Life Desk :According to UNAIDS, people living with disabilities are nearly three times more likely to be denied health-care than...
Life Desk : An Indian herb called Ashwagandha contains an antioxidant that can induce sleep. Triethylene glycol (TEG) is a...
Life Desk :Women have always enjoyed a love- hate relationship with the world they live in; oh yes – the...
Life Desk :When a person is passionate about reading, there is little else that catches their fancy. So, when it...
Life Desk :The ‘Catch It’ app uses some of the key principles of psychological approaches to mental health and well-being,...
Life Desk :Inspired by the dazzling multi-coloured peacock feathers, researchers have developed a new and non-polluting method to colour textiles...
Katherine K.M. Stavropoulos :The term “high-functioning ASD” is typically used to describe individuals with ASD who have cognitive abilities in the average range. In terms of intelligence quotient (IQ), that usually means greater than or equal to 70 (average IQ is 100, with a standard deviation of 15). Individuals with IQ scores below 70 and daily living skill impairments are usually diagnosed with “intellectual disability” (ID), or what used to be called “mental retardation” (MR). In light of the DSM-5...
Nir Eyal :You’ve probably read this advice before: “The best thing you can do for your productivity is to say...
Life Desk :Scientists have developed a portable, low-cost “paper machine” for point-of-care detection of infectious diseases, genetic conditions and cancer.Scientists have developed a portable, low-cost “paper machine” for point-of-care detection of infectious diseases, genetic conditions and cancer.Using materials costing less than a total of $2, George Whitesides from Harvard University and his colleagues condensed sample preparation, DNA analysis and detection steps into a hand-held paper machine.“The prototype device integrates paper microfluidics (to enable fluid handling) and a multilayer structure, or...
Life Desk :Selfie, selfie elbow, health news like tennis elbow or golfer’s elbow, an addiction to selfie-taking can cause a...
Life Desk :Selfie, named “Word of the Year” by the Oxford dictionary in 2013, has now been officially included in the most popular French dictionary. Le Petit Larousse has announced that 150 new words will be included in its 2016 edition – and one of the most high-profile new words is “selfie”, Telegraph reported. “A photographic self-portrait, generally taken with a smart phone and destined to be published on social media,” is what the description reads. Other words, which are...
Campus Desk :A two-day Counseling Meet namely ‘Study in India’ organized by prominent Indian universities, colleges and boarding schools concluded...
