Akshat Rathi

Developing new drugs is hard and expensive.

This has left biologists baffled for decades.

Daily jabs of insulin are a painful reality for many with diabetes. That may change if researchers who have successfully tested oral insulin in rats are able to replicate those results in humans.

The older we get, the higher our risk of cancer.

A few centuries ago, there were just a few widely used materials: wood, brick, iron, copper, gold and silver. Today’s material diversity is astounding.

“Time is the thief of memory,” wrote Stephen King in one of his many books. For some people, however, that is not true.

Now, in what is a fascinating tale of serendipity, researchers have found that these events don’t entirely destroy all traces of life at the site of impact.