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Studies indicate that a strong shared interest within a learning group will foster language acquisition. (Photo: Pixabay)

Video games can help learn new language

Simone Bregni, associate professor at Saint Louis University in Spain, started playing video games in 1975 when he was...

22 April 2018 5:46 PM IST

Law enforcement officers are often inundated with cases involving the sexual solicitation of minors. (Photo: Pixabay)

Novel tool can spot potential child rapists in online chatrooms

CATT algorithms examine only the conversation factors and do not take the sex of either suspect or victim into...

22 April 2018 5:38 PM IST

He had already been mauled by a bear and bitten by a rattlesnake, all in less than four years. (Photo: Pixabay)

Hawaii shark bite victim previously attacked by bear, snake

Dylan McWilliams was bodyboarding in the ocean off Kauai when what he believed to be a tiger shark chomped him on the...

22 April 2018 5:09 PM IST

Social media and the sharing economy have created opportunities by leveraging online networks to build trust and remove market barriers. (Photo: Pixabay)

Social media algorithms discriminating against women: study

When algorithms were turned loose on this exclusive network of ultra-engaging individuals, women's visibility plunged.

22 April 2018 2:56 PM IST

The study said that 61 per cent product managers quit within two years of working at a place. (Photo: Pixabay)

Millennials switching jobs fast, techies lead the way: Study

The study said that 61 per cent product managers quit within two years of working at a place.

22 April 2018 2:30 PM IST

Representational Image. (Photo: Pixabay)

Science Says: Amount of straws, plastic pollution is huge

437 million to 8.3 billion plastic straws are on the entire world's coastlines.

22 April 2018 11:15 AM IST

This Sept. 2015 photo shows Nabi Tajima, the worlds oldest person, a 117-year-old Japanese woman. (Photo: AP)

World's oldest person dies in Japan at age of 117

She became the world's oldest person seven months ago after the death in September of Violet Brown in Jamaica.

22 April 2018 9:45 AM IST

In a twenty-five race-order day at the Valley Run, Mumbai drivers stamped their authority in 18.

Rishad, Stephen log fastest runs; Jhanvi tops women's section

Fastest Indian Car' of the day. Both Rishad and Stephen's final time (FT) was logged in the Open round.

22 April 2018 1:23 AM IST

Decorating a wall with more than one mirror of different sizes can work wonders

Mirror, mirror on the wall

Use mirrors to give your home a chic look and beauty to a space.

22 April 2018 1:23 AM IST

A green Mirage

Sreenath and Sherin's home in Thrissur is a treat for sore eyes.

22 April 2018 1:22 AM IST

Wrath of Durga

Durga Malathi is at the receiving end of online threats for her cartoons about the Kathua incident.

22 April 2018 12:06 AM IST

Same goes with candlelight vigils and marches with placards. We ask activists, artistes and prominent women what their take is on these kind of protests, and if it is effective in any way.

Does digital activism serve the purpose?

We get experts to give their take on a current issue each week and lend their perspective to a much-discussed topic.

22 April 2018 12:06 AM IST