IANS | |A British study has suggested breastfeeding mothers run a lower risk of developing Alzheimer's, with longer periods of breastfeeding further reducing the risk.
Reuters | |Scientists studying girls with the eating disorder anorexia have found they show a mild echo of the characteristics of autism - a finding which could point to new ways of helping anorexics overcome their illness.
Kounteya Sinha | |Researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have revealed that the chemical dopamine in our brain helps us remain focused on longterm goals.
Kounteya Sinha | |Does it irritate you to see people fiddling with their mobile phone while you are talking to them? The disturbing habit has been coined as phubbing — snubbing people by using your phone in a social setting and ignoring people you are actually with.
PTI | |Researchers claim to have discovered the elusive impact crater of the meteor that triggered the biggest extinction ever, around 252.3 million years ago.
Kounteya Sinha | |The world’s first test tube hamburger was cooked and served in London on Monday. Professor Mark Post of Maastricht University in the Netherlands fed a handful of invited guests the first-ever burger made from lab-grown meat.
AFP | |Scientists today unveiled the world's first lab-grown beef burger, serving it up fried to volunteers in London in what they hope is the start of a food revolution.
Subodh Varma | |Using a Japanese super-computer, a team of scientists have carried out the largest ever imitation of the way a brain’s cells connect with each other. This will pave the way for a better understanding of the extremely complex human brain, they say.
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