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Georgia Tech researchers develop energy recycling stairs that are easier on the ankles and knees

The steps are primarily designed for use in homes, where elevators and escalators are too expensive to install.

Research reveals humans and machines cannot identify real faces from morphed ones

A group of researchers has demonstrated that both humans and smartphones show a degree of error in distinguishing face morph photos from their 'real' faces.

Smartphones and humans often fail to detect face morphed photos: Research

A group of researchers has demonstrated that both humans and smartphones show a degree of error in distinguishing face morph photos from their 'real' faces on fraudulent identity cards.

Climate change didn't spark tech innovations in early humans, says new study

Countering a common perception, a new study suggests that climate change, after all, may not have been directly linked to cultural and technological innovations of Middle Stone Age humans in southern Africa.

Workaholics are more prone to anxiety and depression, warn researchers

Workaholics, take note! You may be more prone to psychiatric symptoms such as depression and anxiety, researchers including one of Indian-origin have warned.

E-cigarettes may damage the immune system in the lungs

E-cigarettes may damage the immune system in the lungs and generate some of the same potentially dangerous chemicals found in traditional nicotine cigarettes

New study proves that dogs are capable of feeling jealous

Dogs are capable of feeling a basic form of jealousy, according to a study published in the PLOS ONE scientific journal.

Crows solve Aesop's fable puzzles, offer clues to cognition

A species of crow native to islands east of Australia has long wowed scientists with its intelligence, and now it has shown it can solve at least one puzzle as well as the average 7-year-old child, scientists reported on Wednesday.

C-section botches a baby's IQ?

Babies delivered naturally have higher IQs than those by cesarean, a new study has claimed.