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Tiny fish offers big hopes in fighting diseases
PARIS: One of the world’s most popular aquarium fish on Wednesday joined the rat, the mouse, the fruitfly and the nematode worm in the roll call of creatures whose DNA has been sequenced to help fight disease among humans. A consortium of researchers unveiled the genome of the zebrafish in the British journal Nature, declaring it made a vital ...Full Article
Vibrating fork to fight obesity makes its debut
WASHINGTON – An electronic fork that vibrates when you eat too fast went on sale on Wednesday on Kickstarter, with its French inventors claiming it can help combat obesity ...Full Article
Sharks dive deeper during full moon
SYDNEY: The moon and water temperature affect the diving behaviour of sharks, researchers reported Tuesday, in a discovery that could help prevent fishermen from catching the marine predators inadvertently. ...Full Article
Antarctic summer ice melting 10 times faster
SYDNEY: Summer ice in the Antarctic is melting 10 times quicker than it was 600 years ago, with the most rapid melt occurring in the last 50 years, a ...Full Article
Mahatma Gandhi admired most by CEOs
NEW DELHI: Mahatma Gandhi figures among the top three most admired leaders of the world, said a global survey of CEOs conducted by accountancy firm PwC, reports Press Trust ...Full Article
Thailand entering elderly society
BANGKOK, April 15: Thailand is entering elderly society and the situation is expected to deteriorate in the next two decades if nothing is done to rectify the situation, said ...Full Article
Polish inmates go free to perform Shakespeare
WARSAW: For a Shakespeare play with a twist, a Polish arts troupe cast inmates alongside professional actors in an effort to engage those on the sidelines of society. The six men, whose ...Full Article
French Senate adopts gay marriage law
PARIS: France’s upper house Senate voted on Friday to adopt a law granting homosexual couples the right to marry, which has sparked widespread opposition and protests from conservatives and religious ...Full Article
Florence exhibition evokes dawn of the Renaissance
FLORENCE: The Renaissance really began in a few decades at the beginning of the 15th century in Florence — an artistic revolution mapped out in a remarkable exhibition that ...Full Article
Brain activity can tell what music we like: Study
WASHINGTON: Brain activity can be used to predict whether people would buy a music product they hear for the first time, China’s Xinhua news agency reported, citing a new ...Full Article