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Washington, Sept 18: Astronomers at the Harvard Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics have shown that the Magellanic Clouds are recent arrivals to our galactic neighbourhood.

The Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) and Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC) are two of the Milky Way's closest neighbouring galaxies. A stunning sight in the southern hemisphere, they were named after Ferdinand Magellan, who explored those waters in the 16th century.

For hundreds of years, these galaxies were considered satellites of the Milky Way, gravitationally bound to our home galaxy.

Washington September 18: Scientists have found that women and men respond differently to manipulation of serotonin levels, a biochemical whose reduced transmission has been implicated in major depressive disorder (MDD), a common mental disorder.  

The study published in Biological Psychiatry involved a technique called acute tryptophan depletion to decrease serotonin levels in the brains of healthy participants.

Melbourne, Sept 18 (ANI): Sarah Michelle Gellar and Alec Baldwin’s new flick ‘Suburban’ girl will not be hitting theatres, but instead is heading straight for a DVD release.

Gellar plays a naive associate book editor named Brett who is embarking on her first big job.

Her character is overwhelmed until she develops a romance with the seasoned literary star Archie Knox, played by Alec Baldwin, who opens the doors to the glamorous world for her.

However, life takes a turn when she is faced with a family crisis.

The stock market got off to an impulsive beginning this morning with equities fluctuating in a dispirited manner in early trading.

Yahoo has bought news aggregator BuzzTracker, and also named its creator, Alan Warms as Yahoo News GM, VP.

BuzzTracker explores web sites and blogs for news items and arranges them according to topic. The company also provides its software to other business houses.
     
The online major (Yahoo) has acquired the company to swell its advertising span on the web. The financial details of the deal are not disclosed yet.

Washington, Sept 18: Cyprian honeybees kill their archenemy, the Oriental hornet by smothering them, a new study by entomologists in the recent issue of Current Biology, has revealed.