Previous studies have suggested that there is a relationship between playing violent video games and aggressive behavior in children. But now, for the first time, the three new studies have concluded that some video games influence good behavior

Individuals who are very moral in one aspect of their lives can slip into immorality in other areas, according to the scientists at Northwestern University, whose study offers provocative insights in to how saints turn into sinners.

Jennifer Lopez, one of the pioneers to the celebrity designer craze, has made a decision to discontinue her clothing brand. Sweetface, an urban streetwear spin-off line that was first launched in 2003, is ceasing production after the current spring 2009

Quercetin, a powerful antioxidant and anti-inflammatory compound that is commonly found in the skin of some fruit and vegetables, could improve endurance in healthy, active people without regular exercise training, claims a new study.

When the ancestors of present marine mammals returned to the oceans, their physiology had to adapt radically. Scientists have been studying how myoglobin, the molecule responsible for delivering oxygen to the muscles during locomotion, has been modified in seals and

Scientists at UC Santa Barbara have zeroed in on the genes responsible for changing flower color, an area of research that began with Gregor Mendel's studies of the garden pea in the 1850's.

Microscopic analysis of scratches on dinosaur teeth has helped scientists unravel an ancient riddle of what a major group of dinosaurs ate -- and exactly how they did it! Now for the first time, a study led by the University

It was Darwinian theory that did away with the werewolf. The publication of Charles Darwin's On the Origin of Species exactly 150 years ago focused minds on a different kind of monster - ape-men such as the Yeti, Bigfoot and

People find it very easy to recognize a face, even under very different circumstances. For a computer, on the other hand, it is extremely difficult. Researchers have developed a new analytical technique which enables the computer to better interpret the

Effective per-cell-type targeting of therapies is a for the future of medicine. Here's another way of doing it, distinct from methods using viruses or nanoparticles: "The minicells are generated from mutant bacteria which, each time they divide, pinch off small

Researchers continue to work towards identifying the exact molecular mechanisms by which like produce pain and damage: "When a microbe infects the body, the body responds by turning on a molecular switch to set the into action and protect the

Why do some mammal species live much longer than other, very similar mammal species? Here researchers look at resistance to biochemical damage: "Altered structure, and hence function, of cellular caused by oxidation can contribute to loss of physiological function with

Another benefit of regular exercise is proposed in this recent research: scientists "have, for the first time, been able to demonstrate that moderate exercise significantly increases the number of in the ageing brain. ... neuroscientists have known for some time

The University of Washington and Washington State University will announce on Tuesday the launch of a joint center to assist in addressing hard-to-resolve social, economic and environmental issues in Washington.

Problem-solving experts at UW and WSU will work with farmers, environmentalists and others to find common ground

Africa is poor. If we send it money it will be less poor. It seems perfectly logical, doesn't it? Millions of people in the rich world, moved by images on television and appalled by the miserable conditions endured by so

A traveler-historian in the tradition of Ibn Battuta, Ibn Khaldun and Ibn Jubayr, Leo was a man of many talents, occupations and adventures. He was, at various times, a diplomat, jurist, hospital administrator, geographer, teacher, political prisoner and international celebrity.

A project named Sopa de Letrinhas will be launched on Wednesday, in Luanda, by Brazil-Angola culture house, meant to promote reading for children, Angop has learnt.

One issue that cannot be flogged to death in Nigeria's literary cafÈ is the attitude of people to reading. The art of reading makes good leadership any day. A critic observed at a book launch that not until most Nigerian

Burundi has recently emerged from twelve years of devastating civil war. Its economy has been destroyed and hundreds and thousands of people have been killed. In this book, the voices of ordinary Burundians are heard for the first time.