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The reproducibility paradox

6 min read . Updated: 04 Feb 2017

Google says around 1% of all Internet searches are “symptom-related” but that health content online “can be difficult to navigate, and tends to lead people from mild symptoms to scary and unlikely conditions. Photo: Virginia Mayo/AP

Google aims for better health search results

1 min read . Updated: 21 Jun 2016

A file photo of the White House. The award function was initially scheduled for 22 January but was postponed due to a major snow storm, the White House said. Photo: Reuters

Barack Obama to present National Medal of Science to Indian American

1 min read . Updated: 17 May 2016

While Church’s team has shown that it is feasible to drastically edit the genome of pigs to remove native pig viruses from pig cells, it has not shown that such organs would be safe to use in people. Photo: Hindustan Times

Gene editing could pave way for pig organ transplants

1 min read . Updated: 13 Oct 2015

Stress turns up the dial on signals about taste, and turns down the signal on health goals. Photo: iStock

Stress short circuits your diet

3 min read . Updated: 06 Aug 2015

John Denninger, a psychiatrist at Harvard Medical School, is leading a five-year study on how the ancient practices affect genes and brain activity in the chronically stressed. Photo: Aniruddha Chowdhury/Mint

Harvard yoga scientists find proof of meditation benefit

4 min read . Updated: 22 Nov 2013

Nutrient-rich: Fatty fish might lower the risk of cardiovascular disease.

Fish good for the heart even if it’s got mercury

1 min read . Updated: 28 Mar 2011

Graphic: Ahmed Raza Khan / Mint

Artificial pancreas to monitor, control blood sugar levels

3 min read . Updated: 14 Apr 2010

Scientists a step closer to creating designer organisms, superbugs

5 min read . Updated: 25 Jan 2008

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