Hemis, the largest national park in India, is characterised by its high-altitude cold desert environment. But while there are snow leopards to be found here, they’re elusive buggers, and not much more than the mountainous landscape will greet you on your trek: wide plateaus, alpine meadows, blue sheep cantering away from you with their spiral horns…
Mosquitoes target people who release more carbon dioxide, body heat and skin chemicals that signal an easy blood meal/ Representative Image If you have ever stood outside with friends and watched mosquitoes ignore everyone else while repeatedly landing on you, the experience can feel personal. Scientists say it is not. According to decades of entomology…
Bengaluru, the capital city of Karnataka, might be more famous as the ‘Silicon City of India’, but it also hides some incredible markets which are a mix of tradition, culture and of course bargains. Bengaluru’s markets are known for their fabrics and tech products. Whether you’re looking for Christmas markets or just searching for a…
Anyone who has grown up eating freshwater fish knows the drill. You eat slowly. You chew twice. You stop mid-bite because something sharp might be hiding there. Fish is healthy, comforting, familiar, yet somehow stressful. The bones turn what should be a relaxed meal into a cautious one. This is why many people quietly avoid…
In a bid to attract global tourists, Saudi Arabia has announced plans of opening an adults-only luxury wellness resort soon. Miraval The Red Sea will become the country’s first such property which is set to debut in early 2026. It is being touted as a landmark development which marks a turning point in Saudi hospitality….
Varicose veins twist-and bulge under the skin, often causing pain, swelling, or that heavy feeling in your legs. The veiny and map-like vein structure on your calves, is not from excessive movement, probably the opposite, that is varicose veins. Regular movement helps by boosting circulation and strengthening the calf muscles that act like a natural…
Narcolepsy can be described as a neurological condition that has chronic consequences on the regulation of the sleep-wake cycle by the brain. Narcolepsy has been known to occur in one out of every two thousand people, according to Dr. Jay Jagannath, usually occurring when one is between the ages of 10-and 30 years. Despite the…
A novel experimental vaccine against the nipah virus has succeeded in its first major test in humans; it has been shown to be tolerated well by the immune system and to stimulate an immune response in healthy adults. Though this is the earliest stages of testing, there’s tentative hope that more robust shielding will be…
Dandruff is viewed widely as a personal hygiene issue, with common causatives attributed to poor scalp cleansing habits and the use of inappropriate scalp products. Such a notion existed, though, until a significant number of studies emerged that located dandruff specifically in the domain of scalp biology and dermatology, and well removed from personal and…
Sepsis can be described as a very dangerous medical condition triggered by an immune system response. In most cases of infection in the human body, the immune system fights only those invading organisms and not all of them. This process of fighting all of them makes it fail by attacking its own cells and organs….