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Testosterone is the key to stock market success

High TestosteroneWashington, Apr 15: The hormone – testosterone – that drives male aggression and sexual interest might also help city traders make moolah, that’ s what a group of researchers suggest.

According to researchers at the University of Cambridge in England, when City traders have high morning testosterone levels they make more than average profits for the rest of that day.

Testosterone is a steroid hormone, which controls competitive encounters as well as sexual behaviour. Testosterone in male athletes, for example, will rise prior to a competition and rise even further in a winning athlete (but decrease in a losing one).

Coral reef recovers from 1954 nuclear explosion

Coral ReefLondon, April 15: A coral reef in the Bikini Atoll in Marshall islands that was nuked in

Elephant’s ancestors lived in water 37 million years ago

ElephantsWashington, April 15: A new study has suggested that an ancient ancestor of the elephant li

100-year-old Boer war camp uncovered in South Africa

Cape Town, April 14: Archaeologists have found the remains of a black Boer War concentration camp in South Africa, dating back more than 100 years.

Laser triggered electrical activity in thunderstorm first step towards manmade lightning

Washington, April 14: Scientists have used laser pulses to deliberately trigger electrical activity in thunderclouds, which marks the first step towards manmade lightning.

Predator-prey interaction recreated using bacteria

Predator-prey interaction recreated using bacteria

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