A toddy tapper in Sri Lanka Photo: Courtesy of Mesh & Bone It was during a coworker’s wedding in Colombo, Sri Lanka, when Scott Crist first heard of arakku, a local spirit best likened to a ...

It’s distilled in Sri Lanka from the nectar of a coconut flower and aged for 15 years in halmilla wood barrels. Arakku bears a similar taste of a mellow bourbon or run. It’s encouraged to be served on ...

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Giving adolescents living with HIV high-dose Vitamin D and calcium supplements can help improve their bone density and reduce the risk of fractures, a new study suggests. A new international study ...

Latest analysis of prehistoric bones show there is no anatomical reason why a person born today could not develop the skeletal strength of a prehistoric forager or a modern orangutan. Findings support ...

In a study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Scientists, it is being suggested that humans gained weaker bone structures after evolving from a hunter-gatherer lifestyle some ...