When It Comes to Privacy, People Are Info-Egoists!
New York, Dec 16 (IANS) Do you value your friends’ private information on social media as much as your own? Most likely not, says a new study, suggesting that when it comes to their privacy,…
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High Testosterone Levels in Women up Uterine Fibroid Risk
New York, Dec 16 (IANS) Women who have high levels of both testosterone and estrogen in midlife may face a greater risk of developing benign tumors on the uterus called uterine fibroids than women with…
Progressive Brain Disease CTE Confirmed as Unique Disease
New York, Dec 16 (IANS) For the first time, a consensus panel of expert neuropathologists has confirmed chronic traumatic encephalopathy or CTE as a unique disease that can be definitively diagnosed by neuropathological examination of…
Even Passive Smoking Linked to Infertility, Early Menopause
New York, Dec 16 (IANS) Both active and passive smoking are linked to infertility problems and a hastening of the natural menopause before the age of 50, warns a new study. High levels of tobacco…
Childhood Family Breakups Hit Girls’ Health Harder
New York, Dec 16 (IANS) A childhood family breakup can have long-term negative consequences for the children and it particularly hits the girl child harder, new research says. The researchers found that the mental and…
Faced with Ostracism Threat, Kids Use Imitation to Fit in
New York, Dec 16 (IANS) In the face of a threat of being excluded from a group of their liking, children try to copy group behaviour as a means of re-affiliating, a study says. “Humans…
East Antarctic Ice Sheet Has Remained Frozen for 14 Million Years
New York, Dec 16 (IANS) Using an innovative technique to date one of Antarctica’s ancient lake deposits, researchers have determined that the East Antarctic Ice Sheet, or EAIS, has remained frozen for the past 14…
Freshwater Bodies Emit More Greenhouse Gases Than Thought
New York, Dec 16 (IANS) The world’s rivers and streams pump about 10 times more methane into our atmosphere than scientists estimated in previous studies, new research suggests. Do not underestimate the babbling brook. When…
Using Facebook for News Could Narrow Range of Sources
New York, Dec 15 (IANS) People who seek out news from social media may have less diverse sources of information and are at higher risk of becoming trapped in a “collective social bubble” – where…
Vegetarian Diet More Harmful to Environment, Says Study
New York, Dec 15 (IANS) Contrary to popular assumption — and a talk by actor Arnold Schwarzenegger at the United Nations Paris Climate Change Conference — eating a vegetarian diet could contribute more to climate…
Brain’s Fear Centre Also Evokes Kindness
New York, Dec 15 (IANS) A small structure in the brain associated with evoking fear till date has now been found to be influencing positive social functions like kindness and what might be called charitable…
World’s Most Sensitive Detector Set to Spot Dark Matter
Oct. 16, 2012: Physicist Jeremy Mock inspects the Large Underground Xenon experiment detector, cylinder at center, that has now been lowered into its 70,000-gallon home in a water tank a mile beneath the earths surface…
Bob Dylan Continues to Inspire Medical Scientists!
London, Dec 15 (IANS) The number of articles citing the lyrics of Bob Dylan in the biomedical literature has increased exponentially since 1990, says a study. Researchers from Karolinska Institutet in Sweden decided to investigate…
Computer Mouse Can Reveal If You Are Angry
New York, Dec 15 (IANS) Most people can tell if you are angry by looking at your face or behaviour but what if how you move a computer mouse can predict your anger or frustration?…
Chitchat a Social-Bonding Tool Passed down from Primates
New York, Dec 15 (IANS) Often regarded as idle conversations in which people engage in to pass the time or kill an awkward silence, chitchat and small talk could be a social-bonding tool passed down…
First Childbirth in Early 20s Can Affect Your Health in 40s
New York, Dec 15 (IANS) Women who have had their first child in their early 20s do not report better health during midlife than those who had their first baby as a teenager, a new…
Hubble Reveals Diversity of Exoplanet Atmosphere
Washington, Dec 15 (IANS) Using data from Hubble and NASA’s Spitzer telescopes, astronomers have revealed for the first time the diversity of atmosphere on exoplanets. An international team of astronomers made the largest ever study…
Earth’s Tilt Affects Climate Change
New York, Dec 15 (IANS) In a first, researchers have discovered a connection between the Earth’s tilt, called obliquity, that shifts every 41,000 years, and the movement of a low pressure band of clouds that…
Elected Heads of Government at Greater Early Death Risk: Study
EPA/IAN LANGSDON/POOL MAXPPP OUT New York, Dec 15 (IANS) Winning the battle of the ballot may have its own pitfalls as a new study led by an Indian-origin researcher has found that politicians elected to…
How ‘Birdseeds’ Led to the Rise of Settled Societies
Beijing, Dec 14 (IANS) First domesticated in China, the hardy grain millet — familiar in the west today as birdseed — was carried across Eurasia by ancient shepherds and herders, laying the foundation of ‘multi-crop’…