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Hot weather can lead to violent crimes

Hot weather can lead to violent crimes

Hot climates and less variation in seasonal temperatures lead to a faster life strategy, less focus on the future and...

26 Jun 2016 5:06 AM IST

Star Wars creator scraps Chicago museum plan

For George Lucas, Chicago might as well be a galaxy far, far away. The Star Wars creator invented an entire sci-fi...

26 Jun 2016 12:46 AM IST

US to spend $1.25 million on Pakistan cartoon superhero

The United States is spending over $1 million to create a cartoon superhero that teaches importance of “living a...

25 Jun 2016 6:40 AM IST

Volcanoes go quiet before they erupt

Periods of seismic quiet occur immediately before volcanic eruptions and can thus be used to forecast an impending...

25 Jun 2016 2:14 AM IST

Running regularly for few months may improve your memory

Running regularly for few months may improve your memory

Running regularly for a few months may boost your memory, say scientists who have identified a novel protein that fuels...

25 Jun 2016 2:13 AM IST

Desert scope stakes out black hole

A desert telescope has focused with unprecedented sharpness on a star circling a supermassive black hole thought to lurk...

24 Jun 2016 2:47 AM IST

‘Great Pyramid of Giza slightly lopsided’

‘Great Pyramid of Giza slightly lopsided’

The Great Pyramid of Giza, one of the Wonders of the Ancient World, is not perfectly built, say scientists who found...

24 Jun 2016 2:45 AM IST

Hong Kong world’s costliest city

Hong Kong has overtaken Angola’s capital to become the costliest city in the world for expats, Mercer’s...

23 Jun 2016 4:54 AM IST

Jaguar used in Rio torch event killed

A jaguar trotted out for the Olympic torch’s passage through Brazil’s Amazon was killed shortly afterward...

23 Jun 2016 2:48 AM IST

‘Mama bears use human shields to protect cubs’

‘Mama bears use human shields to protect cubs’

Brown bear mothers in a Swedish forest use human “shields” against murderous males, overcoming their own...

23 Jun 2016 2:44 AM IST

Graduates at higher brain tumour risk

Chances of glioma in women 23% higher than men, claims new study.

22 Jun 2016 1:35 AM IST

Athlete guilty of hiring women for prostitution

Singapore’s nat-ional para-athlete Adam Kamis, who represented the country at the 2010 Delhi Commonwealth Games,...

21 Jun 2016 2:38 AM IST