Washington: A man walks into a bar. He thinks the attractive woman smiling at him from across the room wants to have sex with him. True? Or is it all in his head?

Minneapolis: Poor physical fitness in middle age may be linked to a smaller brain size 20 years later, according to a study published in the recent online issue of Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology.

London: A study led by the University of Southampton has found there is no difference in the time it takes people from different countries to read and process different languages.

Washington: Gambling among young teens may be associated with increased use of alcohol, cigarettes, or marijuana according to a study that surveyed sixth- to eighth-graders in Italian schools. 

Champaign: When fast-rising employees quit their jobs for better pay or more responsibility at another organization, the knee-jerk reaction may be to blame their leaving on a bad boss. Although the common perception is that workers join companies but leave managers, new research by a University of Illinois business professor shows that workers leave good bosses, too -- and for companies, there may be a silver lining to their departure.

Nusa Dua: Married couples in low- and middle-income countries around the world that use contraception are having more frequent sexual intercourse than those that do not, new research from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health suggests.