SCIENCE

Canola oil, along with low- glycemic-load (low-GL) food (legumes, temperature-climate fruit, and barley), help lower blood sugar levels in patients suffering from type 2 diabetes, reveals a study published in the journal Diabetes Care.

Smitha Nambiar Jul 17, 2014

Typhoon Rammasun, now on its way to strike southern China and northern Vietnam, forced over 400,000 people in the Philippines to evacuate and seek higher and safer grounds on Tuesday till Wednesday.

Jul 17, 2014

Wales has put a ban on people smoking in cars carrying children. By banning smoking in cars carrying children, the government of Wales intends to protect kids from passive smoking, which leads to chronic illnesses.

Smitha Nambiar Jul 17, 2014

Tracey Ann Ridley, 30, from Hastings, reportedly ended her life after her several calls to the helpline went unanswered. In order to make the 108 helplines (spread across the nation) more accessible and organised, the Ministry of Health, on the recommendation of Coroner Garry Evans, will be implementing a single, integrated telephone helpline.

Smitha Nambiar Jul 17, 2014

A man, only known as Peter, claimed that he found a piece of junk which comes from a Russian rocket and entered the atmosphere over Australia, listed it for sale on Gumtree for a whooping $100,000.

Afza Kandrikar Fathima Jul 17, 2014

An Australian professor from Southern Cross University, Philip Hayward, said that people should start eating cane toads, sea urchins and camel meat for future sustainability and that it would become regular options in supermarket freezers.

Afza Kandrikar Fathima Jul 17, 2014

New findings suggest that vampire bat venom can help cure stroke and high blood pressure.

Afza Kandrikar Fathima Jul 17, 2014

A new technology makes it possible for long distance lovers to hold hands. Though not in reality, the device allows you to touch your partner's hand virtually. Scientists have created a wireless technology called Frebble that lets you hold your partners hand with the use of haptic technology which mimics the sensation of someone holding your hand.

Sarah Thomas Jul 17, 2014

China's southern coastal regions are now bracing for Typhoon Rammasun as it left 20 dead in the Philippines, alongside a massive electrical knockdown affecting millions of people.

Esther Tanquintic-Misa Jul 17, 2014

Sass Mahuika, a grandmother from Gisborne, New Zealand, has set an example to thousands of 57-year-olds by losing 120 Kg’s and starting to walk, even though the doctors had told her that she would never walk again.

Smitha Nambiar Jul 17, 2014

A new study shows that babies, until they are eight months, can differentiate between speech sounds in languages more than one and that babies' brains practise speech even before they begin to talk.

Afza Kandrikar Fathima Jul 17, 2014

Tessa Evans was born without nose, a very rare facial anomaly called ‘arhinia’. The little girl, who is now 18-months-old, has helped in spreading awareness about her condition across the globe.

Smitha Nambiar Jul 17, 2014

Running, in place of ‘recreational drugs,’ brings in an endorphin rush, which in turn gives rise to a feel good factor, reveals a study. The ‘high’ that one can experience during a race, or a training session, is being referred to as ‘flow’ by psychologists.

Smitha Nambiar Jul 15, 2014

Four-year-old Madison Merrick, who was born with a bowel outside of her body, has been waiting for a bowel donor at the Birmingham Children's Hospital, UK, for the past one year.

Smitha Nambiar Jul 15, 2014

Men, after 39, lose their sex appeal and begin looking like father figures to younger ladies, reveal a study conducted by Crown Clinic in Manchester. According to a new study, men after the age of 39 become sexually invisible to younger women

Smitha Nambiar Jul 15, 2014

An Australian forever-drought could be created due to the fall in rainfall levels in Southern Australia by 40 per cent, said a report conducted by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

Afza Kandrikar Fathima Jul 15, 2014

Scientists have claimed that to fight the obesity crisis in Britain and to reduce type II diabetes, 'food capsules' can be used.

Afza Kandrikar Fathima Jul 15, 2014

Regular eye tests can help diagnose onset of Alzheimer’s disease, even before the symptoms appear, revealed studies. Two different techniques were used and both showed there was an indication of probable Alzheimer's disease in retina and lens of the eyes of individuals tested.

Smitha Nambiar Jul 14, 2014

The weather is not responsible for back pain, said researchers at the George Institute for Global Health at the University of Sydney, Australia. According to the study, published this week in the journal ‘Arthritis Care & Research’, there is no connection between the weather and chronic pain conditions, which include severe back ache as well.

Smitha Nambiar Jul 14, 2014

Environment Canada on Monday warned residents in British Columbia, Canada to brace for record-breaking series of heatwaves in the coming days that could exacerbate the current raging wildfires in the province.

Esther Tanquintic-Misa Jul 14, 2014

The final phase of an operation to salvage Italy's ill-fated cruise ship Costa Concordia has began on Monday, two and a half years after it sank off the island of Giglio, claiming 32 lives in the process.

Jul 14, 2014

Almost the entire world seemed engrossed in the FIFA World Cup Final 2014, that took place on July 13, one man from space too was hoping too catch it.

Afza Kandrikar Fathima Jul 14, 2014

The unusually huge full moon called supermoon lighted up the night sky on Saturday night. It was the first of three supermoons of summer which are expected this year.

Jul 14, 2014

A 6.8-magnitude quake that struck off Japan's northern coast over the weekend has triggered a small tsunami near the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant.

Esther Tanquintic-Misa Jul 14, 2014

Australia is on the brink of drying out due to carbon emissions. According to latest studies, South Australia is predicted to see a 40 per cent drop in its average annual rainfall drop compared to rainfall data in the middle of the 20th century.

Reissa Su Jul 14, 2014

A product called Monster Silk, which is spider silk, was made from genetically engineered silkworms by researchers in the United States.

Afza Kandrikar Fathima Jul 14, 2014

Mineko Club are throwing tires wrapped with denim to lions, tigers and bears at the Kamine Zoo in Hitachi City in Japan to raise money for conservation.

Afza Kandrikar Fathima Jul 14, 2014

Cycling does not cause infertility, contrary to age-old belief. However, it does raise risk of prostate cancer, say scientists at the University College London

Smitha Nambiar Jul 14, 2014

Forty-year-old Willis Tepania, a father from Kaitaia, reportedly died of a cardiac arrest, five hours after participating in the ice challenge, which also included consuming nearly a liter of bourbon.

Smitha Nambiar Jul 11, 2014