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A new study finds three to five minutes is all it takes to re-programme our minds from feeling downcast to uplifted. Read on to know how

There are approximately 4,000 species of snake on Earth – about 600 of which are venomous.

Chimpanzees are known to lick their wounds and sometimes press leaves onto them, but these behaviours are still only partly understood.

The glymphatic system, the brain’s waste clearance pathway, is primarily active during sleep when the cerebrospinal fluid flows through specific channels to flush out wastes, like proteins

Thieves raided the Louvre in broad daylight, taking just seven minutes to grab some of France's priceless crown jewels.

A Patachitra painting is a slow miracle. The canvas is made from old cotton saris soaked in a paste of chalk and tamarind seed, then polished smooth with a conch shell.

However, you’ll reach a point where you can’t just add the same amount of weight every couple of weeks. This is when you might try something like the “double progression” method.

Wolves disappeared from Danish forests in 1813, when they were hunted to extinction – remembered only in stories and fairy tales. Then, in 2012, a lone male wolf crossed the border from Germany into Jutland, Denmark’s peninsula bordering Germany. More followed. By 2017, Denmark celebrated its first confirmed breeding pack in more than 200 years.

From push-ups and squats to planks and chin-ups, bodyweight training has become one of the most popular ways to exercise because it can be done anywhere – and it’s free.

In a new study of a 56 million-year-old fossil bird, researchers show that the distant ancestors of ostriches and other large flightless birds once flew great distances.

This fast is an emblem of a wife’s love for her husband, and is a centuries old tradition.

A striking blend of humour, social commentary and agendas masked as entertainment, memes have become an effective way of reaching out to and convincing the masses. The diplomats and governments are increasingly tapping into this powerful tool of public diplomacy.