Year: 2016

You might spot the jaguar. To a colour blind monkey, this simply looks like the number ‘57’. Credit: Andre Dib/shutterstock

Monkeys in South America Are Almost All Colour Blind and No One Knows Why

Vinicius Donisete Goulart 17/06/2016

Colour blind vision might actually be an advantage in...

Parasitic Cape honeybees out-reproduce other bees using a few unusual gene regions. Credit: Andreas Wallberg and colleagues

These Honeybees Tell Us Something About the Evolution of Sex

Nandita Jayaraj 16/06/2016

Sexual reproduction is widespread on Earth but its evolutionarily...

An artist's illustration of the LISA Pathfinder mission in space. Credit: ESA

Pathfinder Mission Eases Our Way to Exploring the Gravitational Universe

Ronak Gupta 16/06/2016

The news of its success is heartening as it...

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LIGO Detects Second Black Hole Merger, Sets Gravitational Wave Astronomy on Its Way

Vasudevan Mukunth 15/06/2016

The Indian members of the scientific collaboration were instrumental...

A view shows the construction site of the Rio 2016 Olympic Tennis venue at the Rio 2016 Olympic Park in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, July 24, 2015. Credit: Reuters/Sergio Moraes

‘Very Low’ Risk of Further Zika Spread Due to Olympics, Says WHO

Stephanie Nebehay and Julie Steenhuysen 15/06/2016

Experts noted that Brazil was entering winter months, when...

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Meet Germany’s Most Famous Penguin Couple, Who May or May Not Be Gay

Bhavya Dore 15/06/2016

In Berlin, the two had allegedly shown interest only...

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An Engineer Who Optimises in Electronics as Much as in Life

Nandita Jayaraj 15/06/2016

“People ideal for research are those who don’t care...