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Many world leaders may be crazy: Barack Obama

US President Barack Obama took a short spin with comedian Jerry Seinfeld for his Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee web...

2 Jan 2016 3:25 AM IST

The counterfeit liquor detection machine used by leading liquor concerns

UK’s 2016 coins to feature Bard plays, Beatrix Potter

Images representing Shakespeare plays and Beatrix Potter tales will be among those featuring on new coins in the UK in...

2 Jan 2016 3:20 AM IST

Elba, Barbara top UK’s New Year honours list

Blur frontman Damon Albarn and heart-throb actor Idris Elba were rewarded for their services to music and drama in...

1 Jan 2016 1:02 AM IST

Japanese team to name element 113 in Asian first

Japanese team to name element 113 in Asian first

A Japanese research team has been granted the right to name new element 113, the first on the periodic table to be named...

1 Jan 2016 1:02 AM IST

Bill Cosby is charged with sexual assault

Bill Cosby was charged on Wednesday with sexually assaulting a woman at his home 12 years ago — the first criminal...

31 Dec 2015 2:17 AM IST

Early-life exercise promotes brain health

Early-life exercise promotes brain health

Regular exercising early in life can alter a teeming menagerie of over 100 trillion microbes in the gut, which may...

31 Dec 2015 2:17 AM IST

Is shopping key to happiness

Is shopping key to happiness

In some good news for shopaholics, scientists have found that material purchases can provide more frequent happiness...

31 Dec 2015 2:16 AM IST

Stephen Fry considered suicide in 1995

Comedian Stephen Fry has revealed he considered suicide in 1995 after the pressure of his career became too much for him...

31 Dec 2015 2:08 AM IST

Ancient monkeys had musical abilities

Marmosets, ancient monkeys, appear to use auditory cues similar to humans to distinguish between low and high notes, say...

30 Dec 2015 1:01 AM IST

Question yourself to stick to New Year’s resolution

Will you stick to your New Year’s resolution

30 Dec 2015 1:00 AM IST

GoT leads 2015 most-pirated TV shows list

GoT leads 2015 most-pirated TV shows list

One of the most watched shows, Game of Thrones has topped the list of most pirated TV show in 2015.

30 Dec 2015 12:54 AM IST

Motorhead frontman ‘Lemmy’ dies at 70

Motorhead frontman ‘Lemmy’ dies at 70

Ian “Lemmy” Kilmister, the hell-raising frontman of iconic British heavy metal band Motorhead, has died aged...

30 Dec 2015 12:51 AM IST