Washington, Apr 1 : Men who wish to stay healthy in every respect, and aspire for a disease free atmosphere, Chicago is the ideal city to live in, according to a new list.

Barack Obama''s home city headed the list of Top 29 cities for men around the world, reports Fox News.

Spanish city Barcelona came at the second spot, while San Francisco took the third position owing to its 3,480 acres of parks and three golf courses.

London and Sydney took the fourth and fifth positions, respectively.

Washington, Apr 1 : Women with a history of childhood abuse are twice as likely to suffer from severe mental problem, suggests a new study.

However, the same association has not been found in men, which suggests that both boys and girls respond to traumatic and upsetting experiences differently.

During the study, the researchers looked at people aged 16-64 and divided them into two groups.

Washington, Apr 1 : Want to avoid making unnecessary purchases? Well, then keep your hands off the object, for a new study has shown that merely touching an item increases the feelings of ownership people have for the object, prompting them to purchase it.

In 2003 Illinois state attorney general''s office had warned holiday shoppers to be cautious of retailers who encourage them to hold objects and imagine the objects as their own when shopping.

Washington, April 1 : Conservationists have reported a previously unknown population of Irrawaddy dolphins in Bangladesh, which would give scientists "great hope" for the survival of the rare species.

According to a report in National Geographic News, a research team estimated that 6,000 Irrawaddy dolphins thrive in the country's Sundarbans mangrove forests and nearby waters of the Bay of Bengal.

The group is the largest ever found.

Washington, April 1 : Researchers, using CT imaging to study a priceless bust of Nefertiti, have uncovered a delicately carved face in the limestone inner core and gained new insights into methods used to create the ancient masterpiece and information pertinent to its conservation.

"We acquired a lot of information on how the bust was manufactured more than 3,300 years ago by the royal sculptor," said the study's lead author Alexander Huppertz, M. D., director of the Imaging Science Institute in Berlin, Germany.

Washington, Apr 1 : Are you nicknamed "thick-headed" in school? Well, stop cursing you mates, for being literally thick-brained suggests one is smart, concludes a new study.

For a long time now, researchers have been unearthing conflicting evidence regarding where intelligence lies in the brain. For example, in 2000, researchers in England and Germany discovered that intelligence seemed to depend exclusively on the brain''s frontal lobes.