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For over 100 years, biologists have wondered why animals display different types of life cycles. Some species, like us humans and most vertebrates, develop directly into a fully formed -- yet smaller -- version of an adult. In contrast,…

Fatih Aktas | Anadolu Agency | Getty ImagesThere's a chance a Mega Millions player is on the verge of joining a very short list: winners who snag a jackpot worth more than $1 billion.The grand prize is an estimated $1.35 billion for Friday…

India's Avon Cycles Ltd has denied any wrongdoing in a scheme granting subsidies to vehicle manufacturers to boost the sale of electric vehicles (EV), after the government said the company was among those being investigated for…

Strange, but true: The S & P 500 has been solidly higher 12 months after the midterm elections in every cycle since 1954, according to Yardeni Research, regardless of which party won or lost. The broad market index's average one-year…

What role do the stages of sleep play in forming memories? "We've known for a long time that useful learning happens during sleep," says University of Pennsylvania neuroscientist Anna Schapiro. "You encode new experiences while you're…

You bet your Ars!Image: Getty ImagesThere’s always an urge, and sometimes a directive from websites and Twitter and whatever else, to attach meaning or statements to any match or result. Sometimes, two teams just play each other and the…

A 13-year-old boy from Patiala cycled all the way to Delhi to meet his favourite YouTuber but was traced by police and handed back to his parents without meeting his idol. The schoolboy bunked his classes and cycled all the way to Delhi…

Women who have shorter menstrual cycles start menopause two years earlier than others and face the most symptoms in midlife, a study has found.Researchers led by Harvard Medical School monitored 600 women from the ages of 33 to at least 51…

Despite the rapid increase in T20 leagues around the world, there is scheduled to be more international cricket in the new ICC men's Future Tours Programme (FTP) for the next four years, including two Border-Gavaskar Test series between…

In trying to understand the nature of the cosmos, some theorists propose that the universe expands and contracts in endless cycles. Because this behavior is hypothesized to be perpetual, the universe should have no beginning and no end --…