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Antoine de Saint-Exupery

Saint-Exupery’s Spanish civil war pass found

An amateur historian has found the press pass issued to French writer and pilot Antoine de Saint-Exupery when he covered...

7 July 2016 6:51 AM IST

Argentine tango may prevent falls in cancer patients

The Argentine Tango dance may significantly improve balance and reduce the risk of falls among cancer patients post...

7 July 2016 3:17 AM IST

Celebrate at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, on Monday. — AFP,AP

Nasa’s Juno enters Jupiter’s orbit

Nasa celebrated a key triumph on Tuesday as its $1.1 billion Juno spacecraft successfully slipped into orbit around...

6 July 2016 2:08 AM IST

Abbas Kiarostami

Iranian cinema giant Kiarostami dies

Tributes poured in on Tuesday for Iranian film-maker Abbas Kiarostami, acclaimed as a “towering figure” in...

6 July 2016 2:06 AM IST

A hippo is seen at the Hacienda Napoles theme park, once the private zoo. — AFP

Escobar’s hippos running wild in Colombian village

More than 20 years after Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar died in a gunfight with the police, a strange legacy survives...

6 July 2016 2:04 AM IST

Eating pasta will not make you obese

In some good news for pasta lovers, scientists have found that eating pasta may reduce the risk of both general and...

6 July 2016 2:02 AM IST

Drones that navigate like birds and insects

Scientists, led by an Indian-origin researcher, are developing biologically-inspired drones that can navigate just like...

5 July 2016 3:08 AM IST

Mourners bid farewell to Elie Wiesel in New York

Family and friends embrace each other during a private service for the late Nobel laureate and Holocaust survivor Elie...

5 July 2016 3:08 AM IST

A file photograph of Nobel peace laureate Elie Wiesel with the Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama. (Photo: AFP)

Nobel laureate Elie Wiesel dies at 87

Activist and writer Elie Wiesel, the World War II death camp survivor who won a Nobel Peace Prize for becoming the...

4 July 2016 5:55 AM IST

Elie Wiesel (Photo: AP)

Outpouring of grief over Elie Wiesel’s death

Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Net-anyahu says the memory of the late Nobel laureate, author and Holocaust...

4 July 2016 5:52 AM IST

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Humans artificially drive evolution of new species

While species across the world are rapidly going extinct due to human activities, we are also causing rapid evolution...

4 July 2016 5:45 AM IST

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New food supplement cuts junk food cravings

Eating a powdered food supplement based on a molecule produced by bacteria in the gut reduces cravings for high-calorie...

3 July 2016 12:02 AM IST