WASHINGTON - Oxytocin - dubbed the "cuddle hormone" because of its importance in bonding between romantic partners and mothers and children - also influences feelings of well-being and sensitivity to advertising, reveals new research.

WASHINGTON - A graduate student at the University of Alberta has found that Tyrannosaurus rex's powerful tail muscles made the giant carnivore one of the fastest moving hunters of its time.

WASHINGTON - Researchers have indicated that human childhood is considerably longer than chimpanzees, our closest-living ape relatives.

WASHINGTON - The world's first remote heart procedure, using a robotic arm alongside 3-D mapping is set to take place at Glenfield Hospital in Leicester.

WASHINGTON - Neanderthals were a live fast, die young species, according to a study from Harvard University.