Those in their 20s or early 30s today can be safely be said to have been part of the generation who grew up playing video games for hours. Quick advent in tech, smooth graphics and great game development 90s onwards has given everyone a reason to indulge in gaming for hours unashamedly.

Gamers listen up! Even pigs can play video games, study has found

Smoking is injurious to health. There is no doubt about that and everyone should refrain from smoking. But other ailments connected with our lifestyle are increasingly giving competition to things that kill us.

Obesity killed more than smoking did: Study

If a study is to be believed, Artificial intelligence (AI) can learn to identify vulnerabilities in human habits and behaviours and use them to influence human decision-making.

Artificial intelligence can manipulate human decision-making, influence behaviour: Study

After more than 17,000 years of silence and decades forgotten in a French museum, a shell fashioned into a horn by our prehistoric ancestors has been played again as a result of new research published on Wednesday.

Oldest shell horn played for first time after 17,000 years

In recent years, there has been an increased emphasis on brown over white bread. It is quite a common understanding that brown bread gives us more nutritional benefits.

Overeating white bread, pasta may invite heart disease: Study

Scientists have thawed a woolly rhino who remained frozen in Siberian permafrost for at least 25,000-40,000 years. The remains of the young wooly rhino were unveiled to Russian press on Tuesday after scientists from Yakutsk were able to successfully catalogue the beast.

Scientists defrost 25,000-year-old woolly rhino in world's coldest region

Elon Musk's SpaceX on Sunday set a new record for most number of spacecrafts launched in a single launch in its latest Falcon-9 mission. The launch included 143 satellites.

SpaceX sets record for most satellites launched in single launch of Falcon-9

Nature is full of wonders and though we have studied it closely across millennia, it will be plain stupid for humans to claim the title of 'know-it-all' species.

Two female ray fish give birth without males, baffle scientists

With an average height of roughly 16 feet, giraffes are the tallest mammals on Earth. At about 6 feet long, their lanky legs and towering necks stand taller than most humans.

Dwarf giraffes discovery surprises scientists

Scientists recently witnessed four distant white dwarfs consuming the crust of dead planets. Most stars, after completing their life cycle simply become white dwarfs, which refers to the core of what once used to be a star.

Scientists just witnessed dead stars munching on remains of planets

Scientists recently created a series of “living materials” made out of… kombucha! The ingredients of the popular tea drink were fermented with a symbiotic culture of yeast and bacteria to create the materials.

Scientists create living materials out of famous beverage ingredients

Black holes continue to elude scientists, with a lot about the celestial objects still shrouded in mystery. Now, a cosmic event has shaken astronomers! A supermassive black hole earlier believed to be situated in the centre of a far off galaxy has suddenly vanished.

A supermassive black hole suddenly vanished. Scientists think it’s floating through space.

Researchers from the University of Texas' MD Anderson Cancer Center recently came up with a way to better predict the survival rates of patients with gastric cancer.

Scientists develop a way to better predict survival rates among patients with gastric cancer

Groundwater is a precious commodity. Although there abundance of water on Earth, a very very tiny fraction of its freshwater. This means that we have limited water to drink.

Land is sinking fast world over because of excessive groundwater removal: Study

Intact fossils are something like a goldmine for Paleontologists. But fossils have limitations so to speak. This is because soft tissues are seldom preserved in a fossil.

Goldminer finds perfectly preserved wolf in Canadian permafrost

Ever wondered during Chemistry class why there were almost no new elements discovered than those already in the periodic table? Well, it may have led you to believe that humans have found everything there is about nature.

Rock collected 220 years ago turns out to be an entirely new mineral

Witnessing snowfall is not something all Indians can experience all time. And for some of us, snow and shape of snowflakes is something we see only in cartoons and fairy tales.

Why snowflakes have their unique shape

Australia is land of creatures that may not always be as sweet lookimg as Kangaroos. Videos of scary spiders living inside Aussie houses do rounds on social media periodically.

'Swamp King' croc identified in Australia

Imagine you’re a pepper plant. You need water and nutrients. Luckily, you can grow roots that grab that stuff from the soil and pipe it back to you. So far, so good.

How selfish are plants? Let’s do some root analysis

We know that animals like bears go into hibernation, or prolonged periods of sleep to survive unforgiving winters in polar regions and other cold places. But we humans don't feel the need to sleep for weeks or months at a time right?

Early humans may have hibernated to survive harsh winters

2020 has given us a lot to clutch our heads and scream. While coronavirus pandemic was the major reason, the year will live in infamy due to many horrible reasons.

Five asteroids to make close call to Earth this week

Ever wondered what the source of all energy on our planet - the Sun looks like close up? Scientists recently released a detailed image of a sunspot, making it the first such image ever.

Look at the most detailed image of a sunspot ever captured!

Renewable energy is the need of the hour, as global warming continues to ravage the planet. Just yesterday, United Nations chief urged every country to declare a “climate emergency”.

New material can store solar energy for months... and even years!

It's a well-established fact that humans take a heavy toll on nature. This has been especially true in the 20th century and ahead. But now there are signs that we may truly be stretching limits of the planet we call home.

Human-made materials outweigh Earth's entire biomass now, says study

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