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‘Invincible bacteria may lead to global epidemic’

‘Invincible bacteria may lead to global epidemic’

Medicine’s final line of defence against deadly disease has been breached, raising the spectre of a global...

20 Nov 2015 1:01 AM IST

Second thoughts No ‘leap second’ decision until 2023

Second thoughts No ‘leap second’ decision until 2023

It is no split-second decision.

20 Nov 2015 1:00 AM IST

Luxury Kit Kats on sale in Japan at $16 a finger

For chocolate lovers with cash to burn, a gold-coated Kit Kat bar will hit stores in Japan later this month, but at an...

20 Nov 2015 12:59 AM IST

David Beckham named People magazine’s ‘sexiest man...

David Beckham was declared “sexiest man alive” by People magazine Tuesday, joining an elite club, including...

19 Nov 2015 6:22 AM IST

Humans, monkeys share brain region

Humans, monkeys share brain region

Humans and monkeys share the brain region involved in recognising the basic structure of language, according to a new...

19 Nov 2015 6:20 AM IST

Radiation makes Earth-like planet uninhabitable

Radiation makes Earth-like planet uninhabitable

The most Earth-like planet ever found could have been made uninhabitable by vast quantities of radiation superflares 10...

19 Nov 2015 6:18 AM IST

New group of European ancestors found

New group of European ancestors found

The ‘fourth strand’ later spread to India

18 Nov 2015 1:58 AM IST

Darth Vader’s helmet

Sotheby’s to auction Star Wars hoard

International auction house Sotheby’s said on Tuesday it will hold its first sale of Star Wars memorabilia,...

18 Nov 2015 1:57 AM IST

Half of museum specimens wrongly named

Half of museum specimens wrongly named

As many as 50 per cent of all natural history specimens held in the world’s museums could be wrongly named,...

18 Nov 2015 1:54 AM IST

French urged to go out again to cafes, concerts

French urged to go out again to cafes, concerts

France declared on Monday that the show must go on, with the public urged to go back out to bars, concerts and...

17 Nov 2015 5:25 AM IST

‘Dangerously high antibiotic resistance levels worldwide’

Antibiotic resistance, which can turn common ailments into killers, has reached dangerous levels worldwide, the World...

17 Nov 2015 5:19 AM IST

Children pass a police officer as they arrive for school in the centre of Brussels, Belgium, on Wednesday. — AFP

Concert massacre shocks music world

The assault on one of the leading concert halls in Paris sent shockwaves Saturday through the music world, with...

16 Nov 2015 6:11 AM IST