Excessive worry can interfere with sleep and inhibit your ability to perform daily tasks and activities. Find out what you can do to minimize your fears. Fear is a negative emotion, unless you’re facing an actual threat and need to fight or flee. And the usefulness of fear is minimal in daily life, particularly in the form of anxiety. Stressful events can produce short-term anxiety in almost everyone, which disappears […]
Washington: NASA’s New Horizon spacecraft has captured stunning coloured images of Pluto as it gets ready for a close flyby of the mysterious planet system on July 14. The images show two very different faces of the mysterious dwarf planet, one with a series of intriguing spots along the equator that are evenly-spaced. Each of the spots is about 480 km in diameter, with a surface area that is roughly […]
Cranberries are a versatile fruit and their benefits make them useful in food as well as in medicinal products. The Latin name for cranberry plant is Vaccinium macrocarpon. It is one of the native fruits of North America. Cranberries have a tremendous amount of antioxidant capacity as compared to other fruits and vegetables like broccoli, spinach, and apples. The health benefits of cranberry juice include relief from urinary tract infection, […]
If you are having trouble getting a sound sleep, you may be having calcium deficiency, according to a new study. The study, which finds that calcium channel is a key to deep sleep, also gives clarity on both normal and abnormal waking brain functions. “It is the same brain, same neurons and similar requirements for oxygen and so on. So what is the difference between these two states?” asks […]
Strictly speaking, a day lasts 86,400 seconds. On June 30, the day will officially be a bit longer than usual because an extra second or “leap” second will be added and Nasa has an explanation for this. “The Earth’s rotation is gradually slowing down a bit, so leap seconds are a way to account for that,” said Daniel MacMillan, Nasa’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland. This is the […]
Discovering your body type is the most important step towards achieving better health because your constitution tells you how nature intends you to eat and live. Also, knowing your body type makes you aware of the diseases you are prone to. Ayurveda has identified three body types or doshas, which we inherit and which govern our behavior pattern. 1) Vata: Vata types are usually thin-framed, but at times overweight. These […]
Drought discussions, particularly in California, have raised concerns about agriculture and led to a focus on particularly water-thirsty crops. Now, startup CropX Ltd. is helping farmers make the most of their water with sensors and an app. The Tel Aviv- and San Francisco-based startup has raised $9 million in Series A funding. Agtech fund Finistere Ventures led the round, joined by Innovation Endeavors, GreenSoil Investments and the company’s earlier backers […]
New Delhi: Taxing nine-to-five jobs, long hours in front of a computer screen, uneven sleeping patterns and diet issues sum up the lives of most corporate employees. To lead a healthy and fit life, they should keep water handy, carry home cooked food and more, says an expert. Carry a water bottle wherever you go: Keeping water handy is a good idea. Sometimes, if you’re working, you’ll just forget to […]
Washington: A study using data from the joint NASA and the European Space Agency (ESA) Cassini mission suggests the Saturn moon Titan’s surface indentation that is similar to creation of sinkholes on the Earth. Apart from the Earth, Titan is the only body in the solar system known to possess surface lakes and seas, which have been observed by the Cassini spacecraft. The team calculated how long it would […]
London: If you wear a cardiac device such as a pacemaker, better keep away from smartphones, researchers say. “Pacemakers can mistakenly detect electromagnetic interference (EMI) from smartphones as a cardiac signal, causing them to briefly stop working,” said first author Carsten Lennerz from German Heart Centre, Munich. “This leads to a pause in the cardiac rhythm of the pacing dependent patient and may result in syncope.” “For implantable cardioverter […]
