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The function of mast cells, which are part of the immune system, is still a mystery. Scientists at the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) have now shown in mice: mast cells function as a sensor that signals the animals to avoid antigens,…

Have your feelings about Le Guin changed at all over time?The Left Hand of Darkness is also difficult to read as is. When I first read it I thought, “Incredible how it’s possible to write a book like this in this genre,” and on my second…

Fernando Pessoa play | Photo Credit: Ruth Dhanaraj Fernando and his Grandmother, a play based on the life of renowned Portuguese poet Fernando Pessoa is scheduled to premiere on July 5, at the Bangalore International Centre, Domlur.…

Gene Wolfe was one of the science fiction field’s most respected literary craftsmen. On their podcast ReReading Wolfe, hosts James Wynn and Craig Brewer provide in-depth analysis of Wolfe’s masterpiece The Book of the New Sun. “You…

Circadian rhythms are natural, internal oscillations that synchronize an organism's behaviors and physiological processes with their environment. These rhythms normally have a period of 24 hours and are regulated by internal chemical clocks…

Mumbai, January 23 Bollywood actress Sara Ali Khan, who has been on a film wrapping-up spree of late, will soon be seen playing a freedom fighter in her upcoming streaming film 'Ae Watan…

Hyderabad, January 9 The makers of 'Project K' have been steadily raising the intrigue by releasing a series of enigmatic posters, one after the other. Recently, on occasion of Deepika…

With five episodes of The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power already out (read our two-episode premiere review here and episode five review here), we know more about the antagonist Sauron while we also have a mysterious and…

BEIJING — All the Russian athletes were kicked out of the Paralympics before the Games began last week, but there is still a Russian here, and he has a chance to win a medal.Nikolay Sharshukov, the little-known Russian coach of China’s…

While the large proportion of our genome that does not instruct our cells to form proteins has been harder to study than protein-coding genes, it has been shown to have vital physiological functions. Scientists at Karolinska Institutet in…