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More Fun Than Fun: Learning How Fruit Flies Disperse – From a Tabletop 17/03/2021 L-R: Sudipta Tung, Sutirth Dey and Abhishek Mishra, the trio that created nomadic fruit flies in their lab in IISER Pune. Photo: Sutirth Dey. Spectacular advances in genetic technology in the past couple of decades have revolutionised our understanding of how different parts of the globe came to be occupied by Homo sapiens. We now have evidence that Homo sapiens evolved in Africa between 300,000 and 150,000 years ago; successfully dispersed out of Africa between 100,000 and 70,000 years ago; reach...

In the Himalayas, land-use change is driving the loss of forest birds A new study suggests that forest species are largely not able to survive in cultivation areas. Rufous sibia, a forest specialist species, is under threat due to oak forest degradation. | Jagdish Negi / Mongabay Land-use changes in the western Himalayan forests, a global biodiversity hotspot with huge numbers of endemic species, have resulted in a massive decline in forest birds in the region, new research shows. Scientists from the Centre for Ecology, Development and Research, Dehra Dun and Centre for Cel...

Orissa HC constitutes committee on Olive Ridley turtle deaths Updated: Updated: 3-member committee will visit Gahirmatha and Rushikulya beaches, consult all stakeholders Share Article 3-member committee will visit Gahirmatha and Rushikulya beaches, consult all stakeholders The Orissa High Court on Friday ordered the constitution of a three-member committee for consultations with stakeholders and verifying compliance of earlier court orders on conservation of endangered Olive Ridley turtles. According to the Orissa HC order, the team will comprise Kartik Shanker, Associate Professor at the ...

The <b>Orissa High Court on Friday (26^th February)</b> formed a three-member Panel, inter alia, to hold consultations with stakeholders and to suggest what steps need to be immediately taken- in the short ...

Machine Learning Used to Predict Where New Coronaviruses Might Develop Next February 17, 2021 A researcher for Brazil's state-run Fiocruz Institute takes an oral swab sample from a bat captured in the Atlantic Forest, at Pedra Branca state park, near Rio de Janeiro, Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2020. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo) Share share The URL has been copied to your clipboard 0:00 0:06:28 0:00 Researchers have used artificial intelligence (AI) methods in an effort to predict which animals might develop new kinds of coronaviruses that affect humans. Scientists believe the new coronavirus spreading...