TUTORIAL: 3 WAYS TO CHARGE YOUR PHONE FASTER

Are you the type that want your phone to be charged in few minutes? Check out this tutorial on how to do so swiftly. Watch full video.

SCIENCE TODAY: A NANOPHOTONIC COMEBACK FOR INCANDESCENT BULBS

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A proof-of-concept device built by MIT researchers demonstrates the principle of a two-stage process to make incandescent bulbs more efficient. This device already achieves efficiency comparable to some compact fluorescent and LED bulbs.

Credit: Courtesy of the researchers

Traditional light bulbs, thought to be well on their way to oblivion, may receive a reprieve thanks to a technological breakthrough.

HEALTH TIPS: 7 SIMPLE WAYS TO SLEEP LESS AND HAVE MORE ENERGY.

You want to learn how to sleep less? Well, everyone would love to have more time, yet most of them are sleep deprived. They don’t understand how to sleep. Sleeping requirements are not absolute, they are flexible. By being smart, you can get away with much less sleep. The key is to prioritize sleep quality over quantity. Here are seven ways you can train yourself to sleep less, improve your sleep quality and wake up full of energy.

1. Stick to a sleep schedule

   When you sleep at random times, your body can’t keep up; it doesn’t know if it should be sleepy or awake.
   

FACTS: 20 AMAZING FACTS ABOUT DREAMS YOU DIDN'T EVEN KNOW ABOUT.

Dreams. Mysterious, bewildering, eye-opening and sometimes a nightmarish living hell: dreams are all that and much more. Here are 20 amazing facts about dreams that you might have never heard about.

Fact #1: You can’t read while dreaming, or tell the time

If you are unsure whether you are dreaming or not, try reading something.

WONDERS: 5 MOST AMAZING ANGELS CAUGHT ON TAPE

Do you believe angels exist? This is one tape you really need to watch, say something about it.

HEALTH TODAY: POTATO-RICH DIET MAY 'INCREASE PREGNANCY DIABETES RISK'

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Eating potatoes or chips on most days of the week may increase a woman's risk of diabetes during pregnancy, say US researchers.

This is probably because starch in spuds can trigger a sharp rise in blood sugar levels, they say.

Their study in the BMJ tracked more than 21,000 pregnancies.

HEALTH DELIGHT: SCIENTISTS DISCOVER WHY X CHROMOSOMES LACKS 'HOUSE KEEPING GENES'

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Microscopic view of chromosome X (stock image). Researchers have analysed the world's largest compendium of data on gene activity and looked at how activity on the X chromosome compares with that on other chromosomes.

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Men have one copy, women have two, but scientists have long puzzled over why the human X chromosome mostly contains genes that are active in a small number of tissues.