Body maps that help us build up an implicit sense of ourselves through the sense of having a body and seeing and feeling our bodies move develop very early in our life, new research has found.


Even infant brain can draw 'body map'


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Examining the evolution of the human shoulder, researchers have determined that our ancestors looked more like a chimpanzee or gorilla than an orangutan or even a monkey.


Our ancestors looked like a chimp or gorilla: Study


People who follow corporate social media accounts that present a human voice are more likely to have a positive view of the company, a survey has found.


Add human touch to your Facebook account to woo customers


Young people who smoke electronic cigarettes are considerably more likely to start smoking traditional cigarettes within a year than their peers who do not smoke e-cigarettes, new research shows.


E-cigarettes new smoking gateway for teenagers: Study


People are more willing to save money when offered the chance to win a prize through their savings acount, says a study.


Lure of winning prizes boosts saving


Some diabetes drugs can substantially increase the amount of fat inside our bones and thus the risk of bone fractures, warns a new study.


Diabetes drug may boost fracture risk


HIV self-testing (HIVST) that involves training individuals to perform and interpret their own HIV test may prove to be a widely used, safe and accurate method of controlling the epidemic, new research has found.


HIV self-testing safe and accurate: Study


Forensic biomedical scientists from Belgium have developed a test to predict age on the basis of blood or teeth samples.


Blood, teeth can accurately predict criminal's age


While Switzerland is the best place in the world for older people to live, India is ranked among the worst, shows a global ranking of world's best and worst places to grow old.


Switzerland best place to grow old, India among the worst


If you find your teenage kids irrational at times and scold them for making bad real-life decisions, listen to their logic with patience as they may actually be more analytical in their economic choices.


Teenage kids better at taking financial decisions


While discovering a protein that causes muscle weakness and loss during ageing, scientists from University of Iowa have also stumbled upon two natural compounds, one found in apples and one in green tomatoes, which reduce the protein's activity in aged muscle.


Eat apple, green tomatoes to gain never-say-die muscles


Overweight or obese men may have reduced risk of developing  rheumatoid arthritis, a new study claims.


Obesity may lower risk of arthritis in men: Study


Almost half of Asian Americans are suffering from undiagnosed Type 2 diabetes - highest among all ethnic and racial subgroups studied in the US - that mostly results from sedentary lifestyle and poor eating habits, reveals a research.


Over half of Asian Americans suffering from hidden diabetes: Report


Researchers have identified how the ability of the arteries to supply blood gets impaired with age, a finding that could lead to future treatments for some forms of vascular disease.


How age impacts your vascular health


If you believe that you cannot reduce the fat around your belly by any means, give another thought as this may be bad for your overall wellbeing.


Thinking  that body fat can't be reduced more harmful


A region of the brain - called the insular cortex - may hold the key to treating smoking and other forms of addiction, new research has found.


Brain region key to treating addiction identified


Researchers from University of Cambridge have developed a free new online tool that will scan your Facebook profile and let you know what others think of you.


Tool to reveal your personality via Facebook posts


A novel strategy to protect humans from infectious disease can help the scientists create a way to silence a parasite which infects 50 million people and causes 40,000-110,000 deaths via severe diarrhoea worldwide.


Novel method to kill parasite that infects millions


If you have finally discovered who is going to be your life partner, do not just thank your stars but all grandmothers since human evolved as the act of "grandmothering" has helped us bond well throughout the history, interesting research has shown.


Thank your grandma for a super romantic life!


Researchers have discovered a molecule that can help clinicians predict survival time of people afflicted with gastric cancer, a significant health problem in developing countries which is typically associated with late-stage diagnosis and high mortality.


Molecule that helps gastric cancer patients survive longer


In one of the largest and most detailed studies of animal molecular biology ever undertaken, researchers discovered the assembly instructions for nearly 1,000 protein complexes shared by most kinds of animals, revealing their deep evolutionary relationships.

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