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The quality of your writing will surely get better if you start typing slowly on the computer, says a study. Researchers from the University of Waterloo asked participants to type essays using both hands or with only one. Using text-analysis software, the team discovered that some aspects of essay writing, such as sophistication of vocabulary, improved when participants used only …

The Telangana government has banned sale and use of Chinese manja (nylon thread) and glass-coated manja for kite-flying in its bid to save birds as well as for the safety of humans. The environment, forests, science and technology department on Wednesday issued orders imposing ban on procuring, stocking, sale and use of Chinese manja and glass-coated manja. The ban comes …

The blanket ban on Jallikattu, the bull taming/vaulting sport, will result in the vanishing of Indian breeds of bulls and cows and would lead to import of foreign animals, says an expert at a cattle research foundation. “The banning of Jallikattu and the demand for ban on other rural sports like ‘rekhla’ race will ultimately result in the vanishing of …

| एक गाँव जहां दूध दही मुफ्त मिलता है यहां के लोग कभी दूध या उससे बनने वाली चीज़ो को बेचते नही हैं बल्कि उन लोगों को मुफ्त में दे देते हैं जिनके पास गायें या भैंसे नहीं हैं – धोकड़ा गुजरात के कक्ष में बसा ऐसा ही अनोखा गाँव है आज जब इंसानियत खो सी गयी है लोग किसी …

If you thought only humans or primates can forge and use tools, you are wrong. Crows can make, use, and even store for re-use certain tools while foraging for food, a new study shows. Scientists have captured video recordings showing how wild New Caledonian crows make and use “hooked stick tools” to hunt for insect prey. Video recordings by Jolyon …

A whopping 95 percent of the teens, aged between 13 and 17 years, access the Internet while 76 percent of minors, below the age of 13, use YouTube daily, a new survey released here on Monday revealed. One is required to be of above 18 years of age to open an account on YouTube, the video-sharing website. Social media networking …

हाइलैंड: यूनाइटेड किंगडम के हाईलैंड के पीक डिस्ट्रिक्ट फारेस्ट में स्थित एक ऐसा अनोखा पेड़ है जो पैसों से लदा हुआ है। विशेषज्ञों का मानना है कि यह पेड़ 1700 साल पुराना है और ब्रिटिश सिक्कों से जड़ा हुआ है। और देखने में अद्भुत प्रतीत होता है। इस पेड़ की इतनी चर्चा है कि जिसे लेकर कई तरह की बातें की …

Smartphones will become obsolete within five years and would be replaced with artificial intelligence, according to a consumer survey by the Ericsson owned ConsumerLab. Half of the study’s respondents said they thought mobile technology would be redundant by 2021 as the growth of artificial intelligence starts enabling interaction with objects without the need for a phone or tablet, Sydney Morning …

Most people can tell if you are angry by looking at your face or behaviour but what if how you move a computer mouse can predict your anger or frustration? According to professor Jeffrey Jenkins from Brigham Young University, people experiencing anger and other negative emotions like frustration, confusion and sadness become less precise in their mouse movements and move …

Smartphones, tablets and e-readers should have an automatic “bedtime mode” that stops them disrupting people’s sleep, a study revealed. Researchers from Evelina London Children’s Hospital sleep medicine department, King’s College London and the University of Surrey, measured short-wavelength blue light devices like tablets (iPad Air), e-readers (Kindle Paperwhite first generation) and smartphones (iPhone 5s) emit when displaying text or a …