People who sleep for 7 to 8 hours per night performed better cognitively than those who slept less, a study has revealed.
Drinking milk and dairy consumption may lower your risk of high blood pressure, scientists say.
A team of international researchers has found that therapeutic cloning, the same method used to create Dolly the sheep, can be used to treat Parkinson's disease, which robs people of the ability to walk and even eat.
Gut feeling or intuition is the result of the way our brains store, process and retrieve information on a subconscious level and so is a real psychological phenomenon even though science has historically ridiculed the concept of intuition.
Kepler-90i -- a sizzling hot, rocky planet that orbits its star once every 14.4 days -- was found using machine learning from Google to scour data from NASA's planet-hunting Kepler Telescope.
'The second wave was more virulent, more aggressive, more transmissible.'
'The COVID-19 virus has the power to quietly enter your body, without causing pain via symptoms, because it craftily manipulates your pain response.'
Turn off mobile/web alerts. Prioritise tasks. Do not multi-task.
'People who have already got diabetes or heart disease or high blood pressure seem to be more badly affected by the disease.'
Gopalakrishnan, who is the immediate past President of CII, is the Chairman of the summit.
'Everybody says 5G and communication is important.' 'Everybody says automation, robotics, human computing interfaces -- people and machines working together -- is the future.' 'Everybody agrees that cybersecurity is something that is here to stay.' 'Everybody agrees that synthetic biology is important.' 'Instead of outlining thinking about industries for tomorrow and the future, let the evolutionary pathway be built in a way that it promotes robust, creative, thinking.'
Leadership, teamwork, communication, productivity, and wellness skills are essential for every employee's success.
'One police officer told me that trials take forever, conviction rates are low.' 'So one way to judge states' performance on handling crime is through the 'recovery rate' of their police.' 'The fastest way to get recovery is by torturing the accused.'
Have you or someone you know suffered health complications as a result of cell phone usage?
Rup Narayan Das reveals the towering Odisha leader's role in improving national security after the 1962 War with China.
Trinamool Congress leadership is yet to take a call on ghar wapsi (return home) by former TMC leaders who had joined the BJP ahead of the recently concluded assembly elections which the Mamata Banerjee-led party swept.
If you are not eating enough of the right food, it can lead to deficiency of certain chemicals leading to anxiety and depression. Here are some tips on what to eat to avoid such a state.
Doctors call it the 'weekend effect'.
Ahead of Father's Day, Sachin joins Beckham and Djokovic for UNICEF's Super Dads campaign.
Merck arm sues Sun over cancer drugSchering Corporation, part of multinational pharma company Merck & Co, and London-based Cancer Research Technology Ltd have sued Sun Pharmaceutical for allegedly infringing patent rights on the world's largest selling brain cancer drug, Temodar.
The prototype, which may cost around Rs 30,000, is now awaiting Indian Council of Medical Research clearance to go into production, the Railways said.
Workers who had sex the night before, a new study has revealed, are doing better at their jobs the next day,
A typical drug user's transition to addiction could result from a persistent impairment of synaptic plasticity (the ability of the connection between two neurons to change in strength) in a key structure of the brain, suggests a new French study.
We tend to make the things we crave; which does not necessarily mean that they are healthy, says nutritionist Delnaaz T Chanduwadia.
In 2011, India's share in global nanotechnology research publications had reached six per cent from a mere two per cent in the year 2000, the study found.
Scientists find that green and black tea inhibit the activity of certain enzymes in the brain that are associated with memory.
Trisha Prabhu has developed an app to prevent cyber-bullying.
Anxiety, depression, hormonal changes are just some of the reasons says neurologist Dr Pruthviraj Dabarase.
Some women claim to have a headache, while others pretend they are too tired. But now, experts have a scientific explanation as to why such women give their husbands excuses for not wanting to have sex.
Start your day with a chocolate! No, we are not kidding.
The World Health Organisation's study on links between mobile phone use and certain types of brain cancer has proved inconclusive.The researchers said that even though there could be possible health risks from heavy mobile phone use, nothing conclusive has been found as yet. The 10-year study of 13,000 people focused on both healthy users of mobile phones and those with two types of brain cancer -- glioma and miningioma tumours. The study has been criticised as biased.
I wondered how being scientist-mathematician helps one cycle better. Perhaps the self-discipline helps; perhaps it is the scientist-technologist perspective of breaking down the whole into separate pieces, identifying specifics and working on them for improved results, mulls Shyam G Menon.
British scientists have developed a computer that can read human minds, a key breakthrough which they claim takes telepathy a step closer to reality.
'India needs offensive and defensive security measures to protect itself.'
Doctors says this new procedure could save the lives of more than 30 per cent heart transplant patients by increasing supply of suitable donors
The amount of sleep you need depends on several factors. Here's a little bit about them.
American scientists have claimed talking on mobile phones can actually improve one's memory and help fight against Alzheimer's disease, contrary to earlier findings that over use of the electronic gadgets may cause brain cancer.
Ever considered choosing a partner based on your psychological make-up?
The study investigated that the core self-evaluations and educational attainment are mediating mechanisms for the influence of physical attractiveness, intelligence on income and financial strain. Further, the effect of personality on income are particularly noteworthy and are stronger than those of attractiveness and nearly as strong as those of intelligence.
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