Excessive smartphone use leads to problems, and females are especially susceptible to addiction, according to new research from Binghamton University, State University of New York.

Generosity, even among family members, had long been considered to be a specifically human characteristic. Yet rats, chimpanzees and other animals also exhibit similar behaviour. 

  It’s a key component many people neglect when striving to make improvements in just about any part of their lives.

Mothers play a central role in honour-based crime yet this is often unrecognised by police and other agencies, potentially leaving victims at risk, new research suggests.

Shakespeare said our lips were made for kissing and if you ask Texas A&M University Professor of Anthropology Vaughn Bryant about it, he’ll tell you all you need to know and more about this age-old pastime.

Across the board, Americans are less sexually active than ever with the sharpest decline among people in their 50s, people with a college degree, people with school-aged children, people in the South, and those who do not watch pornography.

A new study by by Vanderbilt University researchers reveals new nuances in the links between a person’s weight and the socio-economic status of the people close to them and suggests that gender plays a significant role in that relationship. The study appears online in the Journal of Sociological Perspectives.

Minneapolis: New research backs up what many women already know: They’re sleep deprived. Unlike men, a good night’s sleep for women is affected by having children in the house, according to a preliminary study released here that will be presented at the American Academy of Neurology’s 69th Annual Meeting in Boston, April 22 to 28.

Benjamin Franklin famously extolled the virtues of early risers saying, “early to bed, early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise” – and a new study out today adds scientific data to the claim that morning people may in fact be healthier. 

Washington: Given the chance to see into the future, most people would rather not know what life has in store for them, even if they think those events could make them happy, according to new research published by the American Psychological Association.