"Love hormone" oxytocin not only brings spark in your relationship but can also make men more spiritual, adopt meditation and connect to the higher self.


'Love hormone' has potential to make men more spiritual


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Setting up amateur radio clubs in Indian educational institutions, particularly in technical establishments like the IITs and NITs, could help in disaster management and strengthening the communication domain, an Austrian amateur radio practitioner said here on Friday.


Ham radio clubs in IITs, NITs could boost emergency communications


Women are more likely to suffer from blood clots in the veins, usually in legs after a C-section delivery compared to a vaginal delivery (VD), according to a new study.


C-section delivery may produce blood clot in vein


A low sense of attachment between an expectant mother and her unborn child could be associated with some infant developmental problems like infant temperament and uncontrolled crying, a new study has found.


Lower prenatal attachment may lead to infant developmental delays


Virtual reality (VR) training programmes may help individuals with autism to practice social situations without fear of consequence, says a study.


VR training improves social skills of autistic individuals


ZiO-Podolsk, the machine engineering arm of Russian nuclear group Rosatom has been qualified to supply equipments for the third and fourth nuclear power units to be set up in Tamil Nadu.


Russia's ZiO-Podolsk to supply components to Kudankulam n-plant


Indian space agency ISRO will shoot off the "Pratham" satellite designed and built by students of the IIT-Bombay among the eight satellites including its weather satellite on Monday, an official said here.


ISRO to launch IIT-B students' satellite on Monday


Studying hundreds of new genomes from across the globe, researchers, one of them of Indian-origin, have found compelling evidence that essentially all non-Africans alive today descend from a single migration out of Africa some 72,000 years ago.


All non-Africans descended from a single migration out of Africa


Greenland lost nearly 2,700 gigatons of ice from 2003-2013, not about 2,500 gigatons as scientists previously thought -- a 7.6 percent difference, a study says.


Greenland ice loss 7 per cent faster than previously thought


Wearable devices that monitor physical activity are not reliable tools for weight loss, a new study has found.


Activity trackers not reliable for weight loss


Smart and safe candle company LuDela has introduced the first real-flame candles that don't require matches -- but just the press of a button on your smartphone -- to be lit.


Now, light candles with a smartphone app!


A computer-based brain training programme developed at Yale University helps improve student performance in reading and math -- in some cases even more than individualised tutoring, according to a new study.


Video games can beat tutors in improving math skills


President Pranab Mukherjee on Wednesday congratulated the scientists and engineers involved in the successful test firing of 'Barak-8', a surface-to-air missile.


Mukherjee greets scientists on successful launch of 'Barak-8' missile


Neanderthals were far smarter than previously thought as researchers have confirmed that our ancient cousins were responsible for producing tools and artefacts  earlier argued by some to be exclusively in the realm of modern human cognitive abilities.


Neanderthals were adept at making tools, artefacts


The upper depths of the world's oceans have warmed significantly since 1995, resulting in severe hurricanes, storm surges and an increase in the number of icebergs, according to a new report.


How warmer seas are changing our planet for the worse


Children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) are likely to carry the symptoms as young adults and even into their mid-20s, suggests a finding.


ADHD symptoms may persist in adulthood


Catastrophic nuclear accidents like Chernobyl disaster in the US that took place in 1986 and the more recent Japan's Fukushima disasters in 2011 may not be relics of the past. But the risk of such disasters are still more likely to occur once or twice per century, a study has warned.


Another Chernobyl or Fukushima risk plausible: Experts


Are you addicted to flavoured e-cigarettes? If so, then think again before you use them.


Strawberry flavour increases toxicity in e-cigarettes


Sleep duration and quality of sleep during late childhood may affect the use of alcohol and cannabis later in adolescence years, a study has found.


Sleep well at 11 and kick the substances out in your teens


Early Earth was largely covered with an oceanic crust-like surface unlike the continental crust that researchers had expected to find, suggests a new study.


Early Earth was covered with oceanic crust surface


A human skeleton found during the ongoing excavation of the famous Antikythera Shipwreck -- the largest ancient shipwreck ever discovered -- could provide an insight into the lives of people who lived 2100 years ago, say researchers.

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