we think of these old-economy industries, and we picture pollution. Smoggy skies, fouled rivers, toxic waste. As we make the transition to a new economy, we imagine that industrial pollution will become a thing of the past. Mobile phones, laptops, MP3...

Seeking affirmative action for marginalised Dalits and minorities in India, an international meet in the US has made a strong demand for reservation in the private sector besides a quota in the sphere of judiciary. Inaugurating the three-day Dalit and...

Not because it\’s slightly sycophantic, but merely because it\’s too easy a list to create. There\’s just far too few American vehicles that show off the good, and so many that show off the bad.

Canadian scientists have shown that random brain activity that is not important to mental function, often considered to be noise, is actually indicative of a healthy brain.

Dust – often thought of as an impediment to lunar exploration – could be put to good use to build giant telescopes on the Moon – perhaps some large enough to fill entire craters, says a team of US researchers.

The Tunguska Event, a massive explosion near the Podkamennaya Tunguska River in what is now Krasnoyarsk Krai of Russia, at around 7:14 a.m.on June 30, 1908, has been the focus of much speculation in the past hundred years.

The study of the human brain is one of the most fascinating, and incredibly meta, subjects in existence. The almost Escherian experiments of one brain studying another brain (which is thinking about being studied by the first) have up to now been held...

Three years ago, Danilo Reyes, a test engineer for Intel, received a $50 gift card from his employer to take a health-assessment test. Reyes figured that he\’d pass the test with flying colors — he doesn\’t smoke or drink — and...

A landmark study is the first ever to record visual images of the human brain as it actively suppresses distracting memories.

Two Czech boys, aged 8 and 10, have claimed that they were forced to eat their own flesh by their mum and relatives from the sick Grail cult.