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Eyes and Spots

Scientists have found a mechanism to explain the startling diversity of animal colour patterns.

Men and the Flu

The male tendency to exaggerate flu symptoms finds support, as a new study suggests why this could be so.

Dinosaurian Beginnings

Till recently, the events that led to dinosaurs’ dominance of the planet had remained unknown.

Elephantine Speed

The physics behind the astounding charge of a bull elephant had remained somewhat of a mystery till recently.

Einstein Is Right Again

New observations on a scale far beyond our solar system confirm Einstein’s theory of gravity and lend support to the existence of dark matter.

Humans Only Mildly Polygamous

New genetic information shows that human societies have tended towards monogamy.

Maths of Moviemaking

Hollywood films increasingly use shot lengths of a particular pattern that best holds our attention.

Homosexuality

...may have prospered through the attention early gay men lavished on their nephews and nieces.

Tale from the Head

Breakthrough DNA sequencing research takes us a step closer to knowing where we came from.

Fundamental Forces and Chopping Wood

From Newton to Einstein, understanding gravity has been the holy grail of physics. Professor T Padmanabhan of the Inter University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics, Pune, spoke to Open of the work for which he was awarded the 2009 Infosys Prize for the Physical Sciences.

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