Go natural! Engage with nature to improve your well-being, says study
Researchers found that 11 of the 13 had a positive correlation to overall life satisfaction.
Apr 24, 2017, 23:45 PM IST
Nature's call to the elderly: Spending time in green, woody areas beneficial, says study!
The study was published in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health.
Apr 11, 2017, 19:14 PM IST
Was 'aspirin' neanderthals' treatment for tooth ache?
Neanderthals lived in parts of Europe, Central Asia and the Middle East for up to 300,000 years but appear to have vanished some 40,000 years ago.
Mar 09, 2017, 00:50 AM IST
NASA is about to unveil new discoveries on exoplanets this week!
Prominent NASA scientists, astronomers and a professor of planetary science and physics at Massachusetts Institute of Technology will participate at the briefing.
Feb 21, 2017, 12:42 PM IST
Nature 170 times behind humans in the race to cause climate change, warn researchers!
They have for the first time come up with a mathematical equation - known as the Anthropocene equation - to describe the impact of human activity on the Earth system.
Feb 13, 2017, 20:22 PM IST
Doing these three simple things daily will help you live longer
Studies have shown that smiling releases happy hormones endorphins and serotonin - which will naturally help to reduce inflammation and pain.
Feb 02, 2017, 13:02 PM IST
Is the world approaching a sixth mass extinction event? Scientists confirm signs!
Authors of the study are shocked because this kind of pattern hasn't been seen before in the half billion years of the animal fossil record.
Sep 19, 2016, 09:22 AM IST
Worried about aggressive teen kids? Living near nature may help – Here’s how
The findings showed that increasing greenery levels like parks, golf courses or fields, might lead to a 12 per cent decrease in clinical cases of aggressive behaviour.
Jun 30, 2016, 08:39 AM IST
Shocking! Cancer may be contagious, says study
The basis for this shocking revelation, is a study carried out on mussels, cockles and clams, collected off the coasts of Canada and Spain, that had been infected with tumours which originated in another individual.
Jun 23, 2016, 21:00 PM IST
Bizarre: Study compares Octopuses with aliens for weird DNA!
This is not the first study to single out octopuses as a rare creature.
Jun 13, 2016, 21:12 PM IST
The more you click photos, the more you enjoy
You may want to start photographing your experiences as a recent study has found that every click brings you closer to happy times.
Jun 11, 2016, 13:44 PM IST
Mice experiments show how Zika invades placenta, fetus
In one of the experiments, researchers used pregnant mice that were genetically engineered to lack the ability fight off Zika.
May 12, 2016, 01:30 AM IST
Ashes from supernova explosions littered Earth's ocean floor
Some theories suggest cosmic rays from the supernovae could have increased cloud cover.
Apr 07, 2016, 22:17 PM IST
Chinese face growing cancer risk from dioxin
It said increasing dioxin emissions from the iron and steel and thermal power industries as well as cremation of wastes were also to blame for higher cancer risk from dioxin.
Feb 27, 2016, 10:50 AM IST
Ocean acidification already taking toll on coral reef growth
The research was conducted in a lagoon on the southern Great Barrier Reef in Australia in 2014.
Feb 26, 2016, 10:52 AM IST
Kick-start your mornings with the divinity of 'Surya Namaskar'!
The biggest blob of energy of the universe, running the existence-- Sun, rises everyday to bless and complete the cycle of nature.
Jan 24, 2016, 11:37 AM IST
Now, an `ultrafast` processor capable of transmitting data using light
Further down the road, this research could be used in applications such as LIDAR, the light radar technology used to guide self-driving vehicles and the eyes of a robot; brain ultrasound imaging; and new environmental biosensors.
Dec 28, 2015, 10:04 AM IST
Pneumonia 'finger clip' could save thousands of lives
For example, current diagnostic tests for malaria involve just a blood finger-prick and can therefore be used to identify those carrying the malaria parasite.
Dec 06, 2015, 19:53 PM IST
Astronomers measure 'heartbeats' of distant stars
Analysis of the Hubble data showed that the average pixel varies on a timescale of approximately 270 days.
Nov 17, 2015, 13:54 PM IST
Low fat diets no better than high fat ones in the long-term!
For any weight-loss program what matters most is that more calories are burnt than what are consumed and towards this exercising regularly is the best option with restrained intake of food.
Nov 15, 2015, 10:45 AM IST
