Researchers, for the first time, have demonstrated in mice that a protein called brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) is critical in managing satiety, and is the main cause behind obesity and overeating. The study, led by Maribel Rios, PhD, and assistant professor of neuroscience at the Sackler School of Graduate Biomedical Sciences at Tufts University […]
PPP, PML-N should win elections as first, second largest parties respectively: Benazir
LARKANA: Former Prime Minister and Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Chairperson said Sunday that PPP, PML-N should win January 8 elections as first and second largest parties respectively as per the poll of international agencies. Benazir Bhutto and Nawaz Sharif, boosted by a recent poll, which found Pakistanis overwhelmingly oppose the president, hit the campaign trail […]
Young Chinese men outnumber women by 18m
MEN of marriageable age now outnumber women by 18 million in China and the sex ratio is set to become more skewed because rural families prefer boys, it was reported overnight. Sex-selective abortions, a direct result of the nation’s one-child policy, have boosted the number of boys born in China in recent years. By 2020 […]
Geo News is under ‘terrorist attack’
Islamabad: Pakistan’s known and popular private news channel Geo News’s website is inoperative since Friday evening after it was attacked with Denial of Service (DoS). The channel was banned in Pakistan after Gen. Musharraf imposed emergency on November 03. DoS attack means that a lot of hits are artificially made to strike a website in […]
Increase your memory by talking
Just 10 minutes of talking with another person may prove helpful in improving an individual’s memory and intellect, according to researchers at the University of Michigan. "In our study, socializing was just as effective as more traditional kinds of mental exercise in boosting memory and intellectual performance," said Oscar Ybarra, a psychologist at the U-M […]
Bush passes Hitlers directive
On May 09, 2007, President Bush passed Directive 51 without so much as a press conference. This directive is the same as the one passed by Hitler prior to him becoming the dictator of Germany. It basically says that if Bush declares a National emergency for the United States (which is also a very broad […]