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Around 60 percent of the world's total coffee products are made using beans of Arabica variety.

India's national bird, blue peafowl or Indian peacock, is known for its ornamental feathers with a glittering train and crest plumage and now researchers at the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER)-Bhopal have constructed a high-quality genome of this visually captivating bird.

Prospectively collected data from 4314 South Korean adults showed that people with higher levels of insulin resistance have the greatest rate of incident type 2 diabetes and chronic kidney disease.

The vaquita, first described by scientists in 1958 and now deemed critically endangered, is the smallest cetacean, the group including whales, dolphins and porpoises.

Apr 14, 2021 11:16 AM EDT This year the third country has announced some good news for rhinos. Populations of the endangered rhinoceros with one horn in Nepal have increased by 16% over the past six years. (Photo : Frans Van Heerden) Population of Rhinos The new National Rhino Count 2021 evaluates the recent number stands at 752 individuals up from 645 in 2015. The number of Rhinos was calculated across the country between March 22 and April 10, involving within four national parks, both Chitwa...

Certain gene variants linked to severe Covid-19 infection, study finds January 02, 2021 × Studying the role of genetic makeup will boost the response against Covid-19 and accelerate drug development According to a study conducted by a team of researchers in Europe, certain gene variants are related to severe coronavirus infections. For the study, published in the journal Nature, the researchers carried out an analysis of 2,200 severely ill coronavirus patients. Their examination buttresses th...