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Tips and tricks for hair care during summer 23 May 2016 - 12:53 pm

By Anisha Bijukumar Extreme climates are not really your best friends, especially with the havoc they wreak with your hair. Hair turn so...

Swedes' long journey to their final resting place 22 May 2016 - 12:53 pm

File photo of churchyard visitors at the grave of Swedish actress Greta Garbo in Stockholm, on September 25, 1999. AFP / SCANPIX SWEDEN ...

Wrist-band device for alcohol monitoring wins U.S. prize 22 May 2016 - 12:04 pm

The BACtrack Skyn wearable alcohol biosensor in an artist's rendering courtesy of BACtrack. BACtrack/Handout via Reuters By Mir Ubaid SAN FRANCISCO: A San...

Green hopes as Australia legalises medical cannabis 22 May 2016 - 10:01 am

REUTERS/ File photo Nimbin: Jai Whitelaw was 10 when he first took medical cannabis, given to him by his mother in a bid...

Elvis guitar fetches $334,000 at New York auction 22 May 2016 - 09:03 am

Elvis Presley file picture. New York: A guitar given to Elvis Presley by his father in 1969 went under the hammer for $334,000...

More money spent on Halloween pet costumes than mental health in developing nations 21 May 2016 - 12:00 am

By Lin Taylor LONDON: More money is spent on Halloween pet costumes and takeaway coffee than on mental health in developing countries, a...

Deep changes urged to avoid mass deaths from superbugs 19 May 2016 - 10:18 am

London: Ten million people could die every year from 2050 onwards unless sweeping global changes are agreed to tackle increasing resistance to antibiotics,...

Grandson to auction Miro paintings to help refugees 18 May 2016 - 12:53 pm

Gallery assistants pose with a work by Spanish artist Joan Miro titled 'Le Fantome de l'atelier' will be auctioned at Christies in London...

Eat sesame rich food to reduce oxidative stress 18 May 2016 - 12:30 pm

New York: Intake of sesame rich food has many health benefits and the antioxidant boosting properties, especially sesame oil, can have a significant...

Revealed: How Earth got its oxygen 18 May 2016 - 12:25 pm

New York: In a fresh look at how Earth's atmosphere became oxygenated, a team of researchers has found that the rise of oxygen...

China's Midea makes takeover offer for German robotics firm 18 May 2016 - 10:51 am

Robots covered in plastic sheets are seen at a plant of Kuka Robotics in Shanghai August 13, 2014. REUTERS/PETE SWEENEY Shanghai: Chinese appliance...

Apple chief Cook unveils app design centre in India 18 May 2016 - 10:44 am

Apple CEO Tim Cook has announced plans to build an app design facility in the southern Indian city of Bangalore. AFP /Josh Edelson ...

Glass beads found in Australia point to huge asteroid hit 18 May 2016 - 09:23 am

Image for representation only. Sydney: Australian scientists have found evidence of a huge asteroid they say slammed into Earth some 3.46 billion years...

Good for the body, good for the mind 18 May 2016 - 12:00 am

Amanda Loudin At the age of 16, Heather Troupe received a diagnosis of chronic severe depression and a prescription for an antidepressant. Eight...

Can magic mushrooms dampen depression? 17 May 2016 - 05:25 pm

Paris: Hallucination-inducing "magic" mushrooms could help some people blunt the anxiety caused by chronic depression, according to a small-scale study released Tuesday. "This...

Swallowed by a coal mine: the village that disappeared 17 May 2016 - 11:54 am

Photo Credit: Greenpeace/ Jeff Topoleanu / Vice.com BY CLAUDIA CIOBANU RUNCUREL: The letters arrived just before Christmas last year, 134 envelopes addressed to...