A Startup Is Pushing the Boundaries of Biology with Synthetic DNA

Dr. Floyd Romesberg, one of the company?s co-founders, made news last year when he and a team of scientists successfully incorporated two synthetic nucleotide bases into th...

High male bias both in India and US: Gender activist Vivian Huelgo

A prominent American gender activist says India and the United States face similar kinds of challenges in dealing with gender violence as both countries have an inherent st...

Haugesund Film Fest Celebrates French, Scandi Cinema

Roar Uthaug’s “The Wave,” Joachim Trier’s “Louder Than Bombs,” Kari Anne Moe’s “Rebels,” Stig Björkman’s &l...

Target Rejects Gender Labels For Toy Sections After Consumer Outcry

Target is abandoning a practice that it believes sends the wrong message to its customers — and some of them are threatening to stop shopping at the retail chain as a...

World Humanitarian Day 2015: George Clooney, Angelina Jolie, Emma Watson, Other Celebs Who Support Human Rights Causes

To quote writer J.K. Rowling, “Indifference and neglect often do much more damage than outright dislike.”
Living in the 21st century entails accepting a wo...

Salman Khan Reunites Runaway Kids With Parents

Salman Khan, who is popular for his generosity, reunited four runaway teenagers with their parents. According to a report Salman decided to help these kids when he heard th...

CNN-IBN Goes On ‘Mission Bengaluru’

Special series on the upcoming Bengaluru Municipal Elections~

New Delhi, 14 August 2015: As the city of Bengaluru gets ready for the upcoming munic...

Zen And The Art Of Dying Well

What is the ??ight??way to die? We??e experiencing a zeitgeist moment about that. ??eing Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End,??by Atul Gawande, is a best-selling b...

Google’s Project Ara Won’t Be Around Until At Least 2016

Google’s modular smartphone is officially delayed, with tests pushed back to 2016. The program, called Project Ara, was to begin testing in Puerto Rico later this yea...