Smells like teen spirit
Palash Krishna Mehrotra :To be 18 again, I need to flashback 24 years. I’m in my school-leaving year. I keep my head down, chin up....
Life
Alternative drugs to halt antibiotic use and resistance
Life Desk :The use and over-use of antibiotics have resulted in an uncontrollable antibiotic-resistance across the world. It’s time to develop alternatives to antibiotics for...
New life-like 3D printed organ models
Life Desk :A research team from the University of Minnesota has 3D printed lifelike artificial organ models that mimic the exact anatomical structure, mechanical properties,...
Kids now spend 30 minutes more everyday on digital screens
Life Desk :The average time spent by children playing videogames on smartphones or using computers has increased by 30 minutes a day between 2000 and...
Eating salads daily may keep your brain 11 years younger
Life Desk :Eating one to two servings of salad with spinach, lettuce and kale daily may keep your brain 11 years younger as well as...
Healthy resolutions for New Year 2018
Life Desk :New Year brings in joy, hope for a better tomorrow and motivates us with energy to look forward to all the challenges that...
Eat soy, nuts, pulses daily for healthy heart
Life Desk :The findings showed that one to two servings of plant proteins every day could reduce the main cholesterol markers low-density lipoprotein cholesterol LDL...
Fibre-rich food could cut diabetes, bowel disease risk
Life Desk :Regularly consuming a Western-type diet, which are high in fats and sugars but low in fibre, may increase the risk of inflammatory bowel...
A tell of travel
Stephen Alter :Climbing the steep, winding trail to Kala Pathar before dawn, my path is lit by a waning moon, three-quarters full. The high snow...
Left-handed people more likely to be different
Life Desk :People who are left-handed are more likely to be atheists, according to a study which suggests that religious people have fewer genetic mutations....
Prison-like restaurant in Egypt
Life Desk :A prison-themed restaurant in Egypt? It might seem distasteful in a country where thousands of people, mostly Islamists but also secular pro-democracy activists,...
Extreme swings in BP may turn fatal
Life Desk :Extreme fluctuations in the systolic (top) reading may be just as bad as having consistently high blood pressure as it increases risk of...