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London, September 7 (ANI): A new survey of public attitudes to deceitful behaviour has shown that men and women’s views of what is dishonest vary greatly.

Released at the British Science Festival at Surrey University, Guildford, the study conducted by two academic criminologists has shown that women are more likely than men to categorise some behaviour [...]

Ahmedabad (Gujarat), Aug 29(ANI): Ahmedabad Police on Saturday clarified that two people who died on Friday, died due to consumption of drinks having chemical content.

Police has dismissed assumption that they were victims of country-made liquor known as ‘hooch’, and said that the Forensic Science Laboratory report confirmed that they took a substance having chemicals. [...]

Washington, August 21 (ANI): A new study has found that young muskoxen conserve heat almost as well as adults, a finding that runs contrary to a longstanding assumption among scientists that young animals should be more vulnerable in extreme cold.

Biologist Adam Munn from the University of Sydney, Australia, carried out the study.

Surviving freezing winters is [...]

Sharm-el-Sheikh (Egypt), July 15 (ANI): Barely into the second paragraph of his speech at the 15th summit of the Non-Aligned Movement at Sharm-el-Sheikh, Pakistan’s Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani brought up the topic of Kashmir by saying “long standing [...]

New York, July 10 (ANI): Italian luxury goods manufacturer VBH has admitted that it had mistaken the clutch bag toted by U.S. First Lady Michelle Obama earlier this week while on a trip to Russia for its 5,950-dollar alligator manila bag.

VBH representative Kelly Vitko retracted [...]

Washington, July 9 (ANI): A team of astrophysicists has solved a mystery that led some scientists to speculate that the distribution of certain gamma rays in our Milky Way galaxy was evidence of a form of undetectable “dark matter” believed to make up much of the mass of the universe.

In two separate scientific papers, the [...]

Washington, July 8 (ANI): A new study has shown that patients with uncontrolled hypertension respond well to treatment intensification, regardless of their degree of adherence to anti-hypertensive medications.

“Despite a lack of evidence, many clinicians assume that ‘nonadherent’ patients cannot benefit from treatment intensification,” said the study’s lead author, Dr. Adam Rose, an assistant professor [...]

Washington, July 8 (ANI): A new study has revealed that reducing blood pressure below the standard target may not offer any benefits.

Researchers at the University of Costa Rica have found that using antihypertensive drugs to reduce blood pressure below the 140/90 mm Hg does not really reduce death rates or serious morbidity.

“At present there [...]

Washington, June 26 (ANI): Rising carbon dioxide (CO2) levels in the ocean can cause abnormally large growth in the otoliths, or ear bones, of fish, say researchers at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego.

Considered a fundamental bodily structure in fish, otoliths serve a vital function in fish by helping them sense orientation and [...]

London, May 30 (ANI): Researchers at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) have challenged the long-held assumption that theta oscillations-a type of prominent brain rhythm that orchestrates neuronal activity in the hippocampus-remain “in sync” across this key area for the formation of new memories.

In a new study, the researchers have found that instead of being [...]

Edinburgh, May 29 (ANI): Scientists have warned that climate change poses as great a threat as the nuclear arms race, and have called on world leaders to take action to tackle the problem.

According to a report in The Scotsman, the statement was made by scientists and Nobel laureates attending a three-day conference hosted by St [...]

Kathmandu, May 25 (ANI): Newly elected Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal took oath of office and secrecy on Monday.

President Dr Ram Baran Yadav administered the oath of office and secrecy to the newly elected Prime Minister amidst a ceremony at the Presidential residence in Shital Niwas this morning.

Vice-President Paramananda Jha, Constituent Assembly (CA) Chairman Subash [...]

Kathmandu, May 25 (ANI): Newly elected Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal will be sworn in today.

President Dr Ram Baran Yadav will administer him oath of office and secrecy during a special ceremony at the president’s office.

Along with Prime Minister, a mini cabinet of four-five ministers will also be sworn-in.

Madhav Kumar, a UML (Unified Marxist [...]

Washington, May 22 (ANI): US military satellites secretly monitored Sri Lanka’s conflict zone through the latter stages of the war against the Tamil Tigers and American officials are examining images for evidence of war crimes.

The images are of a higher resolution [...]

London, May 22 (ANI): A new study has suggested that marine habitat loss is causing a decline in shellfish populations, which is having an adverse knock-on effect on sensitive ecosystems.

According to a report by BBC News, the study, described as the first global assessment of its kind, warns that 85 percent of the world’s oyster [...]

Washington, May 20 (ANI): Harvard University researchers have bolstered the claim that “super-recognizers”-people with extraordinary face recognition ability who never forget someone they met in the past-do exist.

Richard Russell, a postdoctoral researcher in the Department of Psychology at Harvard, has found in a study that skill in facial recognition may vary widely among humans. [...]

London, May 19 (ANI): In a move that is reminiscent of scientists rejecting the view held by many people in the medieval times that the Earth is flat, a team of researchers has dismissed the notion that the Universe is completely flat.

According to a report in New Scientist, when it comes to the universe, “flatness” [...]

London, May 13 (ANI): Lack of success in the American market does not bother Kylie Minogue, but the singer hates being asked about the same.

The pop star, who hit gold in the U.K., Europe and in her native Australia, revealed she was far from being frustrated [...]

London, May 3 (ANI): British Prime Minister Gordon Brown used a “fabric of falsehood and fantasy” in claiming that it would cost taxpayers 1.4 billion pounds to let Gurkhas live in Britain, according to campaigners supporting the latter’s cause.

The Prime Minister cited the figure before his humiliating defeat [...]

Washington, April 21(ANI): Keeping warm isn’t the only reason lizards bask in the sun. A new study has found that chameleons set their sunbathing schedule depending on how much vitamin D they need.

“It’s a longstanding assumption that thermoregulation is the only reason that lizards bask. Our results suggest that in addition to thermoregulation, vitamin D [...]