Washington, Mar 11 : Michael Jackson is releasing new music before making his return to the stage.

Last week, the `Thriller' star had announced plans to return to stage with a series of live shows at London''s O2 Arena in July.

Now, it has emerged that the singer is heading into the studio to record music, reports Contactmusic.

Randy Phillips, head of concert promoters AEG Live, confirms, "There will be a new Michael Jackson single before the first date.

Washington, Mar 11 : Actress Mena Suvari has inadvertently appeared in a Chinese advertisement - in which she seems to promote condoms.

The American Beauty stunner is snapped wearing a backless dress and posing seductively on the contraceptive packets, sold by the Chinese firm Eyesome, reports Contactmusic.

The condoms are on sale for 1.30 dollars in Chinese supermarkets and online.

The unauthorised endorsement has been made possible because of relaxed image rights in the Asian country.

Washington, Mar 11 : Robert Redford is set to receive Peter J. Owens Award at the upcoming 52nd San Francisco International Film Festival in April (09).

The Owens Award, named after the longtime arts patron, philanthropist and Film Society board member, honours an actor whose work exemplifies "brilliance, independence and integrity," reports Contactmusic.

Washington, Mar 11 : Researchers at the University of Basel have designed a new technique that could assist individual decision-making.

Numerous studies have shown that a crowd of people usually gives more accurate responses to questions compared to a mere individual.

However, psychologists Stefan M. Herzog and Ralph Hertwig from the University of Basel wanted to know if individuals could come up with better answers using the new technique called `dialectical bootstrapping.'

Dialectical bootstrapping is a method by which an individual mind averages its'' own conflicting opinions, thus simulating the `wisdom of the crowd.'

Washington, Mar 11 : Researchers at Fox Chase Cancer Center have identified a handful of proteins in incredibly tiny amounts that may one day help doctors distinguish between a harmless lesion in the pancreas and a potentially deadly one.

According to the researchers, these protein biomarkers, if confirmed in subsequent studies, could represent reliable indicators of pancreatic cancer or precancerous pancreatic lesions, which would allow for earlier, perhaps more successful, treatment.

Washington, Mar 11 : Researchers from Hasbro Children''s Hospital and Children''s Hospital Boston have identified risk factors for the severity of asymmetrical head shapes, known as deformational plagiocephaly (DP), or more commonly as flat head syndrome.

Many researchers have published reports of risk factors for the development of DP, which include supine positioning, firstborn infants, prematurity, developmental delay and others.