More than 300 years ago, Leeuwenhoek peered down his handmade lenses, and made mankind’s first-ever observ

We inherit our looks and quirks from our parents. But, we are not an equal product of our parent's genes.

Have you ever wondered how your brain can tell the difference between the smell of morning coffee and the aroma of hot chocolate, even though they share som

"What humiliation when any one beside me heard a flute in the far distance, while I heard nothing, or when others heard a sh

Elephants are long-distance migrants. The populations in India, which make up 60% of the global Asian elephant population, began their migrations 100,000 years ago, gradually settling in different parts of the country. A record of these journeys can be found imprinted in the DNA sequences of today’s populations.

More deadly than bullets and earthquakes, strokes claim millions of lives each year.

Wheat, rye, and barley are some of the oldest grains cultivated by humankind.

Step on a snake, it bites back. Step on a plant, it suffers in silence? Actually, no. Like animals, plants too have survival strategies to help them endure and recover from such accidents. In the plant world, being nibbled on by herbivores or damaged by harsh weather is routine.

Habitat loss, degradation and fragmentation are major threats to biodiversity across the globe. Extensive development is fragmenting habitats, resulting in small, isolated patches of natural habitat within a broader mosaic of altered landscapes.

Bacteria routinely face stress from radiation, toxins, metabolic by-products and even antibiotics secreted by other bacteria in the environment, which can damage their DNA.