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‘Apple-shaped body women at binge-eating risk’

‘Apple-shaped body women at binge-eating risk’

Women with apple-shaped bodies, those who store more of their fat in their trunk and abdominal regions, may be less...

16 Nov 2015 6:07 AM IST

Eating sweet foods may help control your diet

Eating sweet foods may help control your diet

Eating sweet foods causes the brain to form a memory of the meal, which may help us control our eating habits, a new...

15 Nov 2015 12:24 AM IST

Prince William and Kate Middleton

Prince William and Kate Middleton to make maiden India visit in 2016

Prince William and his wife Kate will undertake their maiden visit to India in 2016, the Kensington Palace announced on...

14 Nov 2015 1:13 AM IST

Jeremy Clarkson

Jeremy Clarkson, BBC sued for ‘racial discrimination’

A television producer who was punched by former Top Gear presenter Jeremy Clarkson is sueing him and the BBC for racial...

14 Nov 2015 1:08 AM IST

Using Google for information instead of using our memory is discouraged by experts. (Photo: PIXABAY)

British Museum exhibits viewable online via Google

Thousands of artefacts from the British Museum’s priceless collections went online on Thursday in a partnership...

13 Nov 2015 6:14 AM IST

Cy Twombly’s Untitled, 1968.

Blackboard painting sets $70.5 million record

It may look little more than blackboard scrawls to the untrained eye, but a Cy Twombly work fetched $70.53 million in...

13 Nov 2015 6:12 AM IST

Agatha Christie

Christie goes digital with ‘Mr Quin’ app

With her page-turning detective mysteries and murder whodunnits, Aga-tha Christie’s novels have won over...

13 Nov 2015 6:10 AM IST

Auctioneer Jussi Pylkkanen gestures towards Amedeo Modigliani’s Nu Couche at Christie’s New York on Monday.— AFP

Chinese collector snaps up $170.4 million Modigliani in New York

A Chinese collector snapped up a sensuous Modigliani nude for $170.4 million in New York, setting a new world record...

11 Nov 2015 12:03 AM IST

‘Himalayas were born 47 million years ago’

‘Himalayas were born 47 million years ago’

Himalayas were born about 47 million years ago when India and Eurasia initially smashed into each other, an...

10 Nov 2015 11:59 PM IST

Study shows brains too can get fossilised

Study shows brains too can get fossilised

Seven newly-discovered fossils of a 520-million-year-old arthropod species provide the strongest yet evidence that...

10 Nov 2015 1:33 AM IST

UK plans to turn Victorian jails into homes

UK plans to turn Victorian jails into homes

Some of Britain’s gloomy Victorian prisons, including the one where Oscar Wilde was held for homosexuality, could...

10 Nov 2015 12:44 AM IST

Robot walks over 134 km, sets record

Robot walks over 134 km, sets record

A Chinese-built four-legged robot has walked its way in to the Guinness World Records by covering an incredible 134-km...

10 Nov 2015 12:43 AM IST