Your saliva can tell how strong your memory and analytical skills are, a new study shows.


Saliva test can reveal your memory skills


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Researchers have discovered a two-million-year-old ape skull that could represent the earliest known member of the modern baboon species.


Earliest baboon found in South Africa


Business-oriented social networking service LinkedIn has launched a free app to help you find your co-workers and learn more about their background.


Connect with co-workers with new LinkedIn app


If you think wearing a condom can give you an erection problem, you are probably wrong. According to researchers, it is not the condoms but how they are  used are to be blamed for erection difficulties.


Condoms won't lead to erectile problems: Study


Researchers from University of Otago have for the first time found a biological basis for the belief that eating tomatoes can cause gout to flare up in some people.


Eating tomatoes do flare up gout pain


If you want to perform well on the professional front, try to befriend as many people as you can from racially diverse backgrounds outside of work, suggests a study.


Have a diverse friend circle to perform well on job


With increasing human population and rise in agricultural land use in India's Western Ghats, a number of bat species are findings it difficult to adjust with the changed landscape brought about by deforestation, says a new study.


Deforestation serious threat to bats in India


People who work longer than the standard 35 to 40 hour week run significantly higher risk of stroke, says the largest study conducted on this issue.


Working overtime increases stroke risk


Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday met 30 eminent scientists from various top institutions across India, and said the country must become self-reliant in medical equipment manufacturing.


Modi calls for self-reliance in making medical equipment


A study of North American dog fossils as old as 40 million years suggests that the evolutionary path of whole groups of predators can be a direct consequence of climate change.


Climate change helped dogs evolve too


Scientists have found a way to "switch" the structure of DNA using copper salts and an agent commonly found in shampoo and other household products that can pave the way for building cheap computers in the near future.


Genetic material DNA can help build computers


Dipping green tomatoes in hot water for five minutes and then allowing them to cool at room temperature could dramatically improve the flavour of this popular food, says a new study.


Hot water treatment can improve taste of tomatoes


Facebook now accounts for more of the traffic to news sites than Google, according to latest results.


Facebook major source of news, not Google


A farming intervention programme aimed at reducing food insecurity has also helped improve HIV outcomes in patients in Kenya, reports a new study.


Food security improves HIV outcomes


A team of engineers led by an Indian-origin scientist has identified ways to keep a surface dry for a longer period of time when submerged in water -- a finding that may save billions of dollars in a variety of industries.


This Indian-origin man helps keep surfaces dry underwater


An Indian-American student has discovered promising new compounds that can reduce alcoholics' impulse to drink with a new drug that can be ready for the market in five to six years.


Indian-origin student offers novel way to treat alcoholism


If you have been recently promoted to a middle-management position in office, researchers have some bad news. Mid-level managers suffer higher rates of depression and anxiety than those at the top or bottom, says a new study.


Middle managers at higher anxiety, depression risk


Study finds that new prescription smoking-cessation drug varenicline in 2006 has had no significant impact on the rate at which US adults successfully quit smoking

Why drug to quit smoking may not work wonders

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A woman's choice of contraception is more often driven by current relationship status and frequency of sexual intercourse than by long-term pregnancy intentions, new research has found.


Relationship status drives women's contraception choice


Victims of sexual assault who were intoxicated during the crime can still report accurate information when interviewed by the police, significant research shows.


Alcohol doesn't hinder rape victims from recalling the crime: Study


Shorter mothers are at an increased risk of delivering smaller, premature babies, says a new study.

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