Worried about losing your hair? Take heart from a study that claims that bald men are perceived as more attractive, confident, and dominant.


Bald men more confident, attractive: Study


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Do you get worried, stressed and anxious when your boss entrusts a task to you? There is, however, a way to handle the task efficiently without placing yourself under undue stress.


Expressive writing may keep stress at bay


The launch of Bangladesh's first satellite Bangabandhu-1 in Cape Canaveral, Florida, has been delayed due to the devastation caused by Hurricane Irma, officials have said.


Bangladesh's first satellite launch delayed due to Hurricane Irma


Union Human Resource Development (HRD) Minister Prakash Javadekar on Tuesday said that if India invests enough in research, it can be the world leader in renewable energy.


'Focus on research can make us world leader in renewable energy'


She discovered the missing part of the heart of matter but unfortunately didn't get the credit. Undeterred, she went on to advance her illustrious scientist mother's contribution by recreating in the lab a key natural phenomenon, thus achieving the long human quest to transform substances -- and laying the foundation for manipulating the atom's immense energy for purposes beneficial and destructive.


Worthy daughter of illustrious scientists and her alchemical successes (Sep 12 is Irene Joliot-Curie's 120th birth anniversary) 


Our prehuman ancestors were high-flying acrobats as they mastered the task of leaping through the trees, a 52-million-year-old ankle fossil found in France suggests.


Our ancestors were high-flying acrobats


Scratching can be a sign of stress in many primates, including humans, and may may have evolved as a communication tool to help social cohesion in monkeys, a study has found.


Scratching helps boost social bonding in monkeys


Union Minister Jitendra Singh on Sunday lauded the contribution of Space Application Centre (SAC) here in India's space programme, saying it gave valuable inputs and thus made value additions to several prestigious space missions.


SAC's inputs in space programme valuable: Minister


, Veena Subramanian, a Master's student from the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) here, won the second A.P.J. Kalam Post-Graduate Fellowship from the University of South Florida, the American varsity announced on Saturday.


IISc alumna wins Kalam fellowship at US varsity


Astana, Sep 9 (IANS/WAM) The United Arab Emirates will be participating in the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation's  first summit on science and technology here from September 10 to 11.


UAE to participate in OIC science, technology summit in Astana


Scientists have found a way to convert skin cells from healthy adults directly into motor neurons without going through a stem cell state, thereby making it possible to study motor neurons of the human central nervous system in the laboratory.


Scientists turn human skin cells directly into motor neurons


In the Viking world, army was not confined to men, women too held higher ranks at the battlefield, scientists have confimed in a study that raises questions about gender roles in the ancient society.


DNA tests confirm Vikings army let women lead


In a bid to boost scientific temperament among students, a national science talent search competition will be held through the mobile phone platform on November 26, an official statement said on Friday.


Science talent search competition on November 26


Ahead of the arrival of Hurricane Irma in Florida, SpaceX successfully launched a secret US Air Force space plane from NASA's Kennedy Space Center.


SpaceX launches secret US Air Force space plane


Title: Immune; Author: Catherine Carver; Publisher: Bloomsbury Sigma; Pages 288; Price: Rs 499


A look into mankind's oldest, fiercest ongoing battles - inside us (Book Review) 


One in three animal parasites, one of the most threatened groups of life on Earth, may face extinction by 2070, as a result of global climate change, a study has warned.


By 2070, a third of animal parasites may be extinct: Study


Regions of the brain that are key to facial recognition form only through experience, says a new study that casts doubt on the longstanding belief that the ability to recognise faces must be innate for people and other primates.


Brain learns to recognise faces through repeated exposure


Female mobility during the final phase of the Stone Age and start of the Bronze Age was a key element in cultural interchange between regions, according to a new study.


Female mobility key in cultural interchange during Bronze Age


Having a baby may never be the same again as increasingly sophisticated genetic testing is likely to raise thorny ethical issues, a New Zealand study said on Tuesday.


Genetic testing raises ethical issues of pregnancy: Study


US President Donald Trump spoke to two American astronauts, Peggy Whitson and Jack Fischer, upon their return from the International Space Station (ISS), the White House said.


Trump speaks to US astronauts who returned from ISS


With the dreaded pink boll worm attack looming over the current seasons Bt Cotton crop across 11 states, an aggressive communication campaign #SecureFarmer2SecureIndia has been launched with the involvement of a number of stake holders, including public and private sector establishments.

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