Women more accurate than men at hammering a nail in broad daylight

September 29th, 2009 WASHINGTON - A new study has shown that women who feel more positively about their genitals find it easier to orgasm and are more likely to engage in sexual health promoting behaviours. They are more likely to undergo regular gynecological exams or perform vulvar self-examinations.

September 29th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Women who feel "positive" about their genitals feel more relaxed in their own skin and find it easier to orgasm. They are also more likely to engage in sexual health promoting behaviours, says a new study.

September 24th, 2009 MELBOURNE - A Sydney doctor has developed a test that can predict the chances of a pregnant woman miscarrying from six weeks. Brainchild of associate Professor George Condous, the test is about 80 per cent accurate.

August 13th, 2009 Little Tikes toy workshops and trucks recalledWASHINGTON — The Little Tikes Co. is recalling about 1.6 million toy workshops and trucks, after an 11-month-old boy got a plastic nail lodged in his throat.

July 31st, 2009 LONDON - Differences in how male and female brains process visual information could be a legacy of our hunter-gatherer past, according to a recent study. In a visual task, carried out by Helen Stancey at Hammersmith & West London College, men and women used a laser pointer to mark the midpoint of lines on a piece of paper within hands-reach and again beyond hands-reach.

July 31st, 2009 MELBOURNE - If your hubby blames you for missing the bigger picture, then you might want to tell him this: Men are better at seeing things in the distance due to their hunter-gatherer past chasing animals, while women are better focusing on things at close range. That's the conclusion of a British study.

July 28th, 2009 WASHINGTON - In a new research, s team of scientists has detected cones and their visual pigments in two flower-visiting species of bat, which has lead them to conclude that bats' eyes are adapted for both daylight and UV (Ultraviolet) vision. The research was conducted by scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Brain Research in Frankfurt and the University of Oldenburg, in Germany.

July 24th, 2009 SYDNEY - Mars may have been a seething cauldron for nearly a 100 million years after its formation, thwarting evolution of life on the planet, according to an analysis of meteorites. The research has shown that the red planet remained excessively hot - with temperatures over 1,000 degrees Celsius - for 100 million years following its formation.

July 21st, 2009 WASHINGTON - A new research by scientists from the University of Victoria has shown that fish avoid the divers and snorkelers who try to count them, and that is why using snorkelers and SCUBA divers may misrepresent the number of fish. Not all types of fish are equally frightened by the divers, and Faculty of 1000 member Helen Yap, who recommended the study, explains that therefore "such methods may not provide an accurate picture of the actual diversity and abundance of fish communities." Counting coral reef fish informs researchers about local ecological changes.

July 1st, 2009 DC's Metro relaunches real-time bus arrival systemWASHINGTON — Metro is relaunching a service that allows riders to know when the next Metrobus will arrive at their stop. Travelers can now find out by phone, online or through electronic signs at some bus stops when buses are expected to arrive.

June 29th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Men can hammer a nail with a few, clean sharp strokes and are better at it than women, says a new study. Duncan Irschick and colleagues at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst (U-M) measured hammering performance in men and women.

June 22nd, 2009 Teen: Woman tried to pry off fake nails in disputeMOUNT VERNON, Wash. — A teenage girl who balked at paying for a set of inch-long, pumpkin-orange fake fingernails in a dispute at a Mount Vernon nail salon said a nail technician grabbed her and tried to pry the nails off.

April 21st, 2009 WASHINGTON - Distracting consumers from a decision for some moments could help them make more accurate product evaluations, a new study suggests. In the study, author Davy Lerouge of Tilburg University has demonstrated that distraction can help decision-making, depending on the manner in which consumers process the available product information.

April 5th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Buildings that use daylight as the primary source of workplace illumination provide for a more comfortable, productive and healthier environment for workers, according to a research. And keeping these benefits in mind, researchers at UNC Charlotte have made new advances in harnessing daylight in the design for commercial buildings, in order to enhance the environmental impact of these concrete structures.

March 19th, 2009 WASHINGTON - With the aid of a new method developed by scientists in Germany, the output frequency of the atomic fountains clocks has become more stable. At present, Caesium fountain clocks are the most accurate clocks in the world, furnishing the second accurate to 15 places after the decimal point.