YouTube videos behind rise of ‘Flat Earthers’

Houston: Popular video-sharing site YouTube may be the prime driver behind the rise in the number of people who think the earth is flat, scientists say. Researchers from Texas Tech University in the US attended the world's largest gatherings of Flat Earthers held in the last two years. They interviewed 30 attendees to understand how they were convinced that the earth was a large flat disc spinning in space.  PTI 

Cell replacement therapies may help treat Parkinson’s  

WASHINGTON: Cell replacement therapies may help alleviate the symptoms of Parkinson's disease, a progressive disorder that currently has no cure, scientists say. According to a study published in the Journal of Parkinson's Disease, newly developed stem cell technologies could be used to treat the disease. PTI

Lee Radziwill, Jackie Kennedy Onassis’ sister, dies 

NEW YORK: Lee Radziwill, the younger sister of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis who was witness to history in the "Camelot" White House, married a prince and counted Andy Warhol, Truman Capote and Rudolf Nureyev as friends in a star-studded life, has died at the age of 85, according to U media reports. CBS News, citing family friend Mathilde Favier, the public relations director for Christian Dior, said Radziwill died on Friday. REUTERS