Washington, Mar 25: Researchers have found a brain region which predicts choices before we even know what they are.

The finding may explain why people re-evaluate options after making decisions.

Researchers in the March 25 issue of The Journal of Neuroscience have reported that the activity in one brain structure can predict people''s preferences.

London, Mar 25 : Brit actor Robert Pattinson is said to be in talks to star in romance-drama "Memoirs" by Summit Entertainment.

While Nick Osborne and Trevor Engelson are producing through their Underground Films banner, Allen Coulter is in talks to direct "Memoirs", reports Variety.

Will Fetters had originally written the script, and it centres on a pair of star-crossed lovers who meet and fall in love while struggling to deal with family tragedies that threaten their relationship.

Washington, Mar 25: The neighbourhood where we live might play an important role when it comes to smoking, says a study by Indian origin researcher.

The new study involving Asian-Americans population showed that people living in cohesive neighbourhood are less likely to smoke. While local socioeconomic status did not affect smoking behaviour, other community traits did.

Washington, Mar 25 : King of pop Michael Jackson's associate is said to have threatened auctioneer Darren Julien with harm from the Nation of Islam if they did not stop the auction of the singer's memorabilia.

Julien and his partner Martin Nolan entered affidavits into Los Angeles Superior Court regarding the threat about the auction, which is to take place in Los Angeles next month.

London, March 25 : If you ever wondered how the Sun will look like when it dies, then be sure that it will got out in a blaze of glory.

Planetary nebulae are the final butterfly-like state that heralds the end of a Sun-like star's energy-generating life.

They form when stars up to eight times the mass of the Sun begin to die, bloating into red giants before shedding as much as half their mass as gas and dust nebulae.

According to a report in New Scientist, the Sun itself will begin its death throes in about 5 billion years, when it starts to swell into a red giant star.

Washington, Mar 25: Cell phones and video games have no detrimental effects on students’ academic performance, says a new study.

Lead researcher Linda Jackson, Michigan State University professor of psychology revealed that video games did not appear to affect math skills and had a positive relationship with visual-spatial skills.

These skills – in which a child learns visually, by thinking in pictures and images – are considered the “training wheels” for performance in science, technology, engineering and math.