London, Sept 2: Men's tendency to be unfaithful may be influenced by their genes, suggests a new research.

According to the study, men who inherit a genetic variant that affects an important attachment hormone are more likely than usual to have weaker relationships and marital discord, and less likely to be married.

Also, their wives and girlfriends are also more likely to be less satisfied with them as partners, reports New Scientist.

London, September 2: An extremely rare fossilized skull of a 400,000 years old steppe mammoth has been unearthed in France, a discovery that could shed much needed light on the evolution of these mighty beats.

Though many isolated teeth of steppe mammoth have been found, but only a handful of skeletons exist; and in these surviving specimens, the skull is rarely intact.

But, according to a report by BBC News, the skull specimen, found by palaeontologists Frederic Lacombat and Dick Mol, is well preserved.

It belongs to a male steppe mammoth (Mammuthus trogontherii) that stood about 3.7m (12ft) tall and lived about 400,000 years ago, during Middle Pleistocene times.

Sydney - A boomerang that international auction house Christie's says was a souvenir taken by Britain's Captain James Cook on his voyage to Australia in 1770 is almost certainly a fake, an expert said Tuesday.

Aborigines in Sydney have urged the Australian government to bid for the boomerang when it goes to auction in London later this month.

There have even been calls for Prime Minister Kevin Rudd to talk British Prime Minister Gordon Brown into buying the wooden hunting tool and presenting it to Australia as an act of atonement for colonization.

London  - The families of British servicemen killed when a Royal Air Force Nimrod aircraft exploded in mid-air in Afghanistan two years ago launched legal action against the government Monday.

Two of the families of the 14 victims served a writ, accusing the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of negligence by failing to minimise risk and breaching the troops' right to life.

It is the first time Britain's MoD has faced a legal challenge under the European Convention on Human Rights, experts said.

London, Sept. 1 : A British woman plans to make a parachute jump over Mount Everest hoping to become the first woman ever to skydive over the world''s highest peak, organisers said on Sunday.

Holly Budge, 29, plans to throw herself out from 465 feet (142 metres) above Everest, hurtling past it, before landing in a mountain meadow at 12,350 feet (3,764 metres), reports The Mirror.

She plans to attempt her dive in October after taking off from an airstrip in Syangboche in the Khumbhu region of northeast Nepal, home to Mount Everest, the world''s highest peak at 8,850 metres (29,035 feet).

London, Sept 1 : The Eiffel tower is set to loose its sparkle, as the administration has decided to cut its glittering light in a new green initiative.

Sete, the company sub-contracted by Paris to run the tower, has decided to cut the time bulbs are run by half, with 400 to 200 hours per year.

Since January 1, 2000, every hour after dusk, the 20,000 bulbs twinkle brilliantly for ten minutes and is, indeed, a hit among tourists.

"It''s above all a symbolic decision, as the cost savings are not enormous", the Telegraph quoted tourism deputy of Paris mayor Bertrand Delanoe as saying.