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An Indian frog to help fight flu? See what new research has revealed!
Lifestyle | Apr 19, 2017, 01:08 PM ISTFrogs' skins were known to secrete "host defence peptides" that defend them against bacteria.
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Brain games may not boost your memory: Study
Lifestyle | Apr 18, 2017, 06:56 PM ISTIf you thought brain games could make you smarter, think again. In a study, researchers at Florida State University in the US found no evidence that such games increase overall cognitive abilities.
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5 shocking reasons why mosquitoes bite you more than others
Lifestyle | Mar 15, 2017, 05:22 PM ISTIf you’re getting bitten by these pesky creatures more often, then you are the ‘Chosen’ one. Here are the reasons why mosquitoes bite you more than others
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Ancient Indians knew about tsunamis and protected themselves, claims research
India | Jan 05, 2017, 04:20 PM ISTIn a sign of Indians having a good understanding of natural calamities, especially the threats posed by the seas, thousands of years ago, scientists have found that ancient Indians not only understood tsunamis but also
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Magnetic brain stimulation can activate 'forgotten' memories: Research
World | Dec 02, 2016, 04:36 PM ISTShort-term ‘forgotten’ memories stored in the brain can be brought back with the help of a technique that uses magnets to stimulate the brain, researchers have found. The researchers conducted a series of experiments in
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More women over 70 sexually active, claims study
Lifestyle | Nov 10, 2016, 09:59 AM ISTA new study has claimed that older single women may be more sexually active than thought, even beyond the seventh decade of their life.
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Future buildings could ‘sense’ internal damage after earthquake, says research
Oct 20, 2016, 04:34 PM ISTBuildings of the future may well be able to foresee the harms after an occasion like a quake, thanks to scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) who have built a computational model that
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Zika virus unlikely to infect same person twice, claims new research
Lifestyle | Oct 14, 2016, 05:05 PM ISTA recent research has found that a person contaminated with Zika is unlikely to get fever twice. According to the research, conducted by Stephen Higgs, director of the Biosecurity Research Institute at Kansas State University
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India shows second highest growth in science research: Report
India | Oct 11, 2016, 06:14 PM ISTIndia is at the second position among countries with the highest increase in their contribution to high-quality scientific research, according to a new report which shows that the growth of research in the country is
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People spending much time on Facebook are more likely to share personal information: Research
Oct 06, 2016, 11:56 PM ISTPeople who are in a virtual world of social networking and spending more than three hours of time on Facebook have relaxed privacy attitudes and are more likely to share personal information as compared to
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Other than a good job, friendly colleagues key to better health: Research
Lifestyle | Oct 05, 2016, 01:04 PM ISTA new research has found that besides landing the right job, the relationships one shares with colleagues and within the social groups we form at the workplace may be linked to better health and lower burnout.
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E-cigarettes can help smokers quit habit, say Indian researchers
Lifestyle | Oct 04, 2016, 06:37 PM ISTSmoking, which can cause several ailments including cancer, can soon become a thing of the past. According to Indian researchers, e-cigarettes can help people quit smoking by providing them a significantly safer option.
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Universe not directionally oriented, expanding uniformly in all directions, says research
World | Sep 27, 2016, 04:46 PM ISTThe universe is not spinning or moving in any particular direction, but is instead expanding equally in all directions, new research has concluded. On the basis of data collected from European Space Agency's Planck satellite,
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Watching sad films increases pain tolerance and makes feel good: Study
Life | Sep 22, 2016, 10:20 AM ISTA new research by Oxford scientists has shown that watching films that reduce you to tears may increase your threshold for pain and boost feel-good chemicals in the brain.
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India ranks third after Mexico, China in remittances from US, claims research
Sep 01, 2016, 09:51 PM ISTIndia has been ranked third after Mexico and China in remittances from US. India has received $ 11 billion (Rs. 74,000 crore) from the United States in 2015. Mexico tops the list as it
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NASA makes its scientific research available online for free
World | Aug 23, 2016, 12:10 PM ISTKeeping track of discoveries of new planets, stars or even galaxies is now set to get easier than ever. The U.S space agency NASA has said that it will soon make all of its publicly
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Cloth masks provide no protection against air pollution, new research claims
Lifestyle | Aug 21, 2016, 10:33 AM ISTResearchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst have suggested that in order to reduce exposure to air pollution wearing inexpensive cloth masks could be of only a little help and give you a false sense
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Despite growing taller, Indians way behind in world order: Study
Lifestyle | Aug 14, 2016, 11:57 AM ISTA recent study has revealed that in the last 100 years between 1914 and 2014, the average height of Indian men increased by 3 cm to reach 165 cm (5 ft 5 inches) while women grew taller by 5 cm to become 153 cm (5 feet 1 inch).
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Being lazy is a sign of high intelligence, suggests research
Lifestyle | Aug 08, 2016, 10:50 AM ISTPeople who are lazy spend more time engaged in thought, which makes them more intelligent than their active counterparts, a new research suggests. According to researchers from Florida Gulf Coast University in the US ,
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Black holes may be ‘back door’ to another world, claims study
World | Aug 06, 2016, 10:04 AM ISTWhile physicists have been trying to unravel the mysteries of black holes for decades, a new study suggests that they may actually be ‘back doors’ to other parts of the universe.