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Bee population escalated post last ice age, reveals study!

According to the study conducted by experts from Flinders University of South Australia, the Australian small carpenter bee -- found in sub-tropical, coastal and desert areas in Australia --has flourished in the period of global warming following the last Ice Age some 18,000 years ago.

Jun 02, 2016, 00:01 AM IST

Gene associated with Down syndrome, diabetes recognised

This gene can cause defects in insulin secretion in people with Type-2 diabetes and Down syndrome as well.

May 20, 2016, 19:05 PM IST

Australian scientist Colin Raston wins Ig Nobel prize for 'unboiling' an egg

Can you unboil an egg? Well, Australian researcher Colin Raston can just do that! And for undertaking such an unusual and imaginative research, he just won the Ig Nobel.

Sep 18, 2015, 19:13 PM IST