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A cup of coffee before you exercise may not be a bad idea and may boost your physical performance and facilitate the workout, but confine it to a cup and not a bottleful!

Stimulus: Coffee drinkers can still get caffeine kick

A recent study shows that caffeine still works on habitual coffee drinkers.

29 Jun 2017 5:46 AM IST

Urban heat island phenomenon could add to the energy crisis and engender more health problems.

Climate alert: Cry for greenery Urban heat islands could sap us

Life in cities could get more stressful as burgeoning heat islands are driving mercury levels upward even at night.

29 Jun 2017 5:41 AM IST

The condensed-reading idea on apps is appealing to time-starved readers, but raising the heckles of the traditional bookworms.

Off the shelf: Is brevity the soul of wit?

Technology is helping change the way the new generation reads. Blinkist app offers the wisdom of books non-fiction in...

29 Jun 2017 5:35 AM IST

The bug in the Uber software was not a one-off case and had been experienced by other users. (Photo: Representational Image)

Uber to make it easier to book trips for parents, grandparents

If users ask for a pick-up somewhere besides their current location, the app will allow them designate ride for someone...

27 Jun 2017 7:14 PM IST

A Time magazine report revealed that Saudi Arabia alone accounts for more than one-third of global Amphetamine seizures a year.

Narcotics: ISIS' jihadi drug, made in India

How an energy pill'made in Hyderabad gave ISIS fighters a high', and made them inhuman.

22 Jun 2017 3:46 AM IST

Ultra runner Kieren DSouza on a little run at the base camp of Friendship Peak in the Pir Panjal range in Himachal Pradesh.

Runversation: Forrest Gump-on-steroids? Try ultra running

This is a challenge you will go on only if you are convinced that there is more to life than logic and common sense.

22 Jun 2017 3:38 AM IST

A little thought pointed out the obvious that the parent child relationship is not a one-way street.

Values: The joys of raising a feminist son

A mother brought up her son as a feminist and now watches with satisfaction as he questions even her biases.

22 Jun 2017 3:29 AM IST

What people thought is mere fiction, has been nearly achieved with neurotechnology.

Implant: AI+Brain Pushing frontiers of science

Scientists and engineers are working on computer-human brain interfaces that can relieve human suffering, but are they...

17 Jun 2017 1:54 AM IST

The San Diego researchers calculated that if the night temperature across the U.S. went up by one degree celsius for a month, it would deprive nine million people of adequate sleep.

Too warm: Sleepless in San Diego

Donald Trump's the only man not losing sleep over climate change, the rest of us lose sleep over it, and due to it.

17 Jun 2017 1:51 AM IST

Illegal immigrants: There is a particularly massive influx of Bangladeshis in Europe. They come in through Libya into Italy.

Immigration: Strange twist to When in Rome...' is hurting Indians in...

Illegal immigrants from Bangladesh and Pakistan are passing off as Indians in Europe and the UK.

17 Jun 2017 1:48 AM IST

Research is on to find new methods of screening for breast cancer.

Cancer: A case of over-diagnosis

Doubts are being raised about the need for mammography as a routine.

17 Jun 2017 1:45 AM IST

Hold cell phone away from the body as much as possible. Use a headset.

Radiation: Playing it safe

The jury is still out on whether exposure to cell phone radiation causes cancer.

2 Jun 2017 10:53 AM IST