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Your Dog Loves You Five Times More Than Your Cat!

London, Jan 31 (IANS) When it comes to showing affection, get a dog home as they score better than cats in showering love on their owners. According to an interesting research, your canine friend loves…


App That Finds Like-Minded Females

Girls typing on mobile phones – Three friends holding smart phones and chatting New York, Jan 31 (IANS) Looking for like-minded women? Here comes a new app that will find like-minded females for you by…


Cherry-Flavoured E-Cigarettes More Harmful to Users

New York, Jan 31 (IANS) Users of cherry-flavoured e-cigarettes may be exposed to higher levels of the potentially harmful respiratory chemical, reveals a new study. According to researchers, high levels of the respiratory irritant benzaldehyde…


What Influences Our Food Choices

Assortment of foodstuffs with a high fibre content, including various fruits and vegetables, wholemeal bread and baked beans. New York, Jan 30 (IANS) Childhood socio-economic status might influence an individual’s food choices as adults, says…


Embrace Ageing with Love for Super Health

London, Jan 30 (IANS) Older adults with negative attitudes towards ageing had slower walking speed and worse cognitive abilities as compared to their peers with more positive attitudes towards ageing, reveals a study. Negative attitudes…







Street Dog Deaths Largely Human-Influenced: Study

Kolkata, Jan 30 (IANS) A high percentage of street dog deaths were influenced by humans, says a new study, which also notes how human activities impact the sex ratio of the free-ranging dog population. In…





Researchers Create First Self-Assembled Superconductor

New York, Jan 30 (IANS) Researchers at Cornell University have blazed a new trail by creating a self-assembled, three-dimensional superconductor. It is the first time a superconductor, in this case niobium nitride (NbN), has self-assembled…



Think Before You ‘Like’ a Photo!

New Delhi, Jan 30 (IANS) Have your comments on social media brought unwanted trouble to your steady relationship? Don’t be surprised, as this happens frequently! Social media has been playing the demon in shattering relationships….


Crash Between Earth and Forming Planet Gave Birth to Moon

Washington, Jan 29 (IANS) A violent, head-on collision between the Earth and a forming planet 4.5 billion years ago created the Moon, claim researchers from the University of California-Los Angeles (UCLA), suggesting that this massive…


Ancient Rodent’s Brain Was Big but Not ‘Smart’

Toronto, Jan 28 (IANS) A study involving an ancient rodent’s brains has found that bigger does not necessarily mean better, at least when it comes to animals. Researchers at the University of Toronto reconstructed two…


Male Mice Without Y Genes Can Father Offspring

New York, Jan 29 (IANS) In a first, a team of researchers has successfully replaced both Y chromosomes in mice by increasing expression of just two genes while preserving the male’s ability to produce offspring….