All of the double-blind studies that have been carried out to test the question of homeopathy’s efficacy in treating diseases have concluded that it doesn’t work. The latest of these has come in April this year, when the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) released a draft information paper titled: Evidence of the effectiveness...Read More
The world has moved on from space shuttle launches, and NASA’s every little move is no longer scrutinised on front pages of newspapers. But thanks to Chris Hadfield, whose guitar song from space went viral, interest in space and NASA has picked up again. We’re not as obsessed about it as we are about –...Read More
Three-quarters of our planet’s surface area is covered with water. If you measure in volume, the amount of space covered by land is just a tiny fraction of the amount of space covered by water. Given this fact, it should not be surprising that we unearth unknown mysteries from our seas and oceans much more...Read More
As they say, the future is here. For those of us who grew up watching The Jetsons, it may come as relief (or fright) to know that we’re not as far as we may think from self-aware home machines. Research suggests that in less than ten years from now, we will be operating appliances at...Read More
According to new research, ‘Super Earths’ or planets which are bigger in size than our mother Earth are unlikely to be habitable for humans and also other known life forms, the reason being that their crushing atmosphere will prove fatal to the existence of life. This new research has destroyed any possibility of the existence...Read More
Shortage of organ donors might soon be a thing of the past! US Scientists have successfully developed human lungs in a lab as a part of an advanced regenerative medicine project. It might sound like a part of a crazy sci-fi movie, but medical researchers are trying their best to accomplish this task since each...Read More
A 3-year-old girl hailing from Arizona has become the newest and probably one of the youngest members of the prestigious club Mensa after she scored 160 in an IQ test. This makes her IQ score equivalent to that of Albert Einstein himself. Although Einstein never took an IQ test but it was known he took...Read More
You will forget where you came from… As technology has progressed, the world has seen diminishing boundaries and people of different psycho-social–make-up coming in contact with each other. Sometimes they intermix with each other while maintaining their own identities whereas at other times they may not get along so well. Quite often it’s the case...Read More
The entire globe got shocked by the horrific rape incident that happened in Delhi two months back. A lot of public anger and reforms took centre stage. As we finally see the five accused going to trial on 5th February, Made in India talks of exactly what leads to this ultimate perversion that culminates in...Read More