A nutrition scientist applies metabolism, biology and food science to one of science fiction's oldest questions.

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Rajkumar Hirani has opened up about why he used an alien as the central character in ‘PK’. The filmmaker said his idea had ...

Philosophers Eric Schwitzgebel and Jeremy Pober argue that consciousness is likely 'substrate flexible', challenging the ...

Artist’s impression of an Ediacaran animal community. Credit: Hugo Salais A new study suggests evolution stayed stuck for millions of years until sexual reproduction helped unleash a burst of ...

Pomacea canaliculata, commonly known as the apple snail, is a pest commonly found in Hong Kong's wetlands and farmlands. It ...

As a general rule, white chickens lay white eggs, and brown chickens lay brown eggs, but your best bet is to actually look ...

Led by the University of Birmingham, the study saw scientists compare how Eurasian wrens, an extremely teeny species of ...

Palaeontologist Steve Brusatte's The Story of Birds offers an excellent and sometimes startling account of bird evolution, ...

Asia is the largest continent on Earth, and its ecosystems are every bit as diverse as its size suggests. This huge continent ...