Washington, Mar 31 : Halle Berry has said that she is open to having more kids, but she doesn't want to follow in the footsteps of octuplets'' mom Nadya Suleman.

Appearing on the Ellen DeGeneres show, the `Monster's Ball' actress confessed to wanting another child, but warned that she was not up for double digits.

"I hope I don''t have like 14 more," People magazine quoted her as saying.

The Oscar-winning actress is mother to one-year-old Nahla Ariela.

Washington - In one of the most dire global forecasts yet, the World Bank on Tuesday predicted that the global economy will shrink 1.7 per cent this year as trade collapses and the banking crisis strikes even the world's poorest countries.

The World Bank more than halved its growth forecast for the developing world to 2.1 per cent - compared to 5.8 per cent recorded in 2008 - and predicted a mild global recovery to 2.3-per-cent growth next year.

Washington, March 31 : In a new research, a scientist has suggested that chimpanzees are four times stronger than humans because our nervous systems exert more control over our muscles, thus preventing great feats of strength.

The research was done by evolutionary biologist Alan Walker, a professor at Penn State University.

Walker argues that humans may lack the strength of chimps because our nervous systems exert more control over our muscles.

Our fine motor control prevents great feats of strength, but allows us to perform delicate and uniquely human tasks.

Washington, March 31 : Diets rich in meat and fats and low in complex carbohydrates may increase the risk of colon cancer, say U. S. researchers.

Speaking at the Society for General Microbiology meeting at Harrogate, University of Pittsburgh's Professor Stephen O'Keefe described an expanding body of evidence to show that the composition of the diet directly influences the diversity of the microbes in the gut, providing the link between diet, colonic disease and colon cancer.

Washington, Mar 31 : While analysing a mysterious neurological affliction in cats, scientists have found that their central nervous system has a unique ability to repair itself and restore function.

Researchers from the University of Wisconsin-Madison have revealed that myelin restoration in cats can lead to functional recovery.

Myelin is a fatty insulator of nerve fibres that degrades in a host of human central nervous system disorders, the most common of which is multiple sclerosis.

Washington, Mar 31 : Expecting mothers could reduce the risk of complications in their pregnancies and new-born babies by paying closer attention to oral hygiene, scientist have suggested.

Bacteria from a mother''s mouth can be transmitted through the blood and amniotic fluid in the womb to her unborn child.

This could contribute to the risk of a premature delivery, a low birth-weight baby, premature onset of contractions, or infection of the newborn child.