Washington, Mar 14: Men with ring fingers longer than their index fingers run faster, due to testosterone levels, says a new study.

Researchers from Southampton University have linked finger-length ratios to a host of things good and bad, from fertility and disease vulnerability to test scores and personality traits.

According to boffins, exposure to testosterone in the womb is behind the speedy kids and their finger-length ratios.

Washington, March 14 : Don't run here and there in search of good life, for just being grateful to the people around you may fill your life with happiness.

Associate Professor, who teaches Psychology at George Mason University, has found that gratitude-the emotion of thankfulness and joy in response to receiving a gift-is the best way to achieve happiness.

Through a number of studies he has conducted, Kashdan has learnt that gender plays a role when it comes to achieving well-being, and that men are much less likely to feel and express gratitude than women.

Belgrade  - Serbian officials launched an investigation against five former policemen suspected of war crimes during the 1998-99 Kosovo war.

The office of the war crimes prosecutor requested "an investigation against five former members of the special police unit suspected of committing war crimes against civilians and prisoners of war," a statement said.

The prosecution ordered their detention, the statement said, adding that "this is not an action against policemen who defended their country in 1999".

London, Mar 13: A group of psychologists has confirmed what many people always believed: tea and coffee taste better out of your favourite mug.

According to Sheffield University researchers, an individual's brain is wired to believe the daily routine of making a brew should be done in a certain way for maximum enjoyment.

In the study, Dr Tom Stafford even compared making a cuppa to drug addiction.

"Drinking tea and coffee is very ritualistic. People become very addicted to the way they want their brew made," The Sun quoted him, as saying.

Washington  - One man was rescued and 16 people were missing after a helicopter crashed into the Atlantic Ocean Thursday while taking workers to an oil platform off Canada's east coast, Canadian news reports said.

Searchers recovered the body of the 18th person who was on board the helicopter, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation news service reported.

London, Mar 12: The “funniest” whoopee cushion sound is long and high-pitched, claims an academic after a two week scientific experiment into what makes farting funny.

After more than 30,000 people voted in a website poll, Professor Trevor Cox at the University of Salford said that the rasping raspberry sound lasts about seven seconds and was produced from a "normal-sized" whoopee cushion.

Sound samples were placed on soundsfunny. org for participants to listen and vote on.