Jail second home to many Bihar MPs As the hands of the legal arm are freed in the state notorious for corruption and political violence, the architects of such untoward events are now languishing in jails.
A children's guide to sex The exhibit in Paris attempts to respond playfully to the serious questions "tweenagers" ask about sexuality and romantic feeling.
PRECAUTION
Sex education is the way to safety Absence of sex education or counselling at schools leave adolescents vulnerable to sexually transmitted infections.
What's the buzz A team of researchers in the US has carried out a study and found that daytime dozing raises the risk of a stroke by nearly two to four fold, particularly in people who are a little aged.
Mother of all cures... Professor Yoji Kimura (standing at the back) demonstrates how to measure laughter in Osaka on Friday.
To measure laughter, he attached sensors on the skin of a tested subject's stomach, particularly the diaphragm, and detected
muscle movements. The machine looked 3,000 times a second at electric elements normally produced in the body. Yoji Kimura
believes laughter is a weapon that in healthy doses can end the world's wars. AFP
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