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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Over 17,400 citizens write to EC seeking action against PM Narendra Modi for hate speech
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Australian journalist leaves country amid visa troubles, says ‘too difficult to do my job in India’
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Ramachandra Guha: Why 2024 is India’s most important election since 1977
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Dubai: How a high-altitude jet stream, not cloud seeding, created a storm ‘the size of France’
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‘The Kerala Story’: Why did Catholics re-release a Hindutva movie days before polling?
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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 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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Eco India: How can India deal with its mounting tyre waste?
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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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Watch: Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman in ‘Deadpool & Wolverine’ trailer
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Start the week with a film: A legend returns in ‘Bob Marley: One Love’
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In Cannes-bound ‘In Retreat’, a Ladakh that has rarely been seen before
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‘Trap’ trailer: M Night Shyamalan’s thriller stars Josh Hartnett as a serial killer
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Watch: Five directors shoot on iPhones for MAMI Mumbai Film Festival initiative