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The study found that the risk of psychological distress increased alongside the amount of fine particulate matter in the air. (Photo: Pixabay)

Toxic air may cloud your mental health: study

The current safety standard for fine particulates, according to the US Environmental Protection Agency, is 12...

6 Nov 2017 7:18 PM IST

When teens sleep less, they spend more time awake, and we knew that something had to occupy that extra time. (Photo: Pixabay)

Teens who get more sleep may curb screen time

It turns out that extra time awake is almost all just sitting around - it has no health benefits.

28 April 2018 5:41 PM IST

The disease affects about 1 in 20 million people. It is a chance mutation and isnt inherited. (Photo: Pixabay)

Kids with rare rapid-ageing disease get hope from study drug

The disease affects about 1 in 20 million people. It is a chance mutation and isn't inherited.

24 April 2018 8:54 PM IST

According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), dental cavities affect nearly every age group and cause serious health concerns. (Photo: Pixabay)

New product may cure dental cavities

Direct and indirect costs of treating dental cavities and related diseases have been a huge economic burden for...

13 April 2018 6:28 PM IST

Choose your books carefully, as you have limited time. Take steps to make reading a daily perk. (Representational Image)

Language important for success in later years

Language is the ability to deploy those words and use complex syntax and grammar to communicate in speech and writing.

19 May 2018 12:07 PM IST

Workplace cheating is a real and troublesome phenomenon. (Photo: Pixabay)

How working parents can balance professional-personal life

Solutions could involve allowing greater flexibility in the workplace or in providing paid family leave and access to...

21 Jun 2018 6:22 PM IST

Consensus has long been that the Earths core is about 85 percent iron and 10 percent nickel, with sulphur, oxygen and silicon prime candidates for the other five percent

Earth likely to warm over 2 degrees this century: study

The study using statistical tools shows only a five per cent chance that Earth will warm two degrees or less by the end...

1 Aug 2017 12:56 PM IST

This decision was taken Bryan White, a biology professor at the aforementioned university after learning of a students dip in concentration due to the lack of food intake. (Photo: File/AFP/Representational)

US professor conducts evening exams for students fasting during Ramzan

This move has been largely lauded by the Muslim students, as it is believed to have instilled a greater sense of...

15 Jun 2017 2:11 PM IST

This will be the largest effort in the US to test a hormonal form of birth control for men. (Photo: Pixabay)

Revolutionary birth control method for men goes to trial

And before anyone gets too apprehensive, no, it doesn't need to be rubbed all over your junk.

20 Dec 2017 1:53 PM IST