A team of researchers, including an Indian-origin scientist, has found that combining marine fish oil, cocoa extract and phytosterols into a dietary supplement is likely to help fight heart disease, a new study suggests. The researchers examined the potential of combining the three ingredients as a means of preventing atherosclerosisRead More →

Dhaka, April 25: Two people including a pro-LGBT editor of a magazine were hacked to death by unidentified assailants here on Monday, the media reported. A police official said at least five machete-wielding assailants forcibly entered the house of Zulhas Mannan who used to edit “Rupban” — Bangladesh’s first magazineRead More →

By Nury Vittachi It’s 2055. Phones are painted ono our palms. Being transgender is compulsory, except for Popes, who have to be female. All countries have combined into one big nation, North Zuckerberg. No, wait. May be life won’t be that weird in 2055. It will be that strange muchRead More →

The presence of added sugar in dairy products has always led the health conscious consumers to avoid them. But a team of Danish researchers has made it possible to manipulate the metabolic properties of yogurt-producing bacteria to sweeten the yogurt naturally, while reducing sugar in the final product. Also, usingRead More →

My stories will have intimacy, but not vulgarity Actress Sunny Leone, who has turned writer with her first book titled “Sweet Dreams”, says she took writing as a challenge and has tried to keep her stories subtle without vulgarity. “Even though there are intimate moments in the stories, I don’tRead More →

A diet containing low-fat food items is likely to aid women in their postmenopausal phase to keep away from breast cancer as well as lower the mortality risk rates associated with the deadly disease, finds a study. The findings showed that women who stayed on a low fat diet forRead More →

London, April 22: A team of South Korean doctors has found a link between excessive smartphone use and an eye condition in children before the age of five. According to a Telegraph report, doctors at Chonnam National University Hospital in Seoul found that heavy smartphone use has led to childrenRead More →

Designer Narendra Kumar, now the creative director of Amazon Fashion, has come up with a women’s work-wear range, and he believes that today’s working woman needs wardrobe options which are stylish, elegant, formal yet extremely comfortable. Launched earlier this week, his collection — Fleet Street on Amazon.in — is aRead More →

Beware! Demanding bosses may Harm your Health! If you think that your ever-demanding boss always directs you to push the envelope and work extra hard to meet the deadlines, be alarmed as this workplace behaviour may be detrimental to your overall health in the long run. According to the researchers,Read More →

While planning a visual task, your brain initially reflects the visual goal accurately but errors accumulate during a memory delay and further escalate during the final action, say scientists from York University. “Think of all the times you see something and plan to act on it but after only aRead More →