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Driving BP too low damages heart in hypertension patients

Driving BP too low damages heart in hypertension patients

Driving diastolic blood pressure — the lower number in a blood pressure reading - too low, while treating...

4 Sept 2016 12:47 AM IST

Largest planet unveiled with its full spectacle

Largest planet unveiled with its full spectacle

Nasa published on Friday the first-ever images of Jupiter’s north pole and its southern aurora, taken during the...

4 Sept 2016 12:31 AM IST

Mother Teresa’s journey: From charity to sainthood

Mother Teresa will become ‘Saint Teresa of Calcutta’ on September 4, a day before her 19th death...

3 Sept 2016 6:43 AM IST

Jackie Chan packs a big punch with Oscar

Popular actor Jackie Chan will be awarded with an honorary Oscar by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences on...

3 Sept 2016 2:39 AM IST

Film critics crucify Jesus epic at Venice

Film critics crucify Jesus epic at Venice

Even having Jesus as its central character could not save a virtual reality biblical epic from the bile of slightly...

3 Sept 2016 2:36 AM IST

Marvel-lous Justin Trudeau takes Side in Civil War II

He snowboards, he hikes, he surfs — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is already a bit of an action hero.

2 Sept 2016 12:58 AM IST

High booze intake reduces female fertility

High booze intake reduces female fertility

Drinking 14 or more servings of alcohol a week may reduce fertility in women by 18 per cent, a new study has warned.

2 Sept 2016 12:58 AM IST

DNA sequenced in space for first time

DNA sequenced in space for first time

Nasa has successfully conducted the first genome sequencing in space aboard the International Space Station (ISS).

2 Sept 2016 12:53 AM IST

Space radio signals point to alien life

Space radio signals point to alien life

Scientists in Russia have detected a radio signal, possibly transmitted by a star system 94 light-years away, sparking...

1 Sept 2016 2:15 AM IST

Decoded! Brain wiring of people who binge drink

Decoded! Brain wiring of people who binge drink

Scientists have found a mechanism in the brain that strongly influences how much alcohol a person is likely to consume,...

1 Sept 2016 12:29 AM IST

Gene Wilder in a still from Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (1971).

Willy Wonka star Gene Wilder dies at 83

Gene Wilder, who delighted audiences with his comic turns in Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory and Mel Brooks...

31 Aug 2016 2:13 AM IST

Pop star Justin Bieber (Photo: AP)

8 Guinness World records for Justin Bieber

Pop star Justin Bieber has topped the music section of the Guinness World Records 2017 edition book with set of eight...

31 Aug 2016 2:10 AM IST