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Study explores how collective leadership groups maintain cohesion, decisiveness

Washington D.C. [USA], Jan 18 (ANI): Cohesion and decisiveness can be maintained by the members of collective leadership groups in the face of a crisis, as revealed by a recent study by Cass Business School.

2020-01-18T10:19:04.464274+00:00 IST

Cows can communication through distinctive moos: Study

Camden [Australia], Jan 18 (ANI): In a surprising new study, scientists have discovered that cows are able to verbally communicate with each other through vocalisations.

2020-01-18T09:51:16.677114+00:00 IST

Consuming alcohol restructures brain causing changes in functioning, finds study

Washington D.C. [USA], Jan 18 (ANI): As people are already aware of the harmful effects of alcohol addiction, and the habit leading to many health problems, a new study has linked excessive alcohol consumption to the brain and its functions. A new study has found that alcohol addiction and abstinence both may lead to a restructuring of the brain or cause changes in its functioning.

2020-01-18T09:31:16.175284+00:00 IST

Reward improves visual perceptual learning, but only after people sleep

Washington D.C. [USA], Jan 18 (ANI): According to new research, performance gains occur only if the participants follow up the visual perceptual task with sleep. The new findings may have particular implications for students tempted to sacrifice sleep in favor of late-night study sessions.

2020-01-18T08:03:28.857089+00:00 IST

Researchers evaluate effectiveness of psychological programme for refugee children

Washington D.C. [USA], Jan 17 (ANI): A team of researchers conducted a psychological programme that focused on promoting positive outcomes in refugee children rather than exposing them to the war-traumas. This study used for the betterment of the refugee children was counted to be fruitful.

2020-01-17T14:22:07.440686+00:00 IST

Green coloured 'Hulk' puppy creates buzz on the internet

North Carolina [USA], Jan 17 (ANI): A curious case recently surfaced from North Carolina where a female white German shepherd gave birth to a green coloured puppy.

2020-01-17T08:36:27.830671+00:00 IST

Study suggests mid-life crisis is real, it hits around age of 47

Washington D.C. [USA], Jan 16 (ANI): A recent study has suggested that the theory of mid-life crisis is real and it hits individuals around the age of 47 years.

2020-01-16T17:25:06.255255+00:00 IST

Study reveals financial hardships in American cancer survivors face post-treatment

Washington D.C. [USA], Jan 15 (ANI): A recent study has discovered that many American cancer survivors, particularly those sixty-four or younger in age, who faced financial difficulties after the medical treatment, had to make economical sacrifices.

2020-01-15T12:46:03.847261+00:00 IST

Cannabis makes you bad at driving, even when the high wears off: Study

Washington D.C. [USA], Jan 15 (ANI): Cannabis consumption can make people bad at driving even when they are sober and the ones who start with the habit early on in their lives, fare even worse on driving parameters.

2020-01-15T06:47:12.893692+00:00 IST

Gujarat's real-life Rapunzel breaks Guinness World Records with 190 cm long hair

New Delhi [India], Jan 14 (ANI): A bad hair cut at the age of six prompted a Gujarat-based Nilanshi Patel, to get her name registered in the Guinness World Records for the longest hair on a teenager with her locks measuring 190 centimeters.

2020-01-14T17:10:19.213058+00:00 IST

Study focuses on local pollutants as key contributors to Delhi's air pollution

Washington D.C. [USA], Jan 12 (ANI): In between the choking air pollution and declining air quality indexes, a recent study has found out novel factors involving construction activities contributing to the hazardous environmental conditions.

2020-01-12T15:04:16.578013+00:00 IST

Study reveals kids connect power with masculinity

Washington D.C. [USA], Jan 12 (ANI): Even in egalitarian countries like Norway, children from the age as early as 4 years old connect power and masculinity and in some situations, the power-masculinity association does not manifest in girls, a recent study suggests.

2020-01-12T15:00:43.130872+00:00 IST

Study reveals baby and adult brains 'sync up' during play

Washington D.C. [USA], Jan 12 (ANI): Researchers have conducted the first study of how baby and adult brains interact during natural play, and they found measurable similarities in their neural activity. The study suggests that you might be 'on the same wavelength,' experiencing similar brain activity in the same brain regions while playing with children.

2020-01-12T12:24:21.852161+00:00 IST

Gwyneth Paltrow's online store is selling vagina-scented candles

Washington D.C. [USA], Jan 12 (ANI): Giving yet another tough competition to online business giants with her bizarre entrepreneurial move, actor and founder of American wellness products company Goop, Gwyneth Paltrow introduced vagina-scented candle on her online store.

2020-01-12T09:52:25.648715+00:00 IST

Study links six gene types to anxiety and other mental health conditions

Washington D.C [USA], Jan 11 (ANI): According to the findings of a recently published comprehensive study carried out on 200,000 military veterans, there are six gene types that determine if a person would be susceptible to anxiety.

2020-01-11T16:53:00.711992+00:00 IST

Adorable toddler's video cracks up millions of Facebook users

Ottawa [Canada], Jan 11 (ANI): A video of a toddler tipping over ice and then without being embarrassed continuing his work to shovel snow has taken the internet by storm.

2020-01-11T14:37:07.387631+00:00 IST

Experts redefine Hikikomori, say it helps identify, treat extreme social isolation

Washington D.C. [USA], Jan 11 (ANI): Experts in the Japanese phenomena of hikikomori say the condition of extreme social isolation is more widespread than previously acknowledged, and it deserves a clear and consistent definition to improve treatment across the globe. A simplified and clear definition will improve the recognition and subsequent treatment for people who suffer from the condition.

2020-01-11T04:15:17.548911+00:00 IST

From as young as 4, children see males as more powerful than females: Study

Washington D.C. [USA], Jan 10 (ANI): According to a recent study, children from the age as early as 4 years old associate power and masculinity, even in countries considered to be more egalitarian like Norway.

2020-01-10T15:02:25.671829+00:00 IST

Manipur farmers all praise for new integrated farming technique

Imphal (Manipur) [India], Jan 10 (ANI): Many farmers from Manipur who adopted integrated farming say the new method has yielded better quality produce with higher output.

2020-01-09T18:39:15.756286+00:00 IST

Study detects US homicide victims testing positive for marijuana doubled over last decade

Washington D.C [USA], Jan 9 (ANI): Prevalence of marijuana detected in victims of homicides had almost doubled over a period of 12 years, according to a recently published study.

2020-01-09T11:14:00.392763+00:00 IST

Drones to revolutionise fruit farming!

Washington D.C. [USA], Jan 8 (ANI): The word 'drone' often invokes images of things like aerial photography or launching missiles and bombs in warzones, but since recreantly, these ingenious and gravity-defying marvels of engineering are finding new applications in areas nobody would have thought of before.

2020-01-08T18:07:36.797770+00:00 IST