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Washington, Mar 19 (ANI): A society with a large number of people uses punishment to enforce norms, while the same does not hold true for societies with lower population, where everybody knows each other, claims a study.
The new study co-authored by University of California, Davis, anthropologist Richard McElreath suggests that the cooperative nature of each [...]

There is a row in Queensland over who holds the record for the state’s biggest pumpkin.
Deputy Opposition Leader Lawrence Springborg claims he holds the record, with a 304-kilogram effort that won the giant pumpkin award at last weekend’s Inglewood show on the Darling Downs.
But Toowoomba horticulturalist Clinton McGrath says he set the record six years [...]

Patna, Sep 5 (ANI): Wildlife officials of Bihar rescued a rare pangolin from Patna on Friday.

A team of forest officials was rushed to the spot on hearing that a pangolin was spotted by villagers near the Bakhtiyarpur police station.

The pangolin was caged and brought to the Sanjay Gandhi Wildlife Centre where it was examined [...]

Washington, Sept 4 (ANI): Rewards have been found to be much more successful in promoting public cooperation rather than punishment, suggests a new study.

According to researchers, rewards robustly build compliance and cooperation and could help in developing solutions for [...]

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The Punjab Public Service Commission (PPSC) invites Applications from eligible Candidates for recruitment to 50 Posts of Sub Divisional Engineer (Civil/ Mechanical) in the Water Supply and Sanitation Department Punjab :

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Krishnagiri (Tamil Nadu), July 5 (ANI): Forest officials in Chennai have rescued an Indian pangolin after the rare anteater strayed outside the forest area.

Residents of Natrampalayam village in Krishnagiri district of the state informed the forest officials after they saw a pangolin moving around near the forest area.

The officials released the pangolin later deep into [...]

Washington, July 4 (ANI): Scientists have performed numerical calculations that show how convective mixing flows in the Earth’s liquid outer core can cause the geomagnetic dipole to collapse.

For the past 160 years, the Earth’s magnetic dipole has been weakening at a rate of nearly six percent per [...]

London, May 30 (ANI): A London-based contortionist has created a new endurance world record by holding her entire bodyweight on her mouth in an arduous backbend.

Twenty-eight-year-old Iona Luvsandorj, a resident of West Hampstead, held a pose called the “Marinelli bend”-in which the whole body is supported by the mouth by gripping onto a short post [...]

London, May 08 (ANI): Treating psoriasis patients with ultraviolet B (UVB) at home is as effective and as safe as conventional hospital based phototherapy, a new study has found.

The findings also showed that patients find home UVB therapy less of a burden and are more satisfied with treatment.

Psoriasis is a common, chronic inflammatory skin condition [...]

Sydney, Apr.19 (ANI): New South Wales fast bowler Doug Bollinger credits his current level of fitness to Australian team selector Merv Hughes.

Hughes is believed to have told Bollinger that he could get into shape with a couple of sessions of boxing and fitness workouts in the gym. Bollinger, who answered Hughes’s request, has duly now [...]

Washington, Mar 12 (ANI): Thrill-seeking youngsters are likely to engage in reckless driving when under the influence of cannabis (DUIC), finds a new study.

The study led by researchers from University of Montreal showed that men who are sensation-seekers, an average age of 27 and impulsive will consider taking the wheel after consuming cannabis more often [...]

Chandigarh, Feb.20 (ANI): While several major companies across the world are today blaming the global financial slowdown for their all ills, the same reason has proved to be a boon for many small-scale units in Punjab.

Making best in the ‘worst’ times, small-scale units in Punjab are not only surviving but they are doing impressively [...]

Washington, Jan 4 (ANI): Scientists have developed a new and more convenient approach to monitoring the speed and sand flux of migrating dunes, using high-resolution optical satellite images taken at differing time.
Monitoring the speeds of migrating dunes and the volumes of sand transported over time is important to understanding how arid landscapes respond to wind-driven [...]