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I found this very interesting article and just want to share it with you. Researchers have learned that farm fowls beat humans when it comes to their perception of color. The investigation revealed that, regardless of the actual size of their brains, the animals can perceive a wider and more accurate...

According to the recent news from BBC, a primary school in Weston-super-Mare has been criticized for banning Valentine cards to save pupils the “emotional trauma” of being rejected. Children at Ashcombe Primary School were stopped from exchanging cards because the head teacher said they were...

The three newcomers to the LG EX line of liquid crystal displays (LCDs) are the 20-inch EX205, the 21.5-inch EX225 and the 23-inch EX235. The use of light-emitting diodes (LED) enables a power consumption that is 40% lower than that of competing products. The three displays have a dynamic contrast ratio...

New discoveries by the scientists may have solved the mystery of how human hands became nimble enough to make and manipulate stone tools. The team reports in the journal Evolution, through BBC News that changes in our hands and fingers were a side-effect of changes in the shape of our feet. This, they...

Recent study have surprised scientists, when an octopus and its coconut-carrying antics scoop up halved coconut shells before scampering away with them so they can later use them as shelters. The team says it is the first example of tool use in octopuses. One of the researchers, Dr Julian Finn from Australia’s...

cancer cells A new discovery on the technique using tiny bubbles to detect cancer has been developed by clinicians at a hospital in Kent. Fifty-four patients were tested in the “microbubble” study at Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust. The results, which were published in the British...