Medical doctor Seema Yasmin helps debunk (and confirm!) some common myths about medicine and health. Does your heart really skip a beat when you sneeze? Is it safe to eat genetically modified foods? Is hand sanitizer the best way to clean your hands? Dr. Seema Yasmin is the Director at the Stanford Center for Health Communication and a clinical assistant professor at Stanford Medical School. Her forthcoming books include Debunked! and Muslim Women Are Everything, out April 2020.

Dr. Ravi Aysola helps debunk (and confirm!) some common myths about how we sleep. Do we only ever sleep with our eyes closed? Does everyone need to sleep 7 hours a night? Can you catch up on lost sleep? Is insomnia all in your head? Dr. Ravi Aysola is a Professor of Clinical Sleep Medicine at UCLA.

Emergency medicine physician Dr. Italo Brown covers some common myths about our health and explains how true they actually are. Can you die from a broken heart? Is a migraine just a bad headache? Is vaping safe?

Monkeypox, a viral disease with outbreaks spreading in the U.S. and Europe, is posing a lot of questions. WIRED spoke with epidemiologist Dr. Danielle Ompad to answer some of the most common questions about monkeypox. What does it look like? How does it spread? How do you test for it? Is there a vaccine?Director: Maya DangerfieldEditor: Kelso HarperExpert: Dr. Danielle OmpadLine Producer: Joseph BuscemiAssociate Producer: Samantha VélezProduction Manager: Eric MartinezProduction Coordinator: Fernando DavilaPost Production Supervisor: Alexa DeutschPost Production Coordinator: Ian BryantSupervising Editor: Doug LarsenAssistant Editor: Diego RentschSpecial Thanks: @DrCharlesMD1, @grace_oliviat1d, @kokofaceyoga

Your property-related legal queries answered by S.C. RAGHURAM, Partner, RANK Associates, a Chennai-based law firm

Creative Commons image by Rob Bogaerts, via the National Archives in Holland One of the key questions facing both journalists and loyal oppositions these days is how do we stay honest as euphemisms and trivializations take over the discourse? Can we use words like “fascism,” for example, with fidelity to the meaning of that word in world history? The […]

A vast majority of what we build today can actually be done more appropriately and reversibly with natural materials, says SATHYA PRAKASH VARANASHI

‘Both have a shared goal — to prevent Trump from becoming the next President’

With the West imposing crushing sanctions on Russia for invading Ukraine, Moscow is seeking ways to bolster its economy; one option on the cards is introducing a common currency for the BRICS nations

Topics presented by young researchers included science of sonar, exploration of planets outside solar system, use of nanotechnology in cancer treatment, environment-friendly alternative for food security, and use of AI to save diabetics from eye diseases

The National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA) has sanctioned the ceiling price hike for 11 formulations by 50 per cent in response to representations from drug makers.

Taking out popular sports from the CWG is a short-term solution 

Good coaches are key to ensuring organisation-wide unbiased, connected conversations

Director Srikanth Addala’s ‘Peddha Kapu 1’ is a patience-testing, messy portrayal of the rise of a common man amid class, caste and power struggles 

The Centre’s focus on affordable housing and healthcare is a welcome step

Addressing the 3rd edition of Kautiliya Economic Conclave here, the Minister said, India's critical economic performance in the recent decade was underscored by its leapfrog from the 10th to the fifth largest economy in five years.

Sudipto Das on the relevance of scientist and polymath Sir Jagadish Chandra Bose in the contemporary world

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A win abroad overcomes a mental barrier. The series following the one where India won in Australia for the first time, they won again. That is why it is important for India to win in South Africa.

James Anderson played for long and reinvented himself periodically, cutting pace for accuracy and bowling with a grace and seeming lack of effort which is one of the game’s great sights.

In cells, inhibitor created by fragment-based drug design prevents rhinovirus from reproducing

Mother's Day is celebrated on the second Sunday of May every year - by the majority of the countries around the world. While the dates vary every year, Mother's Day 2020 is celebrated on 10 May. The day honours

Mother's Day is celebrated on the second Sunday of May every year - by the majority of the countries around the world. While the dates vary every year, Mother's Day 2020 is celebrated on 10 May. The day honours

Two Princeton University studies are opening important new windows into understanding an untreatable group of common genetic disorders known as RASopathies that affect approximately one child out of 1,000 and are characterized by distinct facial features, developmental delays, cognitive impairment and heart problems. The findings could help point the way toward personalized precision therapies for these conditions.

There was certainly was stress in the air when health and economic consqeuences of COVID-19 bore down on Brooklyn and the rest of America. But as these pressures grew, constructive hearts and minds prevailed at the BKLYN Commons (BKC) shared workspace operation at 495 Flatbush Ave., in the Prospect-Lefferts Gardens area, which creatively and passionately morphed to adapt to the new normal.

Having all children reading on grade level by third grade must include students with disabilities such as dyslexia, say organization leaders.

Whether you buy a Rs 40,000 TVS XL100 moped or even the Rs 2 lakh Bajaj Dominar, these technologies in the BS6 era are now common to all.

Pope Francis turned a keen eye toward the environment and the problem of climate change with his encyclical,“Laudato Si” (“Praised Be”). As a clean energy advocate, I’m heartened that Pope Francis recognizes the need to transform our energy system.

This pandemic is a new test to our collective strength and we must work together to address it.

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Three recent decisions have brought this issue into focus – and all three are lamentable and incoherent

Worryingly, almost one in five motorists believe a glowing icon on the dashboard is a good thing. Take the quiz to see if you know what these nine common icons are trying to tell a driver.

The new government's higher priority to education is seeing experts and activists revisit the 40-year old Kothari Commission recommendations for a common school system. Summiya Yasmeen reports.

Tarun Jain and Revathy Suryanarayana explore the link between vernacular language use in schools and educational achievement using data from large-scale historical events in South India.