Surgeons at Moorfields Eye Hospital have carried out the first embryonic stem cell surgery aimed at reversing vision loss caused by age-related macular degenerationContinue Reading
About 180,000 vehicles are affected, as millions more motorists worldwide wait to see if their cars are caught up in the scandal.Continue Reading
British experts have studied another masterpiece by Leonardo da Vinci, and believe they know how her smile appears most pronounced when viewed from an angle and less so when looked at directlyContinue Reading
For the last two years a supersonic car has taken shape in an ordinary-looking unit on an industrial estate near Bristol, a joinery on one side, a plumbers’ merchant on the other. On Friday, the car, Bloodhound SSC, will be unveiled for the first time in the much more glitzyContinue Reading
The pontiff made his first journey on US soil in a modest family car sending out a message of humility and possibly a foretaste of his environmental messageContinue Reading
NEW DELHI: For US-based surgeon turned painter Shivdev Singh, memories of a Punjab he left behind over 40 years ago find expression in art – a mix of oils, charcoal sketches and watercolours – evocative of vibrant folk traditions of the north Indian state. A bride bedecked in finery andContinue Reading
WELLINGTON: An Indian-descent artist’s works based on her understanding of Buddhism will be put on display at Auckland’s Fo Guang Shan Temple and Malcolm Smith Gallery from September 27 to November 19, a media report said. The multi-sensory exhibition, ‘Mahabhuta: The Great Element’, will showcase 12 works of Tiffany Singh,Continue Reading
He was India’s answer to Andy Warhol. A socialist, homosexual, figurative painter who mixed ordinary daily life with fantasy. Now, two distinctive pieces by Bhupen Khakhar have surfaced from the dust and clutter of a Parnell basement. They have lain forgotten since the 2001 death of artist Roy Dalgarno, whoContinue Reading
“If hate stops public experimentation, we all lose,” Anish Kapoor said at a press conference on Monday at Moscow’s Jewish Museum and Tolerance Center, where “My Red Homeland,” a four-piece retrospective named after Kapoor’s 2003 kinetic wax sculpture, is on view through January 17. In a sad and unfortunate coincidence,Continue Reading
FEELING cold? Your home already knows, and turns up the heat. Sick of the TV show you are watching? Your home changes the channel. No need for a remote controller, just think about what you want and it will happen. Smart homes fitted out with remotely controlled appliances are alreadyContinue Reading
