The method of ‘answer quickly and without thinking’, a long staple in psychological research, may be doing many things, but one thing it does is make people lie to you and tell you what you want to hear. read more

Slower walkers were shown to have “accelerated aging”, and their lungs, teeth and immune systems tended to be in worse shape than the people who walked faster. read more

People who smoke fewer than five cigarettes a day cause long-term damage to their lungs, according to a new research. read more

According to the researchers, dog ownership reduced social isolation, improved physical activity, and even lowered blood pressure, hinting that raising a canine could potentially improve cardiovascular outcomes in patients. read more

In the scenario, simulated using state-of-the-art global climate models, India and Pakistan use 100 and 150 strategic nuclear weapons respectively, releasing 16-36 million tonnes of soot (black carbon) in smoke that would rise into the upper atmosphere,... read more

The need for sleep does not vary greatly between cultures, but differences arise in terms of the time reserved for sleeping. Young women slept more than young men, and the former also went to sleep earlier. read more

According to a recent study, having multiple husbands is found to be beneficial to women in difficult times as they can buffer themselves against the economic and social crisis. read more

The study noted that control over one’s own mind was essential for intense athletic training since the process is directed at a distant fitness goal, while also maintaining physical effort. read more

A teabag put in near-boiling water produces about 11.6 billion microplastic granules and 3.1 billion even smaller nanoplastics, which are invisible to the human eye. read more

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Sources cited in the report have estimated that approximately 28 million people across Mumbai, Kolkata, Surat, Chennai, Kochi and Vishakhapatnam are at risk with the global mean sea level projected to rise 10 times faster by 2100, if global greenhouse... read more

According to a recent study, high on fat, rich and unhealthy food has long-term negative impact upon spatial memory. read more

The findings of the fourth phase of excavations at Keezhadi, a sleepy village close to the Vaigai riverbed, released in a report on Thursday has the potential to alter the history of South India. read more

Researchers from Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) reported that Females took longer to present to specialist care and had longer recovery trajectories than males. read more

The System of Air Quality Weather Forecasting and Research (SAFAR) sampled 71,546 urban slum households across 20 locations in Mumbai and found only Mankhurd (with a sample size of 3,148) was more dependent on kerosene than LPG. read more