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A pack a day causes 150 mutations in lung cellsNewsmakers
A pack a day causes 150 mutations in lung cells

People who smoke one packet of cigarettes a day may develop as many as 150 extra mutations in their lungs every year...

5 Nov 2016 1:00 AM IST

Bataclan still beating in Sting’s heart after a year of ISIS strikeNewsmakers
Bataclan still beating in Sting’s heart after a year of ISIS...

Sting will re-open Paris’ Bataclan concert hall on November 12, a day before the anniversary of the jihadist...

5 Nov 2016 1:00 AM IST

Leila SlimaniNewsmakers
Killer nanny thriller steals show

Moroccan-born Leila Slimani won France’s top literary prize, the Goncourt, on Thursday with a novel guaranteed to...

4 Nov 2016 9:14 AM IST

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Mr Tambourine Man takes the Beaten Path

A woman looks towards a painting by Bob Dylan called Endless Highway on display at the exhibition “The Beaten...

4 Nov 2016 9:14 AM IST

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Spicy shawarma too hot to handle for hygienists

A showdown over shawarma has come to Dubai.

3 Nov 2016 1:51 AM IST

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‘Good cholestrol’ no good for heart

Raising “good cholesterol” levels may not be as effective as lowering “bad cholesterol” for...

3 Nov 2016 1:50 AM IST

Tami Varma (right) and her brother Robin, the grandchildren of Devendra Varma, a scholar of English gothic tales.Newsmakers
Siblings survive a night in Dracula’s Romania castle

As the sun set over Dracula’s castle in Transylvania, brother and sister Robin and Tami Varma slid into red...

2 Nov 2016 1:00 AM IST

The new technology safely increases the number of airplanes.Newsmakers
New Nasa tech may reduce flight delays

Nasa has developed a way to prevent flight delays using a new technology that safely increases the number of airplanes...

2 Nov 2016 12:57 AM IST

Mystery behind birth of Saturn’s rings solvedNewsmakers
Mystery behind birth of Saturn’s rings solved

Planetary rings that surround Saturn, Neptune and Uranus were formed four billion years ago when large objects passed...

2 Nov 2016 12:55 AM IST

Facebook use linked to longer life!Newsmakers
Facebook use linked to longer life!

Using Facebook may help you live longer, but only when it serves to maintain and enhance your real-world social ties, a...

2 Nov 2016 12:54 AM IST

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Zika virus may affect male fertility

Zika infection can break down and severely damage the animal’s testes, according to a new study which suggests...

2 Nov 2016 12:53 AM IST

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Thunderstorms cause blackout of GPS signals

“Thunderstorms” in the ionosphere are to blame for the blackout of the Global Positioning System (GPS)...

1 Nov 2016 12:58 AM IST

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