Internet, the ultimate communication medium, is being used by almost 1/3 of the world’s population and has become a basic need. Have you ever considered the dark side of overusing the internet? The consequences are easily being neglected when even your TV set is connected to the internet. According to a  recent study conducted by researchers in China, overusing the internet can cause severe... 

Whenever a population is hit by a calamity, may it be large or small, natural or otherwise, blood is needed the most. Not only then, hospitals and medical centers maintain a blood bank to ensure the availability of blood to its patients all the time. But even then, the demand is ever increasing. To address this problem researchers in Edinburgh University in Scotland have been working on developing... 

Liposuction was known as a way to reduce the body fat but now, a new study says that liposuction might also be good for the human heart. The report published by the American Society of Plastic Surgeons says that in about three months of liposuction the patients’ triglyceride levels had decreased by about 43%. Triglyceride, which in easy words is the fat present in the blood — one of the causes... 

Scientific innovations have been going on for years to produce better testing instruments with least amount of spread of bacteria and infections involved. After considerable research it’s being declared that normal tattoos on the skin are to become fruitful in determining the person’s blood levels of sugar, glucose and alcohol by using an iPhone 4 camera. How Will It Work? While getting... 

According to a study carried out by scientists from Harbin Medical University in China, people who chew their food more take in fewer calories — subsequently they will have control over their weight. Scientists made the study participants to chew food 40 times instead of typical 15 times. They found that the participants took in 12% calories less than what they normally would have. The result... 

As the battle of the cellphone cancer studies continues, a new study has revealed that there is no relationship between cellphones and cancer in children. Previously, a panel of experts from the World Health Organization’s International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) declared cellphones as a potential cancer risk. The absence of an exposure-response relationship either in terms of the... 

Akshat Saxena, a young boy from Uttar Pradesh - India, now holds the Guinness World Record for having the most number of fingers and toes. Akshat has born with a total of 34 fingers — seven(7) fingers on each hand and ten(10) toes on each foot. His mother, Amrita Saxena told NDTV: I was so happy to see my baby as it was our first child. But later, when I saw his fingers, I was shocked and surprised. Doctors... 

Lung cancer is being considered as one of the most fatal disease which kills the person within few months of development. Luckily a lung cancer patient got a synthetic transplant for the tumor that can’t be operated. Scientists from University College London worked at making a glass artificial windpipe including trachea and two primary bronchi i.e. left and right — covered with a polymer having... 

Paulo David Amorim, an 11-year-old boy from Mossoro, Brazil has been dubbed “Magnet Boy” because of his magnet-like qualities — metal objects seems to stick to his skin. In a television footage shown on Globo TV network, Paulo demonstrated how his body attract metal objects such as spoons, scissors, cooking pans etc. and remain stuck on his chest, stomach and back. I was very surprised... 

Air pollution is the vital cause of brain damage and other psychological disorders which also lead to memory damage and depression, a latest study has revealed. It is now an established fact that air pollution is the main cause of lung disease, heart problem etc. but this new study has worried the experts a lot as air pollution is now being sensed as a threat for human intelligence. A group of neuroscientists...