Bizarre

12 September 2024

Laughter could treat dry eye disease

Laughter is the best medicine for dry eyes. Researchers have found that having a chuckle is just as effective as eye drops as a treatment for dry eye disease. Experts in the ...

11 September 2024

Dark chocolate improves vision

Eating dark chocolate can improve a person's eyesight. A new study claims that just a small amount of the sweet treat is beneficial for vision as it can help to correct ...

11 September 2024

Fat around the waist causes chronic pain

Fat around the waist has been linked to chronic pain in the rest of the body. A new study has discovered that people with more fat in the abdominal area - ...

11 September 2024

Saturn's rings are set to vanish in 2025

Saturn's rings will disappear early next year. The rings are one of the most recognisable features of the gas giant but space enthusiasts will be able to see them until March ...

11 September 2024

Daily pill may stop people snoring

A daily pill could prevent snoring. Researchers have found that taking a drug that is currently prescribed for epilepsy could reduce symptoms in those suffering from sleep apnoea. A study presented at ...

10 September 2024

Covid accelerated ageing in teenage brains

Teenage brains aged rapidly during the coronavirus lockdown. Social isolation and the restrictions imposed by health measures during the global crisis have been found to have accelerated the process of cortical ...

10 September 2024

Company sets out to build 'millions' of robots that can do household chores

A company plans to build "millions" of robots to eliminate the need for humans to do chores. Robotics firm 1X have created the humanoid prototype NEO Beta that has been made ...

10 September 2024

Vaping wreaks havoc on a young person's lungs

Vaping does as much damage as smoking to a young person's lungs. A study has compared both vapers and smokers in an exercise test and found that both groups were less ...

10 September 2024

Night owls are at risk of type 2 diabetes because of different body clocks

Night owls are more likely to develop type 2 diabetes. Scientists have concluded that those who stay up late are at greater risk of the condition as their body clocks are ...

9 September 2024

High-energy exercise improves a man's performance in the bedroom

High-intensity exercise can help men in the bedroom. A study has found that just seven minutes of high-intensity interval training (HIIT) each day reduced symptoms of premature ejaculation in under two ...

9 September 2024

Metal present in chocolate could cause dementia

A metal found in chocolate can increase the risk of dementia. A connection has been discovered between cadmium and memory problems for the first time by scientists in an alarming discovery. Cadmium ...

9 September 2024

Sick children get better faster when visited by hospital clowns

Clowns can help children recover from illness. Scientists have found that youngsters seriously unwell in hospital with pneumonia got better faster when they were visited by a face-painted entertainer. Clown visits also ...

9 September 2024

Banana milkshakes can help people sleep

Banana milkshake is the key to a good night's sleep. Researchers found that people got to sleep faster and slept for longer if they treated themselves to the two food items ...

6 September 2024

Tiny robots can treat brain bleeds

Tiny robots could be used to treat bleeds on the brain. Scientists say that the technology could "open new frontiers in medicine" by injecting the bots into patients' bodies. Lab tests carried ...

6 September 2024

Owning a dog doesn't lead to happiness

Owning a dog doesn't make a person happy. Researchers were staggered to find that people who have pooches reported higher levels of depression and anxiety, contradicting the idea that pets are ...

6 September 2024

Eating fish during pregnancy cuts child autism risk

Eating fish during pregnancy can reduce a child's risk of autism by 20 per cent. The team suggested that eating seafood while expecting is beneficial for the child as it contains ...

6 September 2024

Wearing glasses can protect people against dementia

Wearing glasses can ward off dementia. Experts at Johns Hopkins University in the US have estimated that unfixed vision problems play a role in 19 per cent of cases of the ...

5 September 2024

Watching TV and gaming before bed doesn't impact on a child's sleep

Watching television or gaming before bed makes little difference to a child's sleep. Experts have long feared that screen time in the evening can harm a youngster's quality of rest but ...

5 September 2024

Some cats love to play fetch

Cats enjoy playing fetch. A survey of 8,000 cat owners shows that over 40 per cent of felines choose to retrieve toys and objects thrown by their owners, a figure that ...

5 September 2024

Picking your nose can lead to dementia

Picking your nose increases the risk of dementia. Scientists have found that the bad habit is "a significant risk factor" for the brain disease as germs are transferred from the fingers ...

5 September 2024

Donald Trump vows to release UFO secrets if he wins US election

Donald Trump has promised to release UFO footage should he win the US presidential election. The politician discussed the ongoing obsession with the extraterrestrial in a new interview with podcaster Lex ...
4 September 2024

California is on the brink of banning homework

Homework is set to be banned in California. The Healthy Homework Act has passed both chambers of state legislature and will ask teachers to consider whether any homework tasks they give ...

4 September 2024

Mentally resilient people live longer

Mental toughness could be the key to a longer life. Scientists have found that people who remain stoic during difficult times are at significantly less risk of an early death. Boffins at ...

4 September 2024

Clever dogs are able to memorise toy names

Gifted dogs can remember the names of their favourite toys. Almost all pooches are capable of learning words such as "sit" and "down" but a small group of "gifted word-learner" dogs ...