Health & Medicine
Minimising exposure to common hormone-disrupting chemicals may reduce obesity rates
24 May 2018
Everyday products carry environmental chemicals that may be making us fat by interfering with our hormones, according to research presented in Barcelona at the European Society of Endocrinology annual meeting, ECE 2018
Are humans causing cancer in wild animals?
22 May 2018
Are human activities also causing cancer in wild animals? Are we oncogenic -- a species that causes cancer in other species? Sandra Leander
‘Cholesterol vaccine’: Twice-yearly jab could help to halve ‘bad’ cholesterol
19 May 2018
Researchers say the drug, which works by silencing genes in the liver could be delivered by injection to help patients with high cholesterol for whom existing treatments such as statins are not suitable or need to be supplemented.
Plug-and-play diagnostic devices
17 May 2018
First clues to the causes of multiple sclerosis
17 May 2018
Some calories more harmful than others
16 May 2018
Preparing for the 'silver tsunami'
15 May 2018
Beyond killing tuberculosis
14 May 2018
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The life and times of Manmohan Singh, former Prime Minister of India
By Cygnus | 28 Dec 2024
On 27th December 2024 India and the world lost one of their finest statespersons in a hundred years. Manmohan Singh, born on 26th September 1932, in Gah, Punjab (now in Pakistan)
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COP28 explained: A closer look at COP28's climate change solutions
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The 28th United Nations Climate Change Conference, also known as COP28, took place from 30th November 2023, to 13th December 2023, at Expo City in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
What is a Ponzi scheme?
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