Health & Medicine
Lawsuit alleges Monsanto staff ghostwrote safety reports
15 Mar 2017
Employees of Monsanto Co ghostwrote supposedly independent scientific reports that US regulators relied on to determine that a chemical in its Roundup weed killer does not cause cancer, those suing the company claimed in court filings
Afterlife: brain may continue working 10 minutes beyond death
11 Mar 2017
Other studies have demonstrated that genes appeared to continue functioning – and even more energetically – in the days after people die
Brazil yellow fever outbreak could spread to US
10 Mar 2017
Research uncovers potential health risks of travel to Mars
09 Mar 2017
Radiation exposure is believed to be one of the most dangerous aspects of travelling to Mars, according to NASA, since the average distance to the red planet is 140 million miles, and a round trip could take three years
Class X student develops device to predict silent heart attacks
07 Mar 2017
The student has invented a wearable skin patch that releases a small ‘positive’ electrical impulse, which attracts the negatively-charged FABP3 protein released by the heart to signal a heart attack
Google trains computers to detect breast cancer
07 Mar 2017
More social connection online tied to increasing feelings of isolation
06 Mar 2017
The more young adults use social media, the more likely they are to feel socially isolated
Volkswagen's excess emissions will lead to 1,200 premature deaths in Europe
04 Mar 2017
While Volkswagen has issued recalls of affected vehicles in both the US and Europe, scientists at MIT and elsewhere have found the excess emissions have already had an impact on public health
New risk factors for anxiety disorders
27 Feb 2017
High levels of chemicals found in indoor cats
27 Feb 2017
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As costs of saying final goodbyes rise UK families resort to crowdfunding to pay for funerals
By Axel Miller | 16 Jan 2025
The cost of saying a final goodbye to loved ones in the UK has reached a grim new high, leaving families grappling with unexpected financial burdens.
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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By Aniket Gupta | 27 Dec 2023
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.
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