Bizarre

Just a single alcoholic drink a day can raise blood pressure. Researchers have advised people to avoid booze altogether as drinking even small quantities can raise blood pressure. The new study - ...

Eating eggs stops people from getting angry. A new study has found that the body uses a compound inside the breakfast staple to make serotonin, the chemical that makes human beings ...

Faustin-Archange Touadéra, the President of the Central African Republic, says the country’s upcoming referendum this Sunday (30.07.23) is an opportunity to give the nation a "new lease of life" and ...

Frozen worms have been brought back to life after 46,000 years. The creatures are believed to have lived in the time of the woolly mammoths and were removed from Siberian permafrost, ...

Daily sex sessions can beat cancer. Experts have found that four minutes of lovemaking per day cuts the risk of the disease by up to a third. The study by Australian scientists ...

Olive oil reduces the risk of dying from dementia. A Harvard University study says that eating more than half a teaspoon of the dressing slashes the risk of passing away from ...

Ireland's robot football team has triumphed in the prestigious RoboCup tournament. The RoboEireann team consists of staff and students from the Departments of Electronic Engineering and Computer Science at Maynooth University ...

The existence of UFOs is an "open secret" in the US military. A trio of high-ranking Air Force and intelligence veterans are set to discuss their knowledge of the flying objects ...

The Loch Ness Monster is not merely a giant eel. Some experts have disregarded the legendary Scottish beast as a very large fish but scientist Floe Foxon believes that her new ...

Sharks could be getting high on cocaine dumped in Florida waters. Experts are convinced that the hungry sea creatures could be getting addled on bales of the substance that have been ...

An unusual type of red wine can make a women's skin look younger. A study asked 17 females aged between 40 and 67 to drink two glasses of Muscadine wine - ...

An alien spaceship could have crashed on Mars. Scientists have said that they cannot rule out an extraterrestrial ship as the cause of strange, pointy protrusions that have been found on ...

A shot of espresso could prevent Alzheimer's disease. A new study has shown that a coffee shot slows the process that is believed to be involved in the onset of the ...

Meditation does not make people happier. Experts at the University of British Columbia in Canada have examined more than 500 studies on meditation and mindfulness and found that 95 per cent ...

A sweetener used in Diet Coke can cause cancer. World Health Organisation (WHO) officials have declared that aspartame, a chemical that is also found in chewing gums and yoghurts, is "possibly ...

A grandmother has spent £25,000 on tattoos to make her body resemble a "beautiful meadow". Kerstin Tristan is covered in ink that includes roses on her legs, a leopard print on ...

Spider webs could give men a boost in the bedroom. A landmark study saw strands of silk spun by the arachnids implanted into the genitals of men who were unable to ...

Six endangered Bornean orangutans have been returned to the Indonesian wild after rehabilitation. The critically endangered primates were released last month by the West Kalimantan Natural Resources Conservation Office (BKSDA) - ...

Death Valley is approaching the global heat record as sweltering temperatures continue across the globe. Temperatures in the valley, which runs along part of central California's border with Nevada, reached 53.3C ...

Obsessing over your phone could ruin your marriage. A new study conducted into the effects of 'phubbing', snubbing others to scroll on the phone, found that married couples who engage in ...

People who cram in all of their exercise at the weekend get the same health benefits. A major study found that "weekend warriors" have a similarly low risk of heart disease ...

Scientists want urgent research into the consequences of having sex in space. David Cullen, Professor of Bioanalytical Technology at Cranfield University, believes that space tourism firms such as Jeff Bezos' Blue ...

Football could be played on the Moon by 2035. Scientists from the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) have presented drastic new plans for how the game could be played on ...

Exercise only prevents dementia if a person gets enough sleep. A team from University College London studied 9,000 people in England aged 50 and above over the course of a decade ...