For the 500-year experiment to succeed, scientists are supposed to test the dried bacteria for viability and DNA damage every other year for the first 24 years and then every quarter-century for the next 475.

The team left a USB stick with instructions as well as a hard copy on paper....

Restricting one’s food intake forces the body to start burning stored fat, but complete fasting is not recommended by Scientists, who advise on intermittent fasting, where only 500 to 800 calories are consumed for 2 days in a week, with the rest of the days on a normal diet.

Fasting for lo...

Astrology has been around for thousands of years. Babylonian astrologers were considered scientists in their own time, credited with being the first to notice that the stars and planets moved in patterns.

Once they realized that these movements would have a tendency to con...