Last week, Google Doodle introduced billions of people to an incredible woman: Esther Nkulenu Ocloo, a Ghanaian entrepreneur, advocate for women, pioneer of microfinance an...

International Women’s Day Special: Priyanka Chopra, Vidya Balan, Kangana Ranaut–Who Is The Most Influential Woman In B-town?

These ladies sparkle on the silver-screen like only they can. They have got the oomph as indeed the talent oozing through their incredible personalities. Wherever they go, ...

Scientists Used A Little Bee Puppet To Teach Real Bees How To Play Bee ‘Soccer’

Scientists have been able to teach bees to do all kinds of things, like tug on a rope or count to four. But so far these skills have largely fallen into the realm of what s...

Action All The Way

Matthew Riley’s hero Jack West is one of the world’s five greatest warriors, along with Moses, Genghis Khan, Napoleon and Christ—seriously!—so he is...

Neuroscientists Hack Sense of Touch

Think about what it is to experience the sensation of touch. Across the vast expanse of our bodies, we are constantly touching—clothing draped on skin, shifts in air ...

How AI Can Become A “Third Hemisphere” Of Our Brains

While artificial intelligence may replace truck dricers and beat us at chess, it also has much to offer: it can free up our minds and responsibilities for the tasks and soc...

Stem Cell Injections To The Brain Could Help Stroke Patients Regain Mobility

When researchers at Stanford University injected stem cells into the brains of stroke victims for a recent study, they were surprised to see that some patients regained mob...

Your Regular Doctors’ Checkup Could Soon Include A Scan Of Your Brain Waves

In fact, in the near future, Ryan D’Arcy told me, all doctors should be monitoring brain waves, alongside more standard clinical vital signs of patients, healthy and ...

Could Alzheimer’s Stem From Infections? It Makes Sense, Experts Say

Could it be that Alzheimer’s disease stems from the toxic remnants of the brain’s attempt to fight off infection? Provocative new research by a team of investig...