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Study by Jie Gao of Kyoto University in Japan and Peking University in China compared the ability of chimpanzees and children to learn the rock-paper-scissors game (Photo: Pixabay)

Chimpanzees can sniff out strangers from family members

Chimpanzees sniffed longer at urine than at the control, suggesting they perceive the odour of other chimpanzees.

25 Oct 2018 12:47 PM IST

Study shows cognitive shortcut we have built into our brains to be generous or fair can be easily switched off if we learn there will not be any payback. (Photo: Pixabay)

City life makes humans less kind to strangers, says study

Study supports the theory that our ingrained cooperative spirit is a remnant of our evolutionary past.

25 Oct 2018 11:10 AM IST

While being exposed to a strangers scent had the opposite effect and raised levels of the stress hormone, cortisol, researchers said. (Photo: Pixabay)

Stressed out? Try smelling your partner's shirt

They found that women who had smelled their partner's shirt felt less stressed both before and after the stress test.

5 Jan 2018 3:48 PM IST

A touch of Swiss theatre

Swiss theatre veteran to take centre stage

According to this Swiss thespian, theatre is about interaction and expression, which he wishes to share on his India...

4 April 2018 12:40 AM IST

A woman who had been born without a uterus gave birth to the baby at Baylor University Medical Center in Dallas. (Photo: Pixabay)

Mum searching for one night stand stranger so she can introduce him to...

The only thing she remembers about him is that he is Welsh and was 'tall, dark and handsome'.

26 March 2018 4:27 PM IST

The father raped his 15-year-old daughter in 2015.

Intruder rapes woman inside South Delhi home

The victim suspects the man had been following her for a long time.

16 Jun 2018 5:13 AM IST