A hug is like a boomerang, you get it back right away, the American cartoonist Bil Keane observed. But a new study has found that women get much more back from cuddling than men – receiving a bigger stress-relieving boost – which perhaps helps explain male reticence when it comes to embracing a partner. Researchers from Ruhr University Bochum, Germany, analysed 76 people in romantic relationships and measured levels of the stress hormone cortisol when they hugged briefly before taking part in a

I've always been a hugger, I didn't realise that that is really jarring for a lot of Brits." I

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A week after 8-year-old Peyton James “ PJ ” Evans was killed by a stray bullet during a shooting outside a Landover apartment, authorities have increased the reward money for tips on the case to a total of$ 35, 000. Support our journalism.... But instead, someone stole all of that without a second thought.” Story continues below advertisement Family members described the boy as a “ gentle soul ” and a “ big old teddy bear ” who loved to snuggle with his mom on the sofa.... He dreamed of playin

Olaf Scholz, the Social Democratic Party of Germany's( SPD) candidate for Chancellor, this weekend made a step closer to forming a coalition and becoming the country's next leader.... Much has been made of a" new departure" and" change" from the direction of former Chancellor Angela Merkel.... She was at the helm of German politics for 16 years, having moulded both the country's and the EU's discourse. However, since winning the election late last month, many have claimed that Mr Scholz will u

TOKYO – A plan to redevelop a well-loved leafy oasis in the heart of Tokyo has drawn protests from residents and celebrities such as novelist Haruki Murakami since it was first announced in 2022.... Now, the planned redevelopment has raised alarm even outside Japan.... The International Council on Monuments and Sites( Icomos) has opposed the plan approved by Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike as it would lead to the massive upheaval of Meiji Jingu Gaien( outer precinct)....

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Sherwood L. Boehlert, who championed environmental causes and science education during his 24 years in the House of Representatives, often battling his own party’s leaders as one of the last moderate Republicans in Congress, died Sept.... 20 at a hospice facility in New Hartford, N.Y.He was 84. Support our journalism.... Subscribe today ArrowRight The cause was dementia, said David Goldston, a former chief of staff of the House Science Committee, which Mr....