A team of astronomers has identified a young star, located almost 11,000 light years away, which could help us understand how the most massive stars in the universe are formed.


Young massive star identified in the Milky Way


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Married and love to watch some steamy porn together to rekindle the action between the sheets? Be warned as frequent pornography use can sound the death knell for your happy marriage.


Porn viewing a death knell for happy marriage


Understanding housing background and the multiple dimensions of homelessness can help better identify who might be at greater risk of transmitting or contracting HIV, says a new study.


Better understanding of housing may help minimise HIV risk


Do you feel envious when your co-worker gets extra respect and attention from your boss? If so, be warned that this feelings of envy may lead to a higher degree of ego depletion as well as negatively affect your overall productivity, says a study.


Envy at workplace may hamper your productivity


Those old adults who have family members closer to them are less likely to die early than those who have friends around them, a study has found.


People closer to family less likely to die early


In a first, researchers studying Americans' beliefs about chores found that sex and gender are more important than income in determining views on division of tasks.


Sex, not income, determines division of chores in US houses


Mixing drinks could be fun but those who make living by bartending may find it hard to have a "normal" family life, says a study.


Bartenders may have poor family life


People who actively participate in demonstrations during social movements on behalf of those dissimilar to them do so out of their trust for outgroup peers and political environment of a country, a new study has found.


Trust, politics motivates individual to support dissimilar people


With recommendations from Texas A&M University, the state legislators are investigating the benefits of RAPIDO -- a pilot programme that reduces the time to rebuild homes destroyed by natural disasters.


Build destroyed homes faster with this method


Squatters can be good for a neighbourhood as they indirectly protect abandoned homes by lessening the chance of them becoming a spot for drug users or burned by arsonists, a new study said.


Squatters may be beneficial for neighbourhood


The crying of babies exhibits characteristic melodic patterns influenced typically by their mother's language, finds a study.


Maternal language shapes infants cry melodies


Smokers with asthma who switch to vaping found significant improvement and fewer respiratory infections, according to a study.


Vaping may improve respiration among smokers with asthma


In a major find, paleontologists have discovered a Tyrannosaurus Rex fossil, including a very complete skull, during an expedition to the Hell Creek Formation in the US -- an area that is world-famous for its fossil dinosaur sites.


T. rex fossil with near-complete skull discovered


The rise and drop of sea level in the Pacific Ocean can be used to estimate future global surface temperatures, geoscientists have discovered.


Pacific sea-level linked to global temperature changes


Locating people living in poverty, such as through door-to-door surveys, sometimes is difficult. Therefore, scientists are now turning to satellite images.


Scientists turn to satellite images to map poverty


An international team of researchers has developed an experimental new opioid drug that blocks pain without triggering the dangerous side effects of current prescription painkillers, including addiction risk.


Painkiller without addiction risk comes a step closer


If you think that access to constant communication keeps you closer to your family, you might have the wrong impression as a new study has shown that cell phone use might actually lead to feeling less socially connected.


Cell phone use might lead to feeling less socially connected


Pre-schoolers experience significant improvements in their English skills when they have a good grasp of their mother-tongue or native language, according to a new study.


Good grasp of native language may improve English skills


People who have narcissistic tendencies are more likely to support hierarchical businesses and organisations, according to a research.


Narcissists more likely to support hierarchical organisations


A wearable device developed by Arizona-based research firm Brain State Technologies could help improve sleep and thereby lower the risk of developing post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), suggests new research.


Wearable device may improve sleep, reduce PTSD risk


Don't feel ashamed in kissing up to your boss as it won't impact your relationship with your supervisor -- rather it will leave a positive influence on your co-workers as well, a new study has revealed.

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