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A copy of The Diary of a Young Girl: Anne Frank on display at the Anne Frank Center in New York City. (Photo: AFP)

Book deal for investigators of Anne Frank's capture

Former FBI agent Vincent Pankoke has been leading an international effort to solve the decades-long mystery of Anne's...

3 May 2018 8:27 PM IST

King penguins seem to be able to move around quite a lot to find the safest breeding locations when things turn grim. (Photo: Pixabay)

Warming Antarctic risks diet of Emperor Penguins

The tallest and heaviest of all living penguin species, Emperor Penguin, have a varied menu that changes with the...

3 May 2018 7:58 PM IST

The three youngsters, all under the age of 12 were killed by packs of dogs in separate attacks on Tuesday. (Photo: Pixabay)

WHO urges India, South East Asian countries to accelerate efforts to...

Rabies causes 59,000 deaths globally every year, translating to one person every nine minute, mostly children and the...

3 May 2018 7:38 PM IST

He has produced dozens of research papers and until recently continued to review and edit for different ecology journals (Photo: AFP)

Australia's oldest scientist seeks assisted death in Switzerland

A peaceful, dignified death is the entitlement of all who want it. And a person should not be forced to leave home to...

3 May 2018 6:38 PM IST

On the other hand, a team of eight physicians with ROP expertise who examined the same images had an average accuracy rate of 82 per cent (Photo: AFP)

Artificial intelligence has better accuracy to detect cause of...

The algorithm accurately diagnosed the condition in images of infant eyes 91 per cent of the time.

3 May 2018 6:23 PM IST

Metabolically healthy obesity is not a stable or reliable indicator of future risk for cardiovascular disease. (Photo: Pixabay)

A healthy digestive system could do wonders!

Microbes in the digestive system have a big influence on human health and may play a role in the onset of disease...

3 May 2018 5:27 PM IST

The disease most commonly affects joints in the knees, hips, hands, feet, and spine and is marked by the breakdown of joint cartilage and underlying bones.

Weight loss surgery is bad for bones

Skeletal changes after surgery appear early and continue even after weight loss plateaus and weight stabilizes.

3 May 2018 5:19 PM IST

Dementia primarily afflicts older people and is marked by memory loss and an inability to perform tasks. (Photo: Pixabay)

Anxiety may cause dementia, meditation can slash risk, says study

Study, by University of Southampton, believe internal stress' caused by anxiety may accelerate cognitive ageing, leading...

3 May 2018 4:46 PM IST

Itll take another two decades to perfect the technique and create human embryos (Photo: AFP)

Scientists find way to create an embryo only with stem cells

This can also lead to progress in research for finding the cause for infertility and can also be used to test effects of...

3 May 2018 4:20 PM IST

Britains Prince Harry and Meghan Markle attend a reception for the Commonwealth Youth Forum at the Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre, London, during the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, Wednesday April 18, 2018. (Photo: AP)

Meghan's brother writes to Prince Harry: Wedding biggest mistake' in...

Meghan's elder sibling Thomas Markle Jr warned Harry to ditch May 19 union with actress insisting that she is jaded,...

3 May 2018 3:59 PM IST

Effective parenting during adolescence was associated with a lower risk of violence in young adult relationships. (Photo: Pixabay)

Parental support can do wonders for career success

Parental assistance could help or hinder young people, depending on the nature of the assistance.

3 May 2018 3:49 PM IST

Men who went to the sauna four to seven times a week were found 66 percent less likely to be diagnosed with dementia. (Photo: Pixabay)

Sauna bathing may reduce risk of stroke: study

The association of sauna bathing with reduced stroke may include a reduction in blood pressure, stimulation of immune...

3 May 2018 3:45 PM IST