Bizarre

7 January 2024

Robots lie and cheat in pressure situations at work

Robots lie and cheat when under pressure at work. Experts found that a bot trained to do a job as a financial trader deliberately committed insider trading 75 per cent of ...

7 January 2024

Loch Ness Monster hunters optimistic after busy 2023

Loch Ness Monster hunters are adamant that "something's out there" amid renewed interest in the legendary Scottish beast. 2023 was a busy year for Nessie obsessives with nine official sightings recorded ...

7 January 2024

Interactive screen usage wrecks teenage sleeping patterns

Teenage sleep is disrupted most by interactive screen use. The impact of screen time on sleep is well-documented but new research indicates that interactive engagement is more damaging for teenage rest ...

7 January 2024

Humans can tell if chickens are happy by the sound of clucking

Humans are able to tell if chickens are happy or sad by the sound of their clucks. Data shows that a person is able to identify with 69 per cent accuracy ...

7 January 2024

Staring at curry can ease pain

Looking at pictures of curry can act as a painkiller. Chinese scientists got 27 volunteers to look at images of spicy curries and noodles - as well as blander food items ...

7 January 2024

Scientists discover new clue in alien quest

Scientists have found a promising new clue in the hunt for alien life. Experts from the University of Birmingham and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have theorised that far-off planets ...

7 January 2024

Half of British teens feel addicted to social media

Almost half of British teenagers feel addicted to social media. The "striking" findings have been revealed in a study conducted by the University of Cambridge and researchers say that a person's ...

7 January 2024

Human brains take in information better than robots

Human brains still take in new information better than AI robots. Tech bosses have promised a future of self-driving cars and instant medical checks but scientists insist that human beings still ...

7 January 2024

Poor sleep in your 30s could cause memory problems later in life

Poor sleep in a person's 30s can lead to memory problems later in life. A new study involving over 500 people in their mid-30s to late 40s found that those with ...

7 January 2024

Vegan fast food is no healthier than a meat burger

Vegan fast food is no healthier than meaty snacks. Researchers compared plant-based meals with meat alternatives at the 10 fast food chains with the most branches in Australia, Canada, Poland, the ...

7 January 2024

Food FOMO prevents people from dieting successfully

The fear of missing out (FOMO) prevents people from dieting. Research shows that people are worried about missing out on snacks such as chocolate and fish and chips when attempting to ...

7 January 2024

Wearing hearing aids reduces risk of an early grave

Hearing aids cut the risk of an early death by a quarter. US researchers have discovered that individuals with hearing loss were 24 per cent less likely to pass away early ...

7 January 2024

Dinosaurs have impacted the human ageing process

Dinosaurs have influenced human ageing. A new theory known as the "longevity bottleneck hypothesis" suggests that mammals faced persistent pressure for quick reproduction when dinosaurs roamed the Earth, likely leading to ...

7 January 2024

Scientists create brain chip to reduce risk-taking in monkeys

Scientists have developed a brain chip that reduces risk-taking in monkeys. A team of boffins at Kyoto University in Japan used flashes of light from implanted chips to trigger two separate ...

7 January 2024

Genetic link revealed between anorexia and early risers

People with anorexia are more likely to wake up early in the morning. New data shows that those with the eating disorder and mental health condition are more prone to being ...

26 December 2023

Apes have superb memories

Apes have excellent memories. Researchers have found that the primates are able to recognise photos of friends and family that they have not seen for 25 years. The experts used infra-red eye-tracking ...

26 December 2023

Alien discovery will cause panic amongst the human race

Humans will suffer "massive anxiety" if alien life is discovered. Experts believe that the human race isn't mentally ready for the shock of a close encounter and would end up questioning ...

26 December 2023

Scientists have had 20-minute chat with a whale

Scientists claim to have had a 20-minute conversation with a whale. An animal called Twain 'spoke' to researchers from the SETI Institute and University of California, Davis (UC Davis) after it ...

26 December 2023

Compassion helps you sleep at night

Compassionate people sleep better at night. Researchers in Finland have examined the relationship between compassion and sleep quality in over 1,000 young adults in the country over a period of 11 ...

26 December 2023

Eating chocolate improves a woman's mood

Chocolate makes middle-aged women happy. A new study has revealed that tucking into the treat every day for eight weeks was linked to reduced feelings of negativity, depression and anxiety. The antioxidant ...

26 December 2023

Dogs with dark eyes are seen as more friendly

Dogs are seen as less threatening if they have dark eyes. Experts believe that humans could have driven their popularity as man's best friend descended from wolves over thousands of years ...

26 December 2023

Monkeys yield to peer pressure

Monkeys give in to peer pressure. A nine-year study conducted on Vervet monkeys has revealed that social traditions are transferred through different communities of animals. Boffins from the University of Lausanne in ...

26 December 2023

Experts invent death calculator to predict when people pass away

Scientists have built a calculator that predicts when a person will die. The algorithm uses information about a person's health, education, job, income, addresses and working patterns to establish how long ...

26 December 2023

Lionfish at SEALIFE Manchester named after Mary Earps

A lionfish at SEALIFE Manchester has been named after England goalkeeper Mary Earps. The renaming of the fish has been carried out in honour of the footballer winning BBC Sports Personality ...