A body-double robot resembling a real person has been developed by a Japanese scientist. The robot has tiny human like movements and blinking eyes. Japanese roboticist Hiroshi Ishiguro is the director of the Intelligent Robotics Laboratory at Osaka University, Japan.

The researchers suggested that Martian clay might have harbored boron during a time when life was about to begin on the Earth. Boron is a vital constituent among one of the life's molecular building blocks.

Sex education is considered to be one of the effective ways to reduce wrong sexual incidents.  But a report, `R18: Sexuality Education in New Zealand: A Critical Review', has pointed certain things about the same.

A serious car accident left Leanne Rowe, born and brought up on the southern Australian island of Tasmania, with French-sounding accent. She is frustrated due to the same.

As per a recent research, it has been revealed that there are chances that fat men have children who will also struggle with weight. The study was carried out by a group of researchers from Ohio University.

The researchers carried out an experiment on mice.  They noticed that inherited genes also play a role in speeding up and down the metabolism.

Excess of everything is bad and the line seems to be going with allergy warnings present on food packages. Recently, a research was carried out in which it has been found that more than 65% packed foods have one or the other warning.

Architect Neil Platt was diagnosed with Motor Neurone Disease when he was just 33. The condition is known to make the sufferer unable to move, swallow and eventually to breathe. The disease had already killed Neil's father and grandfather.

A new financial funding will enable British scientists to develop a new kind of anticoagulant drug. The scientists said that the drug will be used to prevent dangerous blood clots without causing bleeding, which has never been possible before.

If findings of a recent study are to be believed, scientists have made a breakthrough by discovering the cause behind cancer spread. Scientists believe this would help them develop cure.

Mid Staffordshire NHS scandal has led to introduction of Ofsted-style ratings. The ratings will guide hospitals to make urgent improvements if any department is not providing good care. Official assessments will rate hospitals from inadequate to outstanding. Inspectors will check the quality of care being provided by every hospital.