Science & Health

Sushma Swaraj's kidney transplant at AIIMS successful

The transplant took place with the help of a kidney donated to the external affairs minister by an unrelated living donor.

Dec 10, 2016

Naperville: Marijuana-laced gummy bears led to hospitalisation of 14 students

Dry mouth, increased heart rate, dizziness and constant panic attacks were some symptoms shown by the admitted pupils.

Dec 10, 2016

Cancer: Cooling caps help preserve hair of patients undergoing chemotherapy

Cooling caps help in safeguarding hair follicles by reducing the exposure of the chemotherapy agent on them.

Dec 10, 2016

WATCH Japan launch its first robotic cargo spacecraft HTV-6 to resupply the International Space Station

The unmanned cargo spacecraft is named – Kounotori, which means white stork in Japanese.

Dec 9, 2016

LIVE STREAMING! Watch Japan's robotic H-II Transfer Vehicle-6 launch

Check out the live streaming of Japan's robotic H-II Transfer Vehicle-6 from its Tanegashima Space Center on NASA TV and Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)'s YouTube channel right here!

Dec 9, 2016

The FSSAI imposes restrictions on using newspapers to pack foods

There are chances of the food getting contaminated from the printing ink it or other cancer-causing chemicals that it has.

Dec 9, 2016

Cannabis-infused beverages introduced by BrewBudz

The product is purely flower-based, i.e. it's just made up of plant mixed with cocoa, tea or coffee.

Dec 9, 2016

John Glenn: Archive footage shows astronaut become first American to orbit the Earth

Archival footage from Nasa showing astronaut John Glenns historic Friendship 7 spaceflight on 20 February 1962 , in which he became the first American to orbit the Earth.

Dec 9, 2016

NASA's Mars Mission: Here are the latest discoveries and updates

NASA made some amazing discoveries on its Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Mission this December, even as Mars Curiosity rover faces an issue.

Dec 9, 2016

Diabetes treatment: Insulin injections could be obsolete one day

Instead patients would be implanted with the cells under the skin that would stay there for three years.

Dec 9, 2016

John Glenn, first American to orbit Earth, and also oldest to enter space, dies at 95

Glenn was also the senator of Ohio in the 1990s.

Dec 9, 2016

How will world's heaviest woman be transported to Mumbai for surgery?

Cairo-born Eman Ahmed, who weights 500 kg, is set to receive free treatment from Saifee hospital in Mumbai.

Dec 8, 2016

US health officials concerned over growing use of e-cigarettes among youngsters

Top US health officials have warned that decades of progress in ending the 'tobacco epidemic' may be lost due to e-cigarettes.

Dec 8, 2016

Drug that stops the spread of cancer has been developed

A study shows that tumour cells are dependent on fat to start metastasis: the process through which cancer spreads from one part of the body to another. It is one of the aspects of the disease that makes it so deadly – indeed, it is the reason behind 90% of human cancer deaths. The way in which cancer spreads is extremely complex.

Dec 7, 2016

Trimming your pubic hair makes you 80% more prone to sexually transmitted diseases

A study found that those who trimmed their pubic hair more often were sexually more active and had more sex partners.

Dec 7, 2016