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'Recover as fast as you bowl': Rajasthan Royals to Archer
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Jaipur (Rajasthan) [India], May 17 (ANI): Indian Premier League (IPL) franchise Rajasthan Royals on Monday wished a speedy recovery to England pacer Jofra Archer in a quirky manner.
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Research demonstrates unique 'time compression' effect of virtual reality
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington [US], May 16 (ANI): Psychology researchers at the University of California - Santa Cruz have found that playing games in virtual reality create an effect called "time compression," where the time goes by faster than you think.
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Researchers reveal where memories of familiar places are stored in brain
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington [US], May 16 (ANI): A new study from Dartmouth College reveals that three regions of the brain in the posterior cerebral cortex, which the researchers call 'place-memory areas', form a link between the brain's perceptual and memory systems, which helps the brain to store in memori
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Will your future clothes be made of algae?
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Amsterdam [Netherlands], May 6 (ANI): For the first time, an international team of researchers from the University of Rochester and Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands used 3D printers and a novel bioprinting technique to print algae into living, photosynthetic materials that a
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Being around children makes adults more generous, says study
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Washington [US], May 5 (ANI): Adults are more compassionate and are up to twice as likely to donate to charity when children are present, according to a multi-institutional study from psychologists.
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Study says consumers' decision to buy product is based on its recommendati
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington [US], May 4 (ANI): As more people go online for shopping, understanding how they rely on e-commerce recommendation systems to make purchases is increasingly important. Penn State University researchers suggested that it's not just what is recommended, but how and why it's recommen
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Researchers reveal how brain flexibly processes complex information
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Berlin [Germany], April 29 (ANI): Human decision-making depends on the flexible processing of complex information, but how the brain may adapt processing to momentary task demands has remained unclear.
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Study: Gossip creates social connections, allowing learning about world in
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US], April 27 (ANI): Gossip is often considered socially taboo and dismissed for its negative tone, but a quirky study from Dartmouth College illustrates some of its merits. Gossip facilitates social connection and enables learning about the world indirectly through other people'
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Researchers find how climate change is driving some to skip having kids
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US], April 22 (ANI): A new study drove by the University of Arizona found that overconsumption, overpopulation and uncertainty about the future are among the top concerns of those who say climate change is affecting their reproductive decision-making.
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Sonakshi Sinha's latest post stresses on importance of masks in a quirky m
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 15 (ANI): Amid the raging second wave of the COVID-19, Bollywood actor Sonakshi Sinha on Thursday shared a photo of her on social media, telling people about the importance of wearing a mask in a quirky manner.
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Akshay Kumar returns home from hospital, Twinkle Khanna says 'all iz well'
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 12 (ANI): Bollywood actor Akshay Kumar, who had earlier tested positive for COVID-19, and was later hospitalised as a precautionary measure, has returned home on Monday.
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'Indiranagar ki gundi hoon main!' Deepika Padukone posts throwback photo
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], April 10 (ANI): Even as 'Indiranagar ki gunda' memes abounded on the Internet, Bollywood star Deepika Padukone on Saturday treated fans to a super adorable throwback photo from her childhood days adding a quirky caption to it.
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