Blame social jet lag for that tired Monday feeling
July 23rd, 2012 - 5:18 pm ICT by IANS
London, July 23 (IANS) If getting out of your bed on a Monday morning seems like a Herculean task, then you could be suffering from social jet lag, according to ... Read more...
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Women find men with smouldering eyes ’shifty’
May 13th, 2012 - 5:27 pm ICT by IANS
London, May 13 (IANS) The smouldering, half-closed "bedroom eyes" may have promoted George Clooney and Antonio Banderas' movie careers, but if you try it, you would appear sleazy and shifty-eyed ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Practice really does make you perfect
February 10th, 2012 - 2:01 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Feb 10 (IANS) Practice makes perfect is an old truism. And now science is proving that those who practise tasks repeatedly, especially after mastering them, exert less energy, performing ... Read more...
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Running electricity through one’s scalp can improve video game skills
April 20th, 2011 - 5:30 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne, Apr 20 (ANI): Scientist has discovered that running electricity through the scalp can sharpen one's mind and improve video game skills.In a study funded by the US Defense Advanced Research Project ... Read more...
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Not able to detect lies may be sign of dementia
April 17th, 2011 - 4:24 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, April 17 (IANS) Getting the aged to analyse videos of chatting people would show up whether they are able to detect sarcasm and lies and so help diagnose degenerative ... Read more...
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Inability to detect sarcasm, lies may be early sign of dementia
April 16th, 2011 - 6:38 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Apr 16 (ANI): A study has found that the inability to detect sarcasm or lies may be an early sign of dementia.A group of scientists at the University of California, San ... Read more...
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Video shows people can ‘replay’ day’s activity in sleep
March 27th, 2011 - 6:15 pm ICT by IANS
London, March 27 (IANS) New video evidence suggests that humans are able to repeat learned patterns of behaviour while fast asleep.Researchers at France's Universite Pierre et Marie Curie-Paris devised a ... Read more...
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French research shows humans repeat day’s activity while asleep
March 26th, 2011 - 5:13 pm ICT by ANI
London, Mar 26 (ANI): A French research has shown through new video evidence that humans are able to repeat learned patterns of behaviour even while asleep.Researchers at France's Universite Pierre et ... Read more...
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Acupressure effective in helping to treat traumatic brain injury
March 1st, 2011 - 1:54 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, March 1 (ANI): A new study has shown that an ancient form of complementary medicine may be effective in helping to treat people with mild traumatic brain injury.The study involved a ... Read more...
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Brain scans ‘can predict smokers’ quitting success’
February 1st, 2011 - 3:05 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Feb 1 (ANI): Brain scans will now predict accurately how successful a smoker will be in kicking the butt.A new research from the University of Michigan has suggested that brain scans ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Vikings used glowing ’sunstone’ to navigate on cloudy days
January 31st, 2011 - 1:27 pm ICT by ANI
London, Jan 31 (ANI): The 'magical' stories about the glowing 'sunstone' that, when held up to the sky, revealed the position of the Sun even on a cloudy day, may all be ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
16pc of men don’t enjoy sex: Study
January 19th, 2011 - 2:25 pm ICT by ANI
New York, Jan 19 (ANI): A lot of men are apparently faking orgasm, according to a new study.Researchers said that about 16 percent of men don't experience the pleasure when they climax. ... Read more...
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Beetroot juice could help people enjoy more active lives
December 18th, 2010 - 11:41 am ICT by ANI
Washington, Dec 18 (ANI): It's not only athletes who can benefit from beetroot juice's performance enhancing properties - its physiological effects could help the elderly or people with heart or lung-conditions enjoy ... Read more...
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For men, aroma of pumpkin is a real turn-on!
November 25th, 2010 - 2:04 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Nov 25 (ANI): For all those women who have been trying to find the fragrance destined to drive their men wild, here's a suggestion: Look no further than the kitchen.A new ... Read more...
Posted in Life Style |
Why some people excel at riding bikes or tying a tie
October 21st, 2010 - 1:59 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Oct 21 (ANI): A researcher has explained as to why some people may excel at riding a bike, tying a tie, or playing the piano, but the same people may find ... Read more...
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Neural responses indicate our willingness to help the person in need
October 8th, 2010 - 1:53 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Oct 8 (ANI): Researchers at the University of Zurich have discovered that witnessing a person from our own group or an outsider suffer pain causes neural responses in two very different ... Read more...
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Hand sanitizers no better than ordinary soaps in battling colds or flu
September 15th, 2010 - 12:48 pm ICT by ANI
New York, Sep 15 (ANI): Hand sanitizers are no better than ordinary soaps in protecting you against colds and flu, but they sure protect you against gastrointestinal illness, found a new study.Researchers ... Read more...
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Why response times and decision-making processes slow with age
August 15th, 2010 - 3:01 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Aug 15 (ANI): Researchers have hypothesized why an individual's response times and decision-making processes slow as they age- a breakdown of the brain's neural circuitry."This 'neural noise' means that we lose ... Read more...
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Study: Men are ‘programmed’ to look at attractive women, women look for status
July 13th, 2010 - 7:11 pm ICT by BNO News
AMSTERDAM (BNO NEWS) -- Men are 'programmed' to look at attractive women, while women are more interested in status, according to the results of a Dutch study released on Tuesday.Scientists of the ... Read more...
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Trick the mind into satisfying the belly
July 13th, 2010 - 3:15 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, July 13 (IANS) The key to weight loss could lie in tricking our mind into thinking about how filling the food will be before we eat it.
Test subjects were more satisfied ... Read more...
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Why do people perceive taste of salt differently?
June 18th, 2010 - 6:14 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, June 18 (IANS) Genetics influence the way people like to have different levels of salt in the food they eat, says a study.
John Hayes, assistant professor of food science at ... Read more...
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Why we can’t get a song out of our head
May 27th, 2010 - 12:58 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, May 27 (ANI): You must have at some point been "infected" with a song, which you just can't shake off. Scientists have now revealed how earworms can linger on for days ... Read more...
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‘Macho’ men take more risks on the road
May 27th, 2010 - 11:30 am ICT by ANI
Washington, May 27 (ANI): The more "macho" the man is, the more risks he takes on the road, according to a new study."Our hypothesis was that hyper-masculine drivers, often referred to as ... Read more...
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New contact lenses may reduce progress of nearsightedness
May 6th, 2010 - 5:09 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, May 6 (ANI): A study has found a contact lens that may reduce the progress of nearsightedness, or myopia.The international team of researchers tested the contact lens by fully correcting the ... Read more...
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New artificial foot recycles energy for easy walking
February 17th, 2010 - 3:23 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Feb 17 (IANS) An artificial foot that recycles energy otherwise wasted in between steps could make it easier for amputees to walk, its developers say.
"For amputees, what they experience when ... Read more...
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Artificial foot that recycles energy offers hope for amputees
February 17th, 2010 - 11:47 am ICT by ANI
Washington, Feb 17 (ANI): Researchers have developed an artificial foot which they claim recycles energy otherwise wasted in between steps.With the discovery, boffins hope walking for amputees would become an easy task."For ... Read more...
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Like humans, bonobos too believe in sharing food
February 13th, 2010 - 12:41 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Feb 13 (ANI): Just like humans, bonobos-a sister species of chimpanzees and, like chimps, our closest living relatives-too actively share their food with others, scientists have observed.The finding has been published ... Read more...
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Brain dopamine likely to drive hunger for stimulation
February 3rd, 2010 - 3:56 pm ICT by IANS
London, Feb 3 (IANS) Our need for stimulation and dopamine's action upon the brain are connected, which explains why people who constantly crave stimulation are in danger of addictive behaviour such as ... Read more...
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Brain’s dopamine drives our hunger for stimulation
February 2nd, 2010 - 3:55 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Feb 2 (ANI): A new study has shown that the urge to seek out new and thrilling experiences is triggered by levels of dopamine in brain.An international research team made up ... Read more...
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Asians, Caucasians recognise faces differently
January 27th, 2010 - 3:17 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Jan 27 (ANI): In a study on Caucasians and Asians, the researchers found that people of different races recognise faces differently.PhD student Caroline Blais, of the Universite de Montreal Department ... Read more...
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Ability to recall famous faces holds clues to Alzhemier’s
January 2nd, 2010 - 4:06 pm ICT by IANS
Toronto, Jan 2 (IANS) The ability to recall famous faces holds clues that could help in the early detection of Alzheimer's, a new study says.
The semantic study set out to determine ... Read more...
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How names of celebrities can help us remember
December 19th, 2009 - 12:05 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Dec 19 (ANI): Besides making people buy tickets for movies, celebrities' names can help us remember, says a new research.In the new Université de Montréal research, published in the Canadian Journal ... Read more...
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Testosterone ‘leads to fairness, not aggression’
December 9th, 2009 - 12:01 pm ICT by ANI
London, Dec 9 (ANI): The common belief that testosterone causes aggression in humans has been debunked by researchers.Researchers at the Universities of Zurich and Royal Holloway London have shown that the ... Read more...
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Pornography overly demonised, says researcher
December 2nd, 2009 - 2:02 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Dec 2 (ANI): A University of Montreal researcher refutes demonization of pornography, insisting it is overly criticized and doesn't change men's perception of women and their relationships.During the study, Simon Louis ... Read more...
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Spinning ‘Roto-tilt Chair’ could help in study of balance
September 20th, 2009 - 12:20 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Sept 20 (ANI): A researcher from University of Alabama has developed the Roto-Tilt Chair - a chair that rotates and tilts the person sitting in it, and could enhance diagnosis and ... Read more...
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