Instead of helping teenagers drive safely, many parents distract their kids with their pesky calls, says a study.


Parents' phone calls puts teenage drivers in danger


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This new tobacco plant will sure make smoke but the kind that comes from the exhaust of an aeroplane.


Boeing to make jet fuel using tobacco


Every morning when you brush your teeth, do you remember your dentist's advice? No worries as even he may be wrong about the best way to brush.


Best way to brush teeth still unknown


Checking whether a drug you are buying is real may become a lot easier as researchers have developed labels that reveal a hidden image when you breathe on them.


Now, breathe to spot fake drugs


Students may please take note: According to a study, to score more in your tests, prepare a lesson with the mindset that you were to teach it to other students.


Teaching mindset helps you learn better


The windows in your office may open gateways to good health as researchers have found that daylight in office improves worker's sleep, physical activity and quality of life.


Office with windows boosts health of workers


A group of British researchers faced a 19-hour power outage in Antarctic's freezing temperatures after a "serious operational incident" at their research facility in the world's southernmost continent, a media report said Friday.


Antarctic researchers lose heating at -55 degrees


Astronauts suffer sleep deficiency in the weeks leading up to and during space flight, says a 10-year-long study.


Sleep deficiency common in astronauts


Researchers have found extremely small habitats on the Earth itself that increase the potential for life existng on other planets while offering a way to clean up oil spills.


Water droplets show way for alien life


As temperatures rise and the population ages, premature deaths from overheating houses could triple by the 2050s, says a study.


Deaths from overheating houses may triple by 2050


Twitter has made it easier for advertisers to get and pay for exactly what they want.


Twitter offers new advertising options


A study involving over 180,000 people has shown that patients treated with the widely prescribed diabetic drug metformin can live longer than non-diabetics.


Diabetes drug may even benefit non-diabetics


Fish may find some water contaminants to their benefit as researchers have shown that a drug used to treat anxiety in humans reduces mortality rates in fish.


Anxiety drug for humans increases fish life


An orange-striped, yellow-speckled frog discovered by Malaysian herpetologist Juliana Senawi in swampland on the Malay Peninsula has now been determined to be a new species.


New frog species found in Malaysia 


Smartphone users will soon see their messages disappear from the main Facebook app to the new Facebook messenger.


Facebook messages to move to messenger app


Contrary to what one would expect, researchers have shown that climate change, as it weakens the trade winds, could shrink the size of the lowest-oxygen environment zones in the oceans.


Climate change may shrink oxygen-deprived zones in oceans


Using radioactive materials, researchers have investigated the solar system's prehistoric phase and the events that may have led to the Sun's birth.


Unlocking how the Sun was born


A fighter jet has taken some stunning pictures of a huge "fire cloud" above California where wild-fires have been burning for days.


Fighter jet clicks massive 'fire cloud'


Researchers have found that eating at restaurants is linked with higher daily total energy intake and poorer dietary indicators.


Eating at restaurants not healthy


Acute psychological stress over short periods of time can be beneficial for your skin, says a study.


Brief stress good for skin: Study


Are you planning to hit the gym to shed those extra pounds around your waist? Think again!

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