Riding a sleek black Harley-Davidson motorbike and wearing a smart jacket and biking gloves, 27-year-old Arjun Bafna looks every bit the wealthy young man that he is. He comes from a family that owns one of India’s oldest and biggest automobile dealerships. He has taken the business one step forward though. Arjun runs Seven Islands Harley-Davidson, the only Harley-Davidson franchise in Mumbai. “I love automobiles, it’s my passion, because I’ve […]

Europe has initiated the process that should lead to the biggest X-ray space telescope ever built. Dubbed Athena, the satellite will be some 12m in length and weigh about five tonnes when launched in 2028. The European Space Agency’s (Esa) Science Programme Committee selected the project at a meeting in Toulouse. Design work now will confirm the technologies and industrial capability needed to construct the mission, which is costed at […]

A year is a very long time on Mars — 687 days. NASA’s Curiosity rover can attest that it’s enough time for some unexpected life changes. On Tuesday, the rover celebrated the Martian one-year anniversary of its touchdown on August 6, 2012. Looking back, some things have gone much better than anticipated, in spite of one nasty snag. Signs of life Its main mission: Find out whether Mars could have […]

Google and Microsoft will add a “kill-switch” feature to their Android and Windows phone operating systems. The feature is a method of making a handset completely useless if it is stolen, rendering a theft pointless. Authorities have been urging tech firms to take steps to help curb phone theft and argued that a kill-switch feature can help resolve the problem. Apple and Samsung, two of the biggest phone makers, offer […]

“No-one has ever put a stem cell into a human Achilles tendon before in the UK,” says Andy Goldberg, a consultant orthopaedic surgeon at the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital. But all of that is about to change. Dr Goldberg is leading the first trial of a new treatment which has been working wonders in racehorses – and could produce the same results in humans. The stem cell treatment for what’s […]

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Archaeologists are to recreate a drink once found in a 150-year-old bottle It was dug up with 100s of others beneath a construction site in New York Called Elixir of Long Life, the drink was classed as a ‘miracle cure’ and believed to be capable of helping people cheat death The drink contained various herbs and copious amounts of alcohol Chrysalis Archaeology has released the ingredients to make the drink […]

Anatomedia was built for medical students to practice dissections Corpses are in short supply so the software makes the process easier Users can see detailed dissections and cross-sections of real bodies Tool took 20 years to develop by experts at Monash University, Australia To use the tool, users must request access from the university Database could one day be used to create a 3D virtual human that students can feel […]

One of the major causes for colon cancer is the food we eat. Certain substances found in food are carcinogenic. Heterocyclic amines are one such compound found in meat, chicken and fish when they are cooked at high temperatures using methods like barbequing, frying or grilling. Another carcinogen called polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon are formed when food is cooked over open flame or smoked. Avoiding or minimizing the exposure to carcinogenic […]

National Women’s Health Week іѕ a ɡrеаt reminder fοr women tο take charge οf thеіr health. Bυt thіѕ goes beyond a healthy diet, more exercise, less stress аnԁ more sleep. It’s scary tο thіnk thаt thе seemingly safe products аnԁ even food іn ουr home саn increase ουr risk οf сеrtаіn cancers аnԁ contribute fertility οr pregnancy issues. Toxins саn turn ουr homes frοm haven tο harmful. “Never underestimate thе […]