Technology

Early humans were more competitive and promiscuous than people today, research shows. A team of scientists studied the fossilised finger bones of extinct apes and hominins – extinct members of human lineage – to learn […] […]

A NEW system that records higher level brain activity could one day allow scientists to record and interpret people’s dreams, US researchers have claimed. Dr Moran Cerf, from the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena […] […]

A LEGAL row over a herbal toothpaste between the US and India is set to leave a bitter aftertaste between the two countries. The dispute erupted after an American household goods giant patented a toothcleaning […] […]

CANCER can retreat and even disappear in some patients – even, very rarely, without any treatment. And medical experts say the phenomenon, while little understood, is likely to have biological rather than spiritual explanations. As […] […]

WASHINGTON – Falling in love can act as a potent painkiller, and now scientists have figured out why: It stimulates the brain’s reward pathway, much like the rush of an addictive drug. The next question […] […]

ATLANTA – US Hispanics can expect to outlive whites by more than two years and blacks by more than seven, government researchers say in a startling report that is the first to calculate Hispanic life […] […]

TOO much light at night appears to lead to weight gain, says a new report based on studies of mice that provide new clues on obesity. The researchers found that mice exposed to a dim […] […]

A healthy baby has been born from an embryo frozen for almost 20 years. The infant’s mother, who is 42, had undergone 10 years of unsuccessful infertility treatment when she was given the embryo last […] […]

Parents of children who cannot concentrate, are prone to fidget and act impulsively may for the first time be able to escape criticism of their child-rearing skills, after scientists announced that attention deficit hyperactivity disorder […] […]