Medical Explainer
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Video: Could your butt muscles be dying because of your desk-bound lifestyle?
Gluteal amnesia, or dead butt syndrome, may be more common than you think.
Shibika Suresh & Makrand Sanghvi
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What Shubh Mangal Saavdhan gets wrong about erectile dysfunction
Erectile dysfunction may be caused by psychological factors like stress but also physiological factors like bad cardiovascular health.
Prerana Dharnidharka
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Doctors find that the 'boy with bleeding eyes' has cancer
A four-year-old boy in Assam has a rare symptom of leukemia that caused his eyes to bleed.
Priyanka Vora
Trending
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Expelled BJP Minority Morcha leader Usman Ghani arrested in Rajasthan
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Canada: Amid anti-immigration rhetoric, curbing international students is a knee-jerk reaction
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Why Calcutta HC struck down 25,000 teachers’ appointments and how it could impact the election
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By mixing Carnatic and Hindustani, Mysore’s kings helped create a unique body of music
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We will leave India if told to break encryption: WhatsApp tells Delhi HC
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What causes autism? What we know, don’t know and suspect
One of the great and enduring mysteries of autism is what causes the brain to develop so differently.
Andrew Whitehouse, The Conversation
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You can train your body into thinking it’s had medicine
Can we harness the mind to reduce side-effects and slash drug costs?
Jo Marchant, mosaic.com
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Why the simple formula for weight loss (or gain) doesn’t often work for dieters
Calories consumed minus calories burned: it's as simple as that. But, then, not all calories are equal.
Cynthia Graber and Nicola Twilley, mosaic.com
Video
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Watch: K-Pop singer Aoora sings in Assamese as he collaborates with Nilotpal Bora in a new folk song
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Watch Anu Malik and Sonu Nigam’s impromptu performance of ‘Main Hoon Na’ at Farah Khan’s home
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Watch: Doordarshan newsreader faints on live TV in Kolkata owing to severe heat
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Watch: Spice Girls sing ‘Stop’ as bandmates reunite to celebrate Victoria Beckham’s 50th birthday
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Watch: Over 350 ballerinas come together to break the world record for standing on tip toes
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Menopause: A condition that affects half the population is woefully neglected
There are a few things science doesn’t know about the menopause: what it’s for, how it works and how best to treat it.
Rose George, mosaic.com
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Why most cancer isn’t due to ‘bad luck’
Two major studies have come to different conclusions – but there's much more to it than chance alone.
Sarah Allinson, The Conversation
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Explainer: What is the 'flesh-eating' disease that's spreading across Syria
The collapse of Syria's health system is helping spread leishmaniasis but not in the way some media outlets have reported.
Michael Barrett, The Conversation
The Reel
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Aditi Rao Hydari on playing diverse characters: ‘I want the audience to take me home with them’
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The story of India’s unique ‘Milk Revolution’ is going to the Cannes Film Festival
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The story behind the ‘Kuch Kuch Hota Hai’ title track: ‘Just write very simple poetry’
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‘Juna Furniture’ review: A simplistic crusade against the neglect of senior citizens
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‘Late Night with the Devil’ review: A deft satire on the price of success