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Year ender 2017: This year's biggest tweets

Find out what you might have missed this year.

24 Dec 2017 5:00 PM IST

He urinates excessively due to a rare condition (Photo: AFP)

German man drinks 20 litres of water a day to stay alive, but it can...

He is also at a risk of dying from water intoxication where sodium levels in blood can plummet and prove fatal.

24 Dec 2017 4:42 PM IST

Massaging the prostate causes 12 different muscle contractions which may trigger orgasms (Photo: Pixabay)

Man buys prostate massager for infection, gets addicted to orgasms...

The man is addicted so much to the orgasms that even lying in his favourite position triggers uncontrollable orgasms.

24 Dec 2017 4:10 PM IST

Obesity can lead to numerous health problems, such as hypertension, diabetes, fatty liver disease, and cancer, the RCGP said in a statement. (Photo: Pixabay)

Santa Claus may be at serious health risk: UK experts

Obesity can lead to numerous health problems, such as hypertension, diabetes, fatty liver disease, and cancer, the RCGP...

24 Dec 2017 3:05 PM IST

The team proved the reservoir computing concept using a test of handwriting recognition, a common benchmark among neural networks. (Photo: Pixabay)

New system can help machines think like humans

This contrasts with typical computer systems, where processors perform logic separate from memory modules.

24 Dec 2017 2:04 PM IST

The spot may appear like a pink lump, with hard scaly surface. They often bleed easily. (Photo: Pixabay)

Study suggests ear ache might be a sign of rare cancer

The spot may appear like a pink lump, with hard scaly surface. They often bleed easily.

24 Dec 2017 2:00 PM IST

The finding indicated that the people who grew up with sisters seemed more content. (Photo: Pixabay)

Having a sister makes you happier, kinder person

With boys together, it is about a conspiracy of silence not to talk and girls tend to break that down.

24 Dec 2017 1:51 PM IST

After monitoring gaming for a decade, the organisation has decided to classify some excessive players as having a mental health condition. (Photo: Pixabay)

WHO recognises Gaming disorder as Mental Health Condition

The list was last updated 27 years ago, in 1990.

24 Dec 2017 1:46 PM IST

Going on a low carb diet will increase your fertility. (Photo: Pixabay)

Go 'low carb' to increase fertility chances

Not many know that certain foods and diet changes can increase your chances of conceiving a baby.

24 Dec 2017 1:10 PM IST

Mining involves adding value by dedicating computational resources to verify transactions in a huge public ledger called a blockchain. (Photo: Pixabay)

'Virtual gold' may glitter, but mining it can be really dirty

Bitcoin was created to not only allow secure and anonymous transactions, but for the system to be controlled by users.

24 Dec 2017 12:56 PM IST

Eye-tracking technology noted which part of the womens bodies men were looking at when they were shown the images. (Photo: Pixabay)

Alcohol makes men more likely to objectify women: study

This may inform primary prevention programs to reduce the continuum of sexual violence that women disproportionately...

24 Dec 2017 12:48 PM IST

Most people know that chocolate can be poisonous to dogs but may not know why. (Photo: Pixabay)

Risk of chocolate poisoning in dogs peaks at Christmas

The study also found that chocolate ingestion was significantly less common in older dogs and that no specific breed is...

24 Dec 2017 9:20 AM IST