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| Curing the incurable |
| Hopes of finding a cure for several devastating brain disorders soar as scientists find ways to reverse key symptoms. Seema Singh reports |
| Sangita Jain’s life revolves around reading and research. Not for any academic pursuit, but to provide informed care to her two sons, aged 11 and 9, affected by Fragile X Syndrome (FXS) the leading inherited cause of mental retardation. She has learnt to redefine her life, but each quiet glan... |
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| Think before you eat |
| Last year, Christopher Gardner, assistant professor of medicine at Stanford Prevention Research Center, wanted to see how garlic lowered bad cholester
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| Black holes are hot |
| We read in the last episode that black holes do not allow anything, not even light, to escape. Classically speaking, this is true. But when one applie
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| Plastic? No problem! |
| Whatever be its method of disposal, plastic poses a huge threat to the environment. Burial causes soil contamination while burning releases poisonous
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| Smart machine |
| Bad roads leading to bumpy rides? Not for much longer. A fleet of new-gen cars that can automatically slow down over a bump or a pothole would soon hi
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| Killers in packs |
| Smoking was once considered macho, high-class and sophisticated. James Bond, Fidel Castro and socialites smoked publicly and elegantly. Now smoking ha
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