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Stress is a common word these days. With challenging economic scenarios and a dwindling work-life balance, it is unsurprising that…

Should we go for Chinese Traditional Medicines or Western Medicines? And, what’s the difference between the two anyway? Traditional medicines…

Imagine seeing numbers and letters as colors even though they are printed in black. Imagine music and voices triggering a…

In April 2017, a notification issued by the Indian Government mandated physicians to prescribe generic names of drugs instead of…

From the beginning of the 20th century, researchers on non-human primates like chimpanzees and orangutangs have shown us that they…

You’ve likely felt attracted to some people particularly more than the others. You’ve also likely not understood the rationale for such…

On the Arctic Tundra in Svalbard, Norway, between Oslo and the North Pole, there are neither gardens nor trees. However,…

In films, nowadays, cancer is most famous for killing off the lead characters. Its use is extensive owing to its…

Imagine being able to eliminate cancer cells from a patient’s body altogether, or grooming bigger cows that give you double…

A ‘diffusive memristor’ is being developed amidst considerable hype among neuroscientific circles. The memristor is supposed to be a ‘digital…

Drugs – psychoactive ones, specifically – alter how the central nervous systems of their consumers function. These drugs are illegal…

Some of the brilliant science technology tools being developed today, including nanorobots, have found admirers in science fiction and the…