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Johannesburg, Dec 16 : South Africa pace express Dale Steyn has said that Australia cricketer Phillip Hughes' passing would not change his aggressive approach to bowling .

Steyn said that the short-pitched delivery, which struck Hughes on the neck, resulting in the batsman's passing, was out of the ordinary. Hughes lost consciousness and died in a Sydney hospital two days later, aged 25, after being struck by a bouncer.

Steyn, the number one-ranked fast bowler in Test cricket, said that he really feels for Hughes and his family, adding that it's a terrible accident, but admitting that cricket would continue, Sport24 reported.

Washington, Dec 16 : A new study has shed light on why some people pick junk over healthy food when it comes to midnight snacking.

According to the study by Caltech neuroeconomists, a person's ability to exercise self-control may depend upon just how quickly your brain factors healthfulness into a decision.

Nicolette Sullivan, lead author of the study, said that in typical choices, individuals need to consider attributes like health and taste in their decisions and what the study wanted to find out was at what point the taste of the foods starts to become integrated into the choice process, and at what point health is integrated.

London, Dec 16 : Miranda Kerr has denied being involved in any romantic relationship saying that she's happy to be single.

The 31-year-old Aussie beauty, who had separated from her husband Orlando Bloom last year, has been linked to various celebrities ever since like Tom Cruise and Justin Bieber, said that she found it difficult to date because of her and Bloom's 3-year-old son Flynn, the Mirror reported.

The Victoria's Secret beauty, who recently graced the cover of InStyle Australia's January issue in a plunging white one-piece, added that it was important that she didn't confuse her son with her relationships unless it was really serious.

Washington, Dec 16 : Scientists have revealed that the "tsunami wave" that NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft began experiencing earlier this year is still propagating outward.

The Voyager 1 spacecraft has experienced three shock waves and the most recent shock wave, first observed in February 2014, still appears to be going on and one wave, previously reported, helped researchers determine that Voyager 1 had entered interstellar space.

Washington, Dec 16 : Samsung still rules the smartphone market but a closer look at the statistics in the third quarter revealed that its market share has dropped considerably in comparison to the last year.

Samsung sold 73.2 million smartphones worldwide in the third quarter, giving the company 24.4 percent market share. However, the tech giant sold 80.4 million smartphones during the same period in 2013 and grabbed 32.1 percent market share, reported CNET.

The report said that the dip in Samsung's market share cannot be attributed to a troubled smartphone market as the entire market saw a sales jump from 250.3 million in 2013 to 301 million in 2014.

Mumbai - Continuing its plunge for the fourth straight session Tuesday, shares of SpiceJet tanked 17 percent even as the beleaguered company got a breather with indications that state-run Airports Authority of India would not press for immediate clearance of Rs 200 crore dues.

Amid continued sluggish investor sentiment for the shares of the Kalanithi Maran-led company, SpiceJet plunged 16.97 percent to Rs 11.25 at the BSE.

In four trading sessions, the stock has crashed over 25 percent, eroding Rs 216.63 crore from its market value.

Marketmen said that the stock is witnessing a downtrend amid mounting troubles for the cash-strapped budget carrier.