Beach Reading (And More)

Last year, there was only one book on my summer reading list that you could reasonably call a beach read. This year I tried to pick a few more things that are on the lighte...

Between Life Support And Death

In the recent Bollywood release Piku, 70-year-old Bhaskar Banerjee played by Amitabh Bachchan expresses shock that Rana (Irrfan Khan) allowed his cancer-stricken father to ...

Assessing Risk, Expanding Reach: Innovative Ultrasound Designed For Front-Line Healthcare Workers To Help Improve Maternal Health

GE Healthcare introduced in certain countries in Africa and Southeast Asia its new Vscan AccessTM portable ultrasound system, designed to help healthcare providers improve ...

Here's Why Dolphins Continue to Die in the Gulf of Mexico

Researchers say they've now firmly connected the high rates of dolphin deaths seen in the northern Gulf of Mexico to the 5-year-old Deepwater Horizon oil spill, which damag...

Tunable Liquid-Metal Antennas Are Perfect for Connecting The Internet Of Things

Engineers at North Carolina State University have devised a new form of tiny, liquid-metal antenna that’s capable of tuning into a wide range of radio frequencies, of...

Kristen Bell Honored For Commitment To Improving Health Of Women Worldwide

Jhpiego, an international health care non-profit and affiliate of Johns Hopkins University, honored actress-activist Kristen Bell and Los Angeles physician Howie Mandel for...

Tanu Weds Manu Returns

Critics rating: 2 Stars

Cast: Kangana Ranaut, R Madhavan, Jimmy Sheirgill

Direction: Aanand L Rai Read More

The Brave New Bollywood Heroine

Last month, I conducted a round-table interview with Anushka Sharma, Varun Dhawan, Navdeep Singh, who directed NH 10, and Sriram Raghavan, who directed Badlapur. The idea w...

Part Of Antarctica Suddenly Started Melting At A Rate Of 14 Trillion Gal. A Year

Sometime in 2009, a long-stable, glacier-filled region in Antarctica suddenly began to melt. Fast. A team of scientists with the University of Bristol made the alarming obs...