Tag: humans
NeoCov's Potential Danger To Humans Requires Further Study: WHO
Chinese researchers have detected a new type of coronavirus among bats in South Africa. While research claims it has latent ability to mutate, the World Health Organisation has said its potential needs further clarity. ....
Studying Ant Relocation Amid Environmental Challenges To Help Humans Adapt
Researchers at IISER-Kolkata's Ant Lab here are exploring why ants take the risk and bear the cost of relocation, particularly in the face of environmental challenges such as rising temperatures and monsoon.....
Humans To Blame For Creation Of Sahara Desert: Study
Challenging a commonly held theory that changes in the Earth's orbit triggered Sahara desertification, a new study suggests that humans may have played an active role in the transition of a lush green landscape into the world's largest hot desert thousands of years ago.....
Humans Can Transmit Covid-19 Virus To Wildlife: Study
In a major study, researchers have found that there's considerable risk that humans transmit SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes Covid-19, to wildlife. ....
Adah Sharma: Feel More Comfortable Around Animals Than Humans
Actress Adah Sharma says she is more comfortable around animals than humans. Animals, she adds, are uncomplicated and easy to interract with. ....
How 'chimpanzee Poop' Is Helping Prevent COVID-19
The Oxford–AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine, a version of which is also being used in India, is made from an adenovirus isolated from chimpanzee poop, which has been genetically changed so that it is impossible for it to grow in humans. ....
Scientists Decode Why Humans Are Getting Taller
An international team of scientists has for the first time discovered a brain receptor that explains why people are growing taller and maturing fast. ....
Israel Joins NASA-led Artemis Space Mission To Land Humans On Moon, Mars
Israel has signed the Artemis Accords and joined the US-led programme to land human beings on the Moon by 2025 and later on Mars, the Israel Space Agency (ISA) said. ....
