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Scientists find ticklish body parts are strikingly similar across cultures

Scientists find ticklish body parts are strikingly similar across cultures

Nandita Banerji

15 hours ago

2 min read

Taxi drivers rarely die of Alzheimer’s — how complex mental maps and spatial reasoning protect your brain

Taxi drivers rarely die of Alzheimer’s — how complex mental maps and spatial reasoning protect your brain

10 Aug 2026

Reducing inequality is essential for future pandemic preparedness, says study

Reducing inequality is essential for future pandemic preparedness, says study

10 Aug 2026

2 min read

News

Scientists find ticklish body parts are strikingly similar across cultures

Scientists find ticklish body parts are strikingly similar across cultures

Nandita Banerji

15 hours ago

2 min read

Taxi drivers rarely die of Alzheimer’s — how complex mental maps and spatial reasoning protect your brain

Taxi drivers rarely die of Alzheimer’s — how complex mental maps and spatial reasoning protect your brain

10 Aug 2026

Reducing inequality is essential for future pandemic preparedness, says study

Reducing inequality is essential for future pandemic preparedness, says study

10 Aug 2026

2 min read

Vaidya Balendu Prakash

In Memoriam: With Balendu Prakash’s passing, India has lost a stalwart of traditional medicine

08 Aug 2026

3 min read

First mRNA flu shot approved by FDA bodes well for improving drugs of the future

First mRNA flu shot approved by FDA bodes well for improving drugs of the future

07 Aug 2026

Monsoon brings proliferation of mosquitoes to Delhi

Monsoon brings proliferation of mosquitoes to Delhi

Vikas Choudhary

06 Aug 2026

1 min read

Climate change is shifting childhood malaria hotspots across Africa, finds study

Climate change is shifting childhood malaria hotspots across Africa, finds study

05 Aug 2026

2 min read

Cancer’s unequal burden

Cancer’s unequal burden

03 Aug 2026

3 min read

UK sees highest heatwave exposure of children in two decades

UK sees highest heatwave exposure of children in three decades

31 Jul 2026

2 min read

India on e-wheels: Electrification of vehicles can prevent 1.7 million premature deaths in country

India on e-wheels: Electrification of vehicles can prevent 1.7 million premature deaths in country

31 Jul 2026

2 min read

Cholera still kills thousands each year — in places without clean water, it’s far from history

Cholera still kills thousands each year — in places without clean water, it’s far from history

Katrine L Wallace

31 Jul 2026

HIV funding falls by $1.5 billion, putting 2030 AIDS goal at risk: UNAIDS

HIV funding falls by $1.5 billion, putting 2030 AIDS goal at risk: UNAIDS

29 Jul 2026

3 min read

Interviews

If Punjab wants to reduce illness-related suicides, it must treat the person not just the disease: Zimi Angad Singh

If Punjab wants to reduce mental illness-related suicides, it must treat the person not just the disease: Zimi Angad Singh

01 Jul 2026

8 min read

Jacinta Kerketta

“Writing dispelled the fear within me”

Preetha Banerjee

10 Jan 2026

6 min read

Dia Mirza has established herself as a versatile actor and producer in the Indian film industry as well as a committed climate crusader

“Apply yourself to solutions to feel less despondent”

03 Jan 2026

4 min read

‘Depopulation would mean fewer people contributing to advancement of knowledge’

‘Depopulation would mean fewer people contributing to advancement of knowledge’

16 Oct 2025

6 min read

‘Incentivise diagnosis of silicosis’

‘Incentivise diagnosis of silicosis’

26 Apr 2025

2 min read

‘Silicosis is a silent epidemic’

‘Silicosis is a silent epidemic’

19 Apr 2025

4 min read

Blogs

Taxi drivers rarely die of Alzheimer’s — how complex mental maps and spatial reasoning protect your brain

Taxi drivers rarely die of Alzheimer’s — how complex mental maps and spatial reasoning protect your brain

10 Aug 2026

First mRNA flu shot approved by FDA bodes well for improving drugs of the future

First mRNA flu shot approved by FDA bodes well for improving drugs of the future

07 Aug 2026

Cholera still kills thousands each year — in places without clean water, it’s far from history

Cholera still kills thousands each year — in places without clean water, it’s far from history

Katrine L Wallace

31 Jul 2026

Some animals catch cancer from others in their species — here’s why humans aren’t one of them

Some animals catch cancer from others in their species — here’s why humans aren’t one of them

Lewis C E Mason

28 Jul 2026

3 min read

A harrowing quest for access to medicines

A harrowing quest for access to medicines

27 Jul 2026

5 min read

Domestic antibiotic use in food-animals needs monitoring despite export safeguards

Domestic antibiotic use in food-animals needs monitoring despite export safeguards

Rajeshwari Sinha

21 Jul 2026

5 min read

A tax on sugary drinks in Egypt could reduce disease and save $1.8 billion in healthcare costs: modelling study

A tax on sugary drinks in Egypt could reduce disease and save $1.8 billion in healthcare costs: modelling study

Lennert Veerman

21 Jul 2026

5 min read

Alternative therapies may offer a new way to fight antibiotic resistance

Alternative therapies may offer a new way to fight antibiotic resistance

20 Jul 2026

4 min read

Videos

Ground-level ozone: The silent pollutant behind India’s breathing crisis

Ground-level ozone: The silent pollutant behind India’s breathing crisis

A new analysis by the Centre for Science and Environment reveals that ozone pollution is now a year-round problem, posing serious risks to public health, agriculture, and the climate

05 Jul 2026

1 min read

No vaccine, rising cases: New ebola outbreak explained

No vaccine, rising cases: New Ebola outbreak explained

19 May 2026

1 min read

Floating medical emergency: 3 dead in hantavirus outbreak on MV Hondius passenger cruise ship

Floating medical emergency: 3 dead in hantavirus outbreak on MV Hondius passenger cruise ship

07 May 2026

1 min read

Child asthma, preterm births & other health crisis: New report on India’s steel-producing giant

Child asthma, preterm births & other health crisis: New report on India’s steel-producing giant

03 Mar 2026

1 min read

AAD 2026: Bhabhatosh Das on why probiotics work best when they are indigenously produced

AAD 2026: Bhabhatosh Das on why probiotics work best when they are indigenously produced

03 Mar 2026

1 min read

AAD 2026: Sanjeev Bagai on the growing health impact of air pollution and what India should do

AAD 2026: Sanjeev Bagai on the growing health impact of air pollution and what India should do

26 Feb 2026

1 min read

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