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Singing 'Amazing Grace' can reverse the effects of heart disease. Scientists have made the discovery that performing the much-loved hymn for 10 minutes can help cure heart problems and also found ...

Exercising at the weekend is an effective way of preventing dementia and Parkinson's disease. Researchers in China have found that "weekend warriors" - who complete vigorous physical activity just once or ...

Men are three times more likely than women to have sex on the mind. A study has revealed that one in eight chaps fear they could be addicts compared to just ...

Aliens are more likely to be purple than green. Scientists have long thought that extraterrestrials were green like the colour of the pigment chlorophyll that enables oxygen to sustain life on ...

Intermittent fasting increases the risk of colon cancer. A study on mice revealed that rodents who fasted for 24 hours prior to eating had a "profound" risk of pre-cancerous tumours forming ...

Severe cases of Covid raise a person's risk of suffering from depression. A new study has revealed how contracting the virus is connected to an increased prospect of mental illness such ...

The Moon's south pole was once covered in an ocean of magma. Indian researchers say that the findings back up the theory that an ocean of liquid molten rock formed the ...

Manuka honey could both treat and prevent breast cancer. Scientists have discovered that the fancy breakfast spread contains compounds that are capable of significantly reducing tumour growth in the most common ...

A US Army veteran has become the most tattooed woman on the planet. Esperance Fuerzina has been recognised by the Guinness World Records after inking 99.98 per cent of her body ...

Archaeologists have found evidence to suggest that Neanderthals were smarter than thought. Researchers from The Australian National University have been exploring the Abric Pizarro site near the Pyrenees mountains in Spain, ...

A man was bitten on the testicles by a python in Thailand. Thanat Thangtewanon received a painful shock when the reptile clamped its jaws on his privates after it had been ...

Eating red meat raises the risk of type 2 diabetes. Research involving two million people around the globe provides compelling evidence of a link between meat consumption and the health condition ...

The world's oldest person has died at the age of 117. Maria Branyas Morera, from Spain, had lived through two pandemics and two world wars but her passing was announced by ...

Beer could taste better if it is brewed in space. Scientists have found that creating lager in microgravity - similar to the conditions experienced in orbit - accelerates fermentation, reduces unwanted ...

Aliens secretly implant microchips inside people who have encountered extraterrestrials. Luis Elizondo - who once headed a US Government investigation into UFOs - has made the claims and explained that ...

Days on Earth could be extended to 25 hours. An additional hour may be added to the day as the Moon gradually drifts away from Earth - slowing the planet's rotation ...

Playing video games is beneficial for a person's mental health. Consoles are often associated with negative health effects - particularly for children - due to concerns that they can prevent development ...

Space obsessives will soon be able to watch TV coverage from the Moon. NASA is planning to transmit a play-by-play stream of life on the lunar surface when man returns there ...

Parents who use humour have closer relationships with their children. A new insight into the effects of humour in parenting has found that adults who rely on comedy with their offspring ...

Watching five hours of TV per day almost doubles the risk of dementia. A study has found that people who spend several hours each day in front of the box had ...

Women should eat small fish if they want to live longer. A team of researchers at Nagoya University in Japan analysed the intake of small fish - such as whitebait - ...

Arts and crafts are just as good at improving mental health as having a job. Scientists have found that completing creative activities enhances a person's sense that living is worthwhile as ...

Sex in space is possible but is unlikely to be enjoyable. Experts say that spacemen and spacewomen could make love in orbit should they wish but are likely to face plenty ...

Humans age significantly at two points in their lives. A new study questions the long-held belief that getting older is a gradual process after analysis revealed that two major changes occurred ...