Health

An Indian orthopedic surgeon used Google Glass, the company’s futuristic spectacles, in the operating room to successfully perform a surgical procedure on Saturday, January 11.

The U.S. Federal Communications Commission says it's planning to propose first cellphone radiation investigation, partly because of how often we use smartphones now and we converse for longer periods than we used to do earlier.

Environmental scientists at Harvard have observed that the Arctic accumulation of mercury, a toxic element, is caused by both atmospheric forces and the flow of rivers-- the Lena, Yenisei and Ob that carry the element north into the Arctic Ocean.

No microplastic was found in the majority of samples taken for testing during 1972 to 1987. But over the last 40 years,plastic waste floating in the North Pacific has grown 100-fold.

A cancer-stricken Ohio boy first had his right leg amputated above the knee and then got it reattached backwards in an unusual surgical treatment.

Cyberstalking is more stressful and traumatic than the physical bullying, claims a new study.

A British man walked home yesterday with a complete plastic heart. A native of London, Matthew Green has become the first British patient who had his damaged heart replaced with a fully artificial heart.

Commonly prescribed drug paracetamol could have more benefits than just relieving pain, and treating fever. It may reduce stress and improve memory, suggests scientists.

If the findings of a new study are anything to go by, wine drinkers have a reason to rejoice.