Strategically-planned sexy time is a parental necessity, particularly in a country known for its traditional joint family structure—a system that leaves little privacy for sex. Data from the 2011 census, released last year, shows that, although the multigenerational family is 

Life is stressful. Most of us have learned to live with it as a bad side effect of modernity. But stress has been with us for a long time — ever since the first sabre-toothed tiger chased the first human. 

Two months ago, I was deep in the throes of a supposedly philosophical discussion about the simultaneous usefulness and futility of Instagram, about how the platform has turned into a marketplace to display our excesses, when I had an epiphany. 

A new study explains why when the lighting is off our productivity takes a hit. Spending too much time in dimly lit rooms and offices may actually change the brain’s structure and hurt our ability to remember and learn, researchers say. 

Yes, there’s a way to predict infidelity. No, it’s not by how much sex you’re not having. Yes, yes, Valentine’s Day is a day of love. But let’s be real: Our options for love have never been so many — 

It’s the 21st century and Elon Musk is firing cars into space, and driverless cars are about to swamp the roads. But divorce, and divorced women, are still given a hard time, by society and by the law. A simple 

For decades many people have claimed one of the many benefits of meditation is that it can change how we behave toward others and make us more compassionate. But now, a new review of research suggests meditation’s role in making us nicer 

For the past decade, even as researchers have developed more and more treatments that allow people with HIV to live longer and healthier lives, and early treatment and safe sex campaigns have slowed the spread of the virus, there’s been 

The brain acts much differently when we’re outdoors, compared to when we’re inside a lab, a new study has found. “Something about being outdoors changes brain activity,” said Joanna Scanlon, the study’s lead author. Scanlon’s research team put EEG equipment 

Electronic cigarettes are fast becoming the must-have souvenir from a trip abroad (remember when it was a VHS tape?) and while they’re still not common here, they’re fast picking up steam. So, here are the four, main things you need 

Latest study finds no relationship between marijuana use and conception — but with a lot of caveats. Researchers from Boston University’s School of Public Health have found no evidence that marijuana use — by either men or women — lowers 

Last week, actor Shah Rukh Khan was awarded the World Economic Forum’s Crystal Award, which recognizes “the achievements of outstanding artists who have shown exemplary commitment to improving the state of the world.” The award celebrated Mr. Khan’s Meer Foundation, 

Aristotle may well have had an eye on the future when he called man a “social animal,” and elaborated that a man living without common societal bonds is, “either a beast or a god.” I would imagine today’s technological capabilities 

From your workplace to your home, life’s big, elusive secret often seems to be how to get people working together without killing each other. Hundreds of think-pieces exist on how to be a good manager; even more exist on how 

In a time of constant access through technology and evening calls with global counterparts replacing the typical 9 to 5, and life moving at a faster pace than ever, what has traditionally been called ‘work-life balance’ has never felt so 

The health benefits of yoga have been known for centuries by yogis and practitioners, but science is only beginning to catch up to providing proof — or, in the case of ‘hot’ yoga, busting a myth wide open. A new 

A study recently published in the Journal of Medicinal Chemistry suggests a new and unusual source for a male birth control pill: ouabain, a plant extract that African warriors and hunters traditionally used as a heart-stopping poison on their arrows. (First there 

If American comedian Aziz Ansari’s recent addition to the rapidly expanding genre is anything to go by, then this is the Age of the Public Apology. It is the predictable, and yet, unexpectedly cringe-worthy development led by celebrities who found themselves