The Indian military has a new weapon against terrorism: the world’s hottest chili. After conducting tests, the military has decided to use the thumb-sized “bhut jolokia,” or “ghost chili,” to make tear gas-like hand grenades to immobilize suspects, defense officials said Tuesday. The bhut jolokia was accepted by Guinness World Records in 2007 as the [...]
plant-based viagra is likely to roll out from India. This is being developed at Tropical Botanical Garden and Research Institute (TBGRI ), Kerala, India.
Seaworld whale trainer is killed by the killer whale. Incidently this is the third time, same whale was involved in human death one in 1991 and another 1999.
US President Barack Obama won the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for “his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples,” the Norwegian Nobel Committee said, citing his outreach to the Muslim world and attempts to curb nuclear proliferation.
Taking a step closer towards a wonder pill that could extend people’s lifespan by up to 25 years, scientists have claimed that over half of babies born in the new future in the UK and other wealthy nations will live to 100 years.
A group of doctors and specialists in Chennai and Coimbatore have registered the first successful treatment of thalassaemia in a child using a sibling’s umbilical cord blood.
A vaccine which produces a robust immune response at one go might make swine flu easier to handle, but authorities in India feel any such Swine flu vaccine immunisation needs intensive testing as it may compound any side effects the vaccine might have.
Internet world has been abuzz about Apple launching iPhone Nano for quite sometime. Every few months, grapevines suggest Apple working on a Nano version of iPhone. In fact, only last month a new patent filed by Apple again fueled iPhone Nano rumors. But all these so far remain mere speculations, with no official confirmation.
LONDON: A controversial study by British scientists who claimed to have created human sperm from embryonic stem cells has been retracted, the researchers’ institutes said on Friday.
Don’t place too much value on organically grown food – they are nutritionally no better than food grown with synthetic chemicals, says an
exhaustive new study. Consumers are willing to pay more for organic food based on their perceived health and nutrition benefits. The global organic food market was estimated in 2007 to be worth $47.4 billion.
