London, Oct 29 : A report issued by conservation groups has determined that the planet is headed for an ecological "credit crunch".

According to a report by BBC News, the document contends that our demands on natural resources overreach what the Earth can sustain by almost a third.

The report, known as "The Living Planet Report," is the work of WWF, the Zoological Society of London and the Global Footprint Network.

It says that more than three quarters of the world''s population lives in countries where consumption levels are outstripping environmental renewal.

London, October 29 : Chimpanzees very closely observe who all are grooming them, and ultimately return favours to them while freezing out others, according to a new study.

Cristina Gomes, a behavioural ecologist at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig, Germany, came up with this finding after observing wild chimpanzees living in Tai National Park in Cote D’Ivoire for about 3000 hours.

She says that grooming, in a way, works like currency in chimpanzees.

Manila - UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on Wednesday called for an immediate end to fighting in the Democratic Republic of Congo, which has resulted in an upsurge of refugees.

Washington, Oct 29: Emotional memories of a traumatic experience in life often persist in our minds. Now, researchers from The University of Queensland shed light on how we remember traumatic events.

The team found uncovered a cellular mechanism underlying the formation of emotional memories, which occurs in the presence of a well-known stress hormone.

They showed how noradrenaline, the brain''s equivalent of adrenaline, affects amygdala- the brain area associated with emotions- by controlling chemical and electrical pathways in the brain responsible for memory formation.

London, October 29: Prince Harry, who is attempting to qualify for training as an Apache pilot in the British Army, has been zealously practicing his flying skills – on a computer game.

The 24-year-old, who is aspiring to ride the Army’s meanest and toughest attack helicopter, has been addicted to an Apache game he found on the Sun’s website, according to reports.

New York, October 29: Oscar-winning actress and singer Jennifer Hudson’s seven-year-old nephew, who was found slain in a SUV, died of multiple gunshot wounds, cops have said.

Investigators, who had been on the look out for Julian since he went missing from the singer’s residence after her mother and brother were found shot dead, said the child was shot at many times.