Researchers are set to send thousands of microscopic worms on a mission to the International Space Station (ISS) in an experiment aimed at increasing our understanding of what makes the body build and lose muscle.


Worms in space to shed light on muscle loss in humans


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Many new mothers do not receive advice from physicians on aspects of infant care such as sleep position, breastfeeding, immunisation and pacifier use, says a new study.


New moms don't get physician's advice on infant care


If the movies by filmmaker Alfred Hitchcock, nicknamed "The Master of Suspense," made your palms sweat and pulse race, there is a scientific reason for this.


Why do Hitchcock's movies thrill?


A woman from Seattle has been reunited with her father through Facebook after many years, media reports said.


Facebook helps woman reunite with father


Adding another attribute to the known power of music, a new study has suggested that musical notes can move some people so intensely that they feel like having an orgasm.


Music can even give you an orgasm!


A biomarker found in the blood of alcohol users is significantly higher in binge drinkers than in those who consume alcohol moderately, says a study.


Blood biomarker can reveal binge drinking


Scientists have for the first time been able to read Biblical verses from a badly burned scroll that is at least 1,500 years old.


Biblical text deciphered from 1,500 year old scroll


Weeks after a top video game tournament player admitted to taking performance enhancing drug, a major sports organiser said participants in its next event will be screened for illegal use of drugs.


Video gamers to be screened for drug use


Go slow while eating your food as people who eat slowly feel fuller and think they have eaten more than those who eat quickly, shows research.


Eat slowly to feel fuller: Study


West Nile virus (WNV) is particularly dangerous in older people, who account for a large number of severe cases and deaths caused by the virus, says a study.


Why West Nile virus is more dangerous in the elderly


The mighty megafauna of the last Ice Age, including the woolly mammoths, largely became extinct because of rapid climate-warming events, a study says.


Mighty mammoths went extinct due to warming Earth


Are you obsessed with detox food products that are supposedly free from chemicals? Well, there is no such thing as a "chemical free" food, shows a research.


Is your food really 'chemical-free'?


Human disturbance is limiting elephant distribution in the Western Ghats, a new study revealed on Saturday.


'Human disturbance limiting elephant distribution in Western Ghats'


If you ever think of trying out ginseng supplements then also go through possible side effects instead of blindly taking them, said health experts here on Saturday.


Know side effects before using ginseng supplement


Concussion or a violent shock as from a heavy blow may not significantly impair symptoms or cognitive skills for one gender over another, says a study.


Concussion may impact men and women differently


The orbitofrontal cortex, an area in the lower frontal lobe, is smaller in the people who have problems with regulating emotions, a study says.


Emotionally unstable have different brain structure


Compared to boys, girls may are born with weaker vertebrae, the series of small bones that make up the spinal column, new research has found.


Boys are born with stronger spines: Study


Debunking the latest discovery claiming that the first people to reach the Americas came from Siberia, now in Russia, around 23,000 years ago, new research proposes that native Americans living in the Amazon bear an unexpected genetic connection to indigenous people in Australasia.


Native Americans came from Australasia not Siberia: Scientists


An accident four years back left Kavlaynova Oygul, from Uzbekistan's capital Tashkent, with a broken thigh bone that refused to heal despite several medical interventions. Already 130 kg and unable to walk all these years, the 34-year-old woman developed more complications due to morbid obesity.


Delhi hospital restores mobility to 130-kg Uzbek woman 


An Indian-origin engineer in Singapore who invented an automatic one-minute roti maker machine seven years back has now fetched a second round of investment of $11.5 million from venture firms, a media report said.


India-born engineer's roti maker gets $11.5 mn investment


Does your doctor often prescribe costly, big brand medicines? The decision may have to do with his training.

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