Bit by a rattlesnake while taking a selfie with it, a man from San Diego faces a hospital bill of over $150,000 for treatment, a media report said on Sunday....
The mystery about why pendulum clocks hanging from the same wall synchronize over time has been revealed, research showed....
Go slow while eating your food as people who eat slowly feel fuller and think they have eaten more than those who eat quickly, shows research....
When an amateur researcher posted a picture of a plant on Facebook, little did he realise that it could be a new plant species in the world "discovered on Facebook"....
As the country marks the 16th anniversary of the Kargil war on Sunday, former army chief Gen. V.P. Malik, who headed the Indian Army during the conflict, says the force is still facing problems of shortage of weapons and equipment, though there has been much progress since 1999....
With the Cosa Nostra (the original Mafia) in Sicily, the Camorra in Naples and the Campania region, the 'Ndrangheta in Calabria among others, Italy is a fertile source for crime fiction - especially police procedurals. Among the genre's established American and British policemen, the odd Frenchman or two and the sudden influx of Scandin...
During the one year of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s term, the ministry of railways has claimed several “new beginnings†and “key reformsâ€. Among its achievements: More rail track (1,375 km) electrified in one year than ever before; earnings increased 12 percent; more bio-toilets installed; and a feasibility report...
An India-born Singaporean member of parliament has decided against contesting the upcoming general elections, the media reported on Saturday....
After spotting stunning mountain ranges on Pluto, NASA's New Horizons mission has now found evidence of exotic ice flowing across Pluto's surface and a surprising extended haze - a phenomenon only seen on active worlds like Earth and Mars....
NASA's Kepler mission has confirmed the first near-Earth-size planet in the "habitable zone" around a Sun-like star....
