A simple new computer game could help people control their snacking impulses and lose weight, scientists say.
Researchers from the University of Exeter and Cardiff University found that participants lost an average of 0.7kg and consumed around…
Title holder for being the world’s tallest cow, Blosom, has died in the U.S. after sustaining an irreparable leg injury, Guinness World Records has said.
Reportedly Blosom stood at over 6 feet 2 inches and was first recognized as the…
Ladies, if you are wondering whether to go on a date with a man, check out his fingers!
The ratio of a man’s index finger to his ring finger can be a clue to how good of a date he will be, according to a new study.
Men with masculinised…
People who eat at least 10 grammes of nuts or peanuts daily have a lower risk of dying from several major causes of death than those who don’t consume nuts or peanuts, a new study has claimed.
The reduction in mortality was strongest…
An Indian charity and a French NGO 1001 Fontaines developed a new plant that treats the water in a man made pond in the village of Madusudankati in eastern India.
The villagers suffered illnesses from drinking contaminated ground water for…
By Ananya Mukherjee
A village in southwest Morocco has found a way to avoid long, arduous treks for water and is now harvesting fog for water on a large scale.
The Berber communities are using a fog harvesting technique…
A new test that identifies changes in cell metabolism through urine samples may detect breast cancer early, scientists say.
Researchers at the University of Freiburg in Germany have developed a method that involves determining the concentration…
In an article-“On Tuesday, the world gets a ‘leap’ second. Are we all gonna die?”-by Rachel Feltman has written about NASA’s finding that June 20,the earth will get a ‘bonus’ second before 8 p.m.
Though…
Scientists have perfected mini cultured 3-D structures that grow and function much like the key working tissue or cortex of the brain from which they were derived, an advance that may lead to personalised medicine.
Strikingly, these “organoids”…
More than 6.68 lakh household population in India depends on begging to earn their daily livelihood, according to government’s Socio-Economic Caste Census.
Despite India’s rapid economic growth in recent years, poverty and begging…