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Bard’s grave is scanned by radar for hidden secrets

William Shakespeare’s grave at a church in a town in the UK has been scanned using high-tech radar to unearth...

8 March 2016 2:20 AM IST

Celebrities seek to put girls at heart of anti-poverty drive

Celebrities seek to put girls at heart of anti-poverty drive

Chat show queen Oprah Winfrey, actress Meryl Streep and singer Elton John called on Monday for world leaders to put...

8 March 2016 2:12 AM IST

Harper Lee’s friend to write book on her life

A longtime friend of Harper Lee says he is writing a book on the Pulitzer-Prize-winning author who wrote the American...

7 March 2016 6:45 AM IST

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White bread, corn flakes increase lung cancer risk

Consumption of foods with a high glycemic index such as white bread, bagels, corn flakes and puffed rice may be...

7 March 2016 2:43 AM IST

Salsa improves physical health in older adults

Salsa improves physical health in older adults

It is never too late to put on your dancing shoes, say scientist who have found that regular Latin dancing such as salsa...

7 March 2016 2:41 AM IST

Los Angeles police tests knife found in former house of OJ Simpson

Los Angeles police tests knife found in former house of OJ Simpson

The Los Angeles police said on Friday they are testing a knife allegedly found at the former home of O.J. Simpson, whose...

6 March 2016 7:14 AM IST

Prince of Tides author dies at 70

Pat Conroy, a US novelist whose books included Prince of Tides and The Great Santini, died at the age of 70, his...

6 March 2016 7:14 AM IST

Whitney Houston’s daughter died of drugs

Drug intoxication and immersion in a bathtub of water led to Bobbi Kristina Brown’s death, a Georgia medical...

6 March 2016 7:13 AM IST

Suffer from ‘paralysing fear’ since rape: Lady Gaga

Suffer from ‘paralysing fear’ since rape: Lady Gaga

Lady Gaga on Friday described her Oscar performance with rape survivors as the most difficult of her life, saying that...

6 March 2016 2:30 AM IST

Anish Kapoor’s darkest black monopoly angers artists

Sculptor Anish Kapoor sparked debate in Britain on Thursday by buying the exclusive right to use a pigment said to be...

5 March 2016 4:20 AM IST

UK scientists find cancer’s Achilles’ heel

Super-resolution image of a group of killer T-cells (green and red) surrounding a cancer cell (blue, center). When a...

5 March 2016 4:17 AM IST

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Happiness too can break your heart: Doctors

Joyful events — the birth of a child, a big win by your team — can trigger a dangerous condition called the...

4 March 2016 3:44 AM IST