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The sex of human babies, and most mammals, is determined by a male-determining gene found on the Y chromosome The story of the disappearing Y chromosome is a reminder that evolution is constantly at work The spiny rat has proved that life can find a way even when a key genetic component is lost

A plea, seeking an order for fixing the exhausts of all vehicles on the top rather than in the bottom claiming that this would lessen pollution, has been rejected by the Supreme Court.

The first ‘water-wave laser’ that has been created emits a beam through the interaction of light and water waves, and may be used in ‘lab-on-a-chip’ devices to study cell biology and test new drug therapies.

Nine institutions feature from the UK, eight from Germany and five from India.

China launched the world's first quantum satellite Tuesday, state media reported, in an effort to harness the power of particle physics to build an "unhackable" system of encrypted communications.

Despite being a Class 9 student, she nourishes a passion for serving the society through scientific research of mass interest. For her, age is never a bar for quenching libido sciendi as if inspired by the Wings of Fire and following the footsteps of missile man A.P.J. Abdul Kalam.