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Countries that have banned spanking or other forms corporal punishment are less likely to have violent youth, a study has shown. Findings from the study led by Frank Elgar, associate professor in the Institute for Health and Social Policy at...

Doctors may want to consider measuring the size of baby heads, because it could indicate their intelligence later in life, according to a study. Researchers from universities in Europe conducted an experiment to determine if there was a correlation between...

Excessive and insufficient sleep are similarly detrimental to your brain’s functioning, a new study has revealed. The world’s largest sleep study found that people who are asleep between seven to eight hours per night performed better cognitively than those who...

Moms who breastfeed their first child for at least five months are likely to have more kids than women who stop sooner or bottle-feed, a new study suggests. The finding comes from an analysis of data on nearly 3 700...

A strong upper body is the most attractive body shape on men, new research finds. Asked to judge photos of topless men, women consistently rated the stronger looking, more muscular men as more attractive. Fully 70% of a man’s bodily attractiveness...

There are four distinct personality types that many people fall into, according to new research from 1.5 million people around the world. They are the ‘average’, the ‘reserved’, the ‘role models’ and the ‘self-centred’. While psychologists usually dislike the idea of...

A new study has found that watching pornography more than once a week can cause people to hold stronger religious beliefs than those who only occasionally watch x-rated videos. And researchers say this could be down to people compensating for guilty...

A new study has just 'settled' the debate: Eating up to one egg per day is actually associated with a lower risk of heart disease and stroke. So yes, Eating eggs everyday might just be good for your heart Published in...

Parents are introducing their children to booze too early, experts say. According to a new study by Researchers at the Centre for Longitudinal Studies at the UCL Institute of Education, and Pennsylvania State University, it was found that, one in...

People who stay up late and have to drag themselves out of bed are likelier to die younger than those who rise and set with the Sun, researchers said Thursday. A survey of more than 430,000 people in Britain found...