Performing in the presence of whom might possibly lead to
improved performances in teenaged males?  Saturday, 5 March 2011
- 9:16am IST | Place: Mumbai | Agency: DNA 1. Performing in the
presence of whom might possibly lead to improved performances in
teenaged males? Adolescent males The aged   Neuroscientists at
the University of California, San Francisco have discovered that
teenage male songbirds, still working to perfect their song,
perform better in the presence of a female bird.  2. Genes for
what self-destructive habit have been found recently?    3. What
is the value of planet earth, according to a scientist? £3000
trillion £450 gazilion £200 billion   Greg Laughlin from the
University of California-Santa Cruz came up with the figure by
calculating the sum of the planet’s age, size, temperature, mass
and other vital statistics. The Daily Mail reports that the
Earth came out to be the most expensive of all planets.  4. What
alcoholic beverage may not be around in 2050 thanks to climate
change? Red wine