rejection

Evolution favours plants that rely on cross-pollination

Poison aid

Salmonella can fight cancer

Honey, where are the bees?

At stake is the world’s food supply  

Crazy ant gets a name

Species that gave pest exterminators a hard time identified

On the horns of p53

Bread’s problem protein

Scientists crack mystery of celiac disease, assure therapies

Traced, scanned, illuminated

Fear of invasive tests leads to a novel way of cancer detection