United States

New computer algorithm shows how bats classify plants according to their echoes

Washington, Mar 21: An international team of researchers has developed a computer algorithm that can imitate a bat’s ability to classify plants using echolocation.

Now, a robot that climbs walls by throwing its weight around

London, March 21: Scientists at Stanford University, California, US, have developed a four-limbed robot that can shift its weight to stay balanced while scaling vertical walls, just like a human cl

Salt find on Mars surface may yield clues about ancient life

Washington, March 21: NASA's Mars Odyssey orbiter has found evidence of salt deposits on the surface of the Red Planet, which point to places where water once was abundant and where evidence might

Our earliest human ancestors may have walked upright 6 million years ago

Washington, Mar 21: A six million year old fossil has anthropologists suggesting that the species may have been the earliest known hominin to walk upright.

US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi meets Dalai Lama

Dharamshala, Mar 21: Dalai Lama and Nancy PelosiUS House of Represe

Money can buy you happiness – but only if spent on others

Money can buy you happiness – but only if spent on others

Pages