A study of Galápagos yellow warblers, a songbird widespread in the Galápagos Islands, are changing their behaviour due to traffic noise, with those frequently exposed to vehicles showing heightened levels of aggression. Researchers played bird songs from a speaker, simulating an intruder, accompanied by recorded traffic noise at 38 locations populated by Galápagos yellow warblers on … Read more
Unripe jackfruit has many culinary uses If the mango is described as the king of fruits, then the jackfruit will be the doctor of all fruits. Jackfruit (Artocarpus heterophyllus) is a plant known in India and the Middle East for a long time and has been used in Ayurveda and Unani systems of medicine as … Read more
Name the League Two club with wealthy, fully committed, American owners, a famous name in the home dugout and a squad boosted by 11 January signings? If the answer – Carlisle – is easy, the reasons why they are stuck to the bottom of England’s Football League with nine games to go remains rather harder … Read more
“You don’t look at the big problem all together, because I think it’s a little intimidating. You just take it one day at a time, meet the people who are going to meet with you…, and really try to do the best job that you can. That’s all teamwork, and that’s what space travel is … Read more
Two red cards, six tries, a nip-and-tuck scoreboard and a traditional Scottish deluge falling from the sky. This had pretty much everything and Scotland were the team left standing with a win, but only just, at the end of a pulsating encounter. These sides meet again in August, in Pool B of the Women’s Rugby … Read more
Influenza cases peak during monsoon season with a secondary peak during winter | Photo Credit: CDC/Douglas Jordan On March 7 and March 8, several newspapers reported a surge in influenza (flu) cases in the Delhi-NCR region, with some mentioning the “spike” as over 54%. The source of this news was a local survey (LocalCircle) of over 13,000 … Read more
Representative image | Photo Credit: The Hindu The parliamentary Standing Committee on Chemicals and Fertilizers, headed by Trinamool Congress MP Kirti Azad, has urged the Union Fertilizers Ministry to seek additional funds for the sector at the revised estimate stage to ensure that subsidy schemes for farmers are not negatively affected. In a report on … Read more
Key events Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature Preamble One of the top-30 sides in the world host the team ranked 110th, a collective which has lost ten of its last 11 competitive matches, drawing the other 0-0. On paper, this is as close as it gets to a … Read more
Thomas Tuchel believes Jude Bellingham tried to do too much at Euro 2024 and must save his energy for key moments by being more disciplined. England’s new head coach has been honest about where his side can improve and he clearly is not afraid to follow the same path with Bellingham. The Real Madrid midfielder … Read more
Who needs Marcus Smith, England fly-half? Who, for that matter, needs Jarrod Evans, Wales fly-half? Jamie Benson is a 22-year-old who made his Premiership debut in November. On Saturday he came on at half-time for Evans and kicked three long-range penalties in the last 10 minutes to set up Harlequins for their first Premiership away … Read more