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Children are likely to cause cats to claw up furniture. Researchers from Ankara University, Turkey, asked 1,200 cat owners in France what factors can influence undesired scratching behaviours in their furry ...

Bearded men are more likely to be ready to settle down than those with less facial hair. Researchers from the University of Katowice, Poland, asked 400 men between the age of ...

Burger and Lobster have launched a new "premium" bargain bucket at their restaurants. All nine branches of the popular London eatery will be offering a "claw-lickingly good" sharing feast for six ...

A new hot sauce has developed to mimic the symptoms of UTIs. The condiment, Feel the Burn, has been created by Newfoundland Diagnostics and scientific sauce creator Lazy Scientist in order ...

Scientists have created a 'Frankenstein' robot that has a tiny human brain. The cyborg has been built using lab-grown stem cells called organoids that have been paired with a computer chip ...

Song melodies have become more basic over the past 70 years. Experts at Queen Mary University of London have analysed the melodies of tracks that reached the top five in the ...

Moroccan influencer Kenza Layli has won the first-ever Miss AI competition. The 100 per cent AI-generated influencer saw off competition from France's Lalina Valina and Portugal's Olivia C to claim a ...

A distant planet stinks of rotten eggs. Scientists have been studying the atmosphere of the exoplanet HD 189733 b, a gas giant that is a similar size to Jupiter, using data ...

Eating dark chocolate halves the risk of gum disease. Researchers are convinced that antioxidants from the cocoa beans could be behind the reduction in the disease risk. Cheese (54 per cent), rice ...

Air pollution significantly reduces the chance of a live birth after IVF treatment. Exposure to pollution has previously been linked to increased miscarriage rates and preterm births and the latest concerning ...

Drinking tea for decades protects the heart. Research has found that of the six most popular drinks, tea came out on top for having the most health benefits for both sexes. A ...

Eating fruit after a night out can reduce the effects of a hangover. Nutritionist and podcaster Dr. Rhonda Patrick has pinpointed studies that show how fructose - the sugar that naturally ...

A new UFO film suggests that alien tricksters are deliberately confusing humanity to prevent the truth from being revealed about extraterrestrials. 'The Cosmic Joker' is inspired by the late author and ...

A planet resembling an eyeball could provide new hope in the hunt for alien life. The distant world is known as LHS 1140 b and could be covered in either icy ...

A man has been caught trying to smuggle over 100 live snakes into mainland China by stuffing them down his trousers. Officers stopped the unnamed traveller as he attempted to cross ...

Identical twins separated at birth in China have almost the same IQs. Research at California State University, Fullerton examined the intelligence scores of 15 pairs of identical twins adopted by different ...

Faulty spacesuits are putting astronauts at risk of drowning. NASA is relying on outdated 1980s equipment for its space crews which almost had terrifying consequences for Tracy Dyson after an arctic ...

A Loch Ness Monster hunter has been left "dumbfounded" by an apparent new sighting of the legendary beast. Eoin O'Faodhagain was watching the Scottish water on a livestream from his home ...

Watching England at Euro 2024 can have fatal consequences. A leading heart doctor has warned that frustration at Gareth Southgate's conservative tactics and matchday drinking could prove deadly due to the ...

Stone Age humans wore tailored clothes. Experts have revealed that fashion started to emerge at the end of the last Ice Age as temperatures became too cold for traditional decorative body ...

Fat dogs and cats could be offered weight-loss jabs such as Ozempic. Experts say that the pet obesity crisis is worsening as canines and felines become increasingly portly and there is ...

Wine originated from the asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs. A new study has revealed how the grape family thrived in the years following the extinction of the reptiles and indicated ...

Eating a healthy diet in your 40s can ward off dementia in later life. Research has found that dietary habits in middle age play a more significant role than previously suspected ...

A space expert is convinced that humanity will discover a planet that houses alien life in the coming decades. Astrophysicist Jessie Christiansen says that the Habitable Worlds Observatory (HWO) - a ...