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Tokyo: The amount of screen time spent by one-year-olds may increase the risk of developmental delays, according to a study. The study, published in the journal JAMA Pediatrics, showed that for children aged two, increased screen time when aged one was associated with developmental delays...

London: Eating right and healthy in your early years can help boost health in old age, suggests a study conducted in yeast. Yeast are good model organisms for studying ageing as they share many of the same cellular machinery as animals and humans. According to...

“I think I have always been in love with silence, and its destruction is, to me, as perhaps to everyone else, a matter of concern. Silence is a word which comes back over and over again into my life and, consequently, to the poetry I...

Aries: You are currently high on life. Today is a good day to complete all those tasks you put on the back burner. It's also a great day to do the things you hate doing (read: cleaning up your closet). If you are looking to...

Early morning when the food vendors on the street put up their large umbrellas to begin business for the day, Krishnendu Das (41) pulls his trolley away from the main road, and into the narrow lanes. He operates just like any other kabadiwala (scrap collector),...

A team of US researchers has detected significant levels of metals in the blood and urine among marijuana users, concluding that marijuana may be an important and under-recognised source of lead and cadmium exposure. Researchers at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health found that...

Aries: Carry the peace sign if you have to, because today, people will literally pull you into arguments. You could even be facing some kind of litigation or trouble with peace-keeping forces, warns Ganesha. Meditate, walk, or simply seek the company of friends and loved...

Aries: Today, you will meet with success, and you do it on your own merit, without any divine intervention. You may be a student of science or arts, but you will excel due to your deep knowledge of the subject. There are chances you may...

Aries: Today, you need to access every bit of your mental agility. Quick and spontaneous decisions are the need of the hour. But a word of caution from Ganesha: take advice, as these decisions could have long-term implications, especially if they involve money. Taurus: Nostalgia...

New York: In a breakthrough, US scientists have, for the first time, developed an implantable device that could one day free kidney failure patients from needing dialysis or having to take harsh drugs to suppress their immune system after a transplant. The team at University...