Could cruise ship passengers sue over the hantavirus outbreak?Travelers on the MV Hondius find themselves with few legal recourses following a hantavirus outbreak. Oceanwide Expeditions, the company be...
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A Tiny Parasite That Can Make Mice Lose Their Fear of CatsThe parasite Toxoplasma gondii infects mice, altering their fear responses to cats. Instead of avoiding cat odors, infected mice are drawn ...
11 Mar, 2026, 06.07 PM IST
A billionaire farmer fights his jailing as tycoons face crackdown in ChinaChinese billionaire Sun Dawu, serving an 18-year sentence for corruption, warns that his company's collapse could impact over ten thousand ...
10 Sep, 2024, 03.08 PM IST
End of panic attacks? A new brain discovery may find a solution. Know in detailThe scientists at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies in California have found a brain circuit consisting of neurons and the circuit ...
05 Jan, 2024, 08.04 PM IST
New study discerns anxiety-relieving mechanism of growth hormoneThe study, conducted on mice, revealed that a lack of growth hormone receptors in somatostatin-expressing neurons led to increased anxiety ...
05 Jan, 2024, 09.11 AM IST
Do I need to worry about COVID again?New data from Moderna and Pfizer/BioNTech suggests that the highly mutated variant of the COVID-19 virus, known as BA.2.86 or "Pirola," is ...
08 Sep, 2023, 05.09 PM IST
Can taking vitamins and supplements help you recover from Covid? Study illustrates some challengesSupplements can cause harm in the form of adverse effects, drug interactions and expense.
11 May, 2022, 09.25 PM IST
View: Economic activity back at pre-pandemic levels, but jobs recovery a long haulThe Nomura India Business Resumption Index, which tracks the pace of business resumption, crossed a milestone in mid-August, rising above i...
18 Aug, 2021, 10.08 AM IST
Nasal Covid vaccine prevents disease, transmission in animals: StudyThis new method is unlike the currently approved COVID-19 vaccines that require an injection.
12 Jul, 2021, 12.03 PM IST
Health authorities expect coronavirus spread on US soilOfficials are also worried the outbreak poses a threat to the security of the US drug supply chain because a high proportion of ingredients...
26 Feb, 2020, 07.19 AM IST
How fatherhood has helped Tusshar Kapoor feel complete and confidentKapoor says, fatherhood is all about a feeling which does not ever go away.
15 Jun, 2019, 05.57 PM IST
Midnight munchies may impair memory, learningEating at times normally reserved for sleep causes a deficiency in the type of learning and memory controlled by the hippocampal area of th...
28 Dec, 2015, 06.22 PM IST
'Super-smart mice' may help cure Alzheimer's, schizophreniaThe unusually intelligent mice were created by altering a single gene and as a result the mice were also less likely to feel anxiety or rec...
16 Aug, 2015, 01.18 PM IST
Warren Buffett's 23 most brilliant quotes about investingWe compiled a few of Buffett's best quotes from his TV appearances, newspaper op-eds, magazine interviews, and of course his annual letters.
17 Nov, 2014, 12.14 PM IST
Tourism business in doldrums as Kerala issues liquor banThe state govt is introducing the ban in a phased manner and says Sundays will become dry days which totals to 52 days in a year.
06 Sep, 2014, 04.00 AM IST
Warren Buffett's 23 most brilliant quotes about investingWarren Buffett turned 84 years old on Saturday. And even at that age, the billionaire "Oracle of Omaha" continues to be involed in some of ...
01 Sep, 2014, 03.51 PM IST
Here's a dream list of 10 things to do in your lifetimeStop being a cookie-cutter traveller this year, experience destinations that transcend through cultures and emotions.
23 Jan, 2014, 10.29 AM IST