Look at how Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin. Upon returning from a vacation, Fleming checked on colonies of staphylococcus bacteria...

World Leprosy Day is observed on January 31st every year, to raise awareness about Hansen's disease, also known as leprosy. This year, an e...

From the delectable paneer pasanda to the mouthwatering methi malai matar, wedding caterers play a key role in popularising traditional Ind...

This unseen world of microbes residing in our body far exceeds the number of cells in our body and is influenced by diet, physical activity...

Why is it particularly India’s responsibility or opportunity to make good on these promises of technology? India happens to have the larges...

When the novel coronavirus began to appear in India, I was concerned for the people of the Himalayas above Rishikesh, where I have been ble...

A Chinese scientist, He Jiankui, claimed last year that he had created the world’s first gene-edited babies using Crispr, to make them resi...

Bioaerosols in human breath may be a source of bacteria transferred to the cake surface.

The world anti-doping agency has challenged the decision of India’s national doping agency (Nada) to exonerate Narsingh Yadav.

Scientists have discovered a group of microbes that live several kilometres under the surface of the Earth, need no light or oxygen.

A new effort has also been launched by the Ministry of Earth Sciences to look for similar new molecules but from the high altitude Himalaya...

While logic might suggest that Nostradamus’s claims could apply to almost any event , some of them come eerily close to reality.

There are no loud bangs or messy blood that would draw attention. And if done with patience there might not be a trace of evidence. Here's ...

Do we possess free will - the power to prefer one thing over another that is unconstrained by external circumstances or by an agency such a...

Actually feeling, experiencing and living out an effective, worthwhile and meaningful way of living is, doubtless, the ultimate objective o...

The problem is lack of faith in the integrity of testing & approval process.

Having an immortal soul is a very important and integral part of Christian theology. But it comes with a heavy scientific price — especiall...