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Wanted: a lap dance researcher!

London, Nov 28 (ANI): The University of Leeds is seeking a lap dance researcher who has “prior experience of conducting research in the female sex industry”.

The School of Sociology and Social Policy at the University of Leeds has advertised to fill the position for: “Research Officer – The rise and regulation of lap dancing and [...]

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Flash 40 percent of your skin to allure men!

London, Nov 17 (ANI): Women should wear clothes that bare 40 per cent of their bodies in a bid to allure men, say experts.

Keeping the right balance between revealing too much and being too conservative has long been a dilemma for women while choosing the right clothes.

A research team from University of Leeds observed women [...]

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Kissing spreads bugs that protect pregnancy

London, Oct 31 (ANI): Kissing was created to spread germs which build up immunity to illness, believe scientists.

The loved-up gesture allows a bug, which is dangerous in pregnancy, to be passed from man to woman to give her time to build up protection against it, reports The Telegraph.

The bug, Cytomegalovirus, is found in saliva and [...]

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Atmospheric acid nourishes world’s oceans

Washington, October 6 (ANI): Scientists at the University of Leeds in the UK have proved that acid in the atmosphere breaks down large particles of iron found in dust into small and extremely soluble iron nanoparticles, which are more readily used by plankton in the world’s oceans.

This is an important finding because lack of iron [...]

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Fruit fly sperm compels females to do housework after sex session

Washington, Sept 30 (ANI): After sex, female fruit flies ditch the usual siesta in favour of extra foraging and searching for places to lay her eggs, a new study has found.

The study showed that it is all down to a chemical or ’sex peptide’ produced by male fruit flies.

The sperm of male fruit flies are [...]

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Coming soon at Heathrow: driverless cars with bug-eyed windows!

London, Aug 12 (ANI): Battery-operated driverless cars with bug-eyed windows will soon be carrying passengers at the Heathrow Airport.

The bubble shaped vehicles look like a capsule and their doors fold back like butterfly wings.

With a grey-and-white interior and seating space for four people, a “start” button on the wall makes up for the [...]

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Patients overestimate medicines’ side effects due to unclear information

London, August 10 (ANI): A new survey has revealed that unclear information is the reason patients are overestimating the side effects of medicines.

The finding attains significance because if the possible side effects of medicines are unclear, or patients cannot understand how common they are, there is a risk they will not take drugs prescribed for [...]

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