A fossil of an ancient snake has been discovered which tells us that snakes evolved on land. This is the most primitive snake discovered till date.

There are cells in our skin that can respond to the time of the day and regulate the function of the skin.

Researchers have engineered mice to display the human immune system. This could be lead to considerably faster biomedical research.

For the first time, scientists at Stanford University have sequenced single sperm cells.

Dolphins may use complex mathematics to locate their prey in the ‘bubble nets’ they create to capture fish.

Vaccines that have been used in poultry have been found to combine to produce an ew strain of the virus that is more virulent than the original strains.

Two chemicals in the brain have been found to be involved in keeping our muscles inactive while we are asleep.

Researchers sent worms aboard a space shuttle and foudn that these worms actually have an increased lifespan.

One reason for the malignancy of cancer cells could be their response to physical pressure in their environment, upon which they produce 5 daughter cells compared to the normal 2.

Researchers working on the syphilis disease are using a novel way to extract samples of this tricky customer- by looking for them in ancient fossils.