Bizarre

15 August 2023

Mowing the lawn prevents an early death

Cutting the grass could save your life. A new study has revealed that one in ten early deaths could be prevented if inactive people spent just 11 minutes a day mowing ...

15 August 2023

Cavemen had better sex than modern humans

Cavemen and women had better sex than modern humans. New research has found that Brits who switched from a traditional diet to the 'paleo' diet - also known as the caveman ...

14 August 2023

Gum disease increases dementia risk

Gum disease could trigger dementia. Researchers have explained how poor oral health can cause changes in cells that protect the brain from amyloid plaque - a type of protein associated with ...

14 August 2023

Mars mud discovery excites alien hunters

The discovery of cracked mud on Mars has thrilled alien hunters. A new paper suggests that the same conditions that created the cracks on the Red Planet could have been favourable ...

11 August 2023

Donald Trump bemoans 'nasty' political world

Donald Trump has complained about the nastiness of the political world as the criminal cases against him proceed. The former US president gave a doom-laden take on the state of American ...
11 August 2023

Soft drinks put women at risk of liver cancer

Women who consume soft drinks regularly are at risk of developing liver cancer. A new study suggests that females who drink one or more sugary sodas per day were 85 per ...

11 August 2023

Erection-causing spider shuts down Austrian supermarket

A spider that causes permanent erections in men has forced a supermarket in Austria to close. The Penny shop in the town of Krems an der Donau has been shut since ...

10 August 2023

'Incandescently stupid' Donald Trump needed dumbed-down briefing notes

Donald Trump had to have briefing notes dumbed-down when he was US president. The controversial politician often brags of his "stable genius" but Miles Taylor - who served as chief of ...
10 August 2023

Eating greens keeps lungs healthy

Eating green vegetables keeps your lungs healthy. A study of more than 4,000 adults revealed that those with higher levels of vitamin K- found in vegetables such as broccoli and spinach ...

10 August 2023

Just 4,000 steps a day cuts early death risk

Walking just 4,000 steps per day can cut the risk of early death. Fitness trackers and smartphones encourage people to try and achieve the magic number of 10,000 daily steps but ...

9 August 2023

Eating nuts slashes depression risk

Eating nuts can reduce the risk of suffering from depression. New research shows that just a low to moderate consumption of the snacks on a daily basis is linked to a ...

9 August 2023

Obese people have different brain shapes

Obese people's brains are shaped differently. Scientists at Cambridge University have discovered that the hypothalamus - the region that acts as the brain's "appetite control centre" - is significantly bigger in ...

8 August 2023

Scientists develop wonder pill to keep people skinny

Scientists have developed a miracle pill to keep people skinny. A team at the University of Texas have come up with a drug that accelerates the body's metabolism and makes it ...

8 August 2023

King Charles urged to reveal alien secrets

King Charles has been urged to pressure the UK government to reveal the truth about aliens. UFO filmmaker Mark Christopher Lee claims that the monarch is interested in the extraterrestrial and ...

7 August 2023

Pleasant smells keep the brain healthy

Lovely smells can keep the brain sharp. A new study has found that going to sleep with the scents of lavender, peppermint and rosemary keeps the brain healthy as people grow ...

7 August 2023

Alien existence could be proven within weeks

The existence of aliens could be proved in less than a month. Harvard astrophysicist Avi Loeb is awaiting the results of tests on fragments of a meteor that crashed to Earth ...

4 August 2023

Merely thinking you've slept well improves your mood

Simply thinking that you've had a good night's sleep is better for your mood than actually having one. New research has found that instead of paying attention to how much shuteye ...

4 August 2023

Giant search for Loch Ness Monster set to take place

Loch Ness Monster hunters are set to begin their biggest search for the beast in 50 years. Nessie believers will use thermal drones to produce imaging from above via infrared cameras ...

3 August 2023

Three-second workouts make people fitter

Working out for just three seconds a day can make a person fitter. A new study shows that exercising regularly for just a brief amount of time is often better than ...

3 August 2023

Nose picking increases COVID-19 risk

Picking your nose increases your risk of catching coronavirus. A new study of healthcare workers in the Netherlands found that those who engaged in the unhygienic habit were almost three times ...

2 August 2023

Babies can select their favourite Van Gogh paintings

Babies can pick out their favourite Vincent van Gogh painting. Researchers have found that tots as young as four months are able to demonstrate their artistic taste by choosing their preferred ...

2 August 2023

Vegan influencer Zhanna Samsonova dies from starvation

Vegan influencer Zhanna Samsonova has died from starvation after a decade of eating only fruit and vegetables. The Russian social media star used Instagram to champion the benefits of her "raw ...

1 August 2023

UFOs almost sparked World War III

UFOs almost caused World War III. Alien investigators Jeremy Corbell and George Knapp claim that a spacecraft caught the attention of Russian missile systems based in Ukraine and aimed the deadly ...

1 August 2023

Golfers are more likely to get skin cancer

Golfers are twice as likely to suffer from skin cancer. Players who spend hours out on the course are exposed to large amounts of UV rays from the sun as their ...