For the study, published in the journal Nature Communications, researchers turned to rats, focussing on the functions of the vagus nerve, the bridge between the brain and the digestive system.
For the study, a team of researchers from University of Cagliari interviewed people in Italy’s Sardinia, home to one of the world’s five ‘blue zones’, where people live longer than the global average.
The experiment run by Columbia University, called the Body Electric Challenge, was embedded in an NPR podcast in the US. Over 19,000 adults signed up, and 11,500 went through with it.
Researchers from the University of Sydney studied daily dietary records of 9,337 people To to find a link between alcohol consumption and an increased intake of savoury foods.
American and Canadian researchers have debunked the myth of ‘moderate drinking’ in a study published last week in the Journal of Studies of Alcohol and Drugs.
Quoting earlier precedents, high court reminded the medical and legal community that 'loss of human life should not be permitted merely at the altar of technicalities'.
A basil-filled herbal cigarette marketed as ‘chemical-free with 100% natural filler for a healthy lifestyle’ showed the highest concentration of lead among all samples tested.
On 15 August 1998, PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee delivered his Independence Day speech from the Red Fort, touching upon defence, economic reforms, secularism, corruption, and employment.
'Reform from conviction, not compulsion', says PM, linking India’s 2047 ambitions to reforms across manufacturing, technology, defence, infrastructure, green growth and soft power.
Lieutenant Commander Shivam Kumar was serving onboard INS Trikand when it was directed to assist Cameroon-flagged LPG tanker, while transiting through Houthi attack zone on 18 October, 2025.
Forty years ago this week, ‘Khalistan Commando Force’ assassins were closing in on Gen Vaidya. So callous was the security of the just-retired Army chief that he was given a solitary police gunman
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