Bizarre

8 April 2024

Worm and chips could be heading to British plates

Worm and chips could soon be on the menu. Scientists think that a ship-eating sea worm - also known as a 'naked clam' - could be an alternative to the classic ...

8 April 2024

Boozing couples live longer

Couples who drink alcohol together live longer. A study has revealed that people in a relationship where both parties booze typically have longer lives but experts are puzzled as to why ...

8 April 2024

Fruit and vegetable eaters make better lovers

Eating your five a day can improve your sex life. Research has found that couples who have diets containing plenty of fruit and vegetables scored higher when asked to rate their ...

5 April 2024

Heatwaves scorch male sperm counts

Heatwaves can have a devastating impact on a man's sperm count. A study in Singapore has found that the swimmers are affected if temperatures rise above 30C and has raised concerns ...

5 April 2024

Lonely ladies can't resist cake

Lonely women crave cake. Boffins at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) have discovered that females who consider themselves to be lonely demonstrated increased brain activity in areas associated with ...

5 April 2024

Music is felt across the entire human body

Humans are capable of feeling music. Researchers in Japan investigated how songs can bring out bodily sensations and asked 527 participants to map out where they 'felt' eight short tunes - ...

5 April 2024

Daily exercise can stop nightmares

Regular exercise can prevent nightmares. Experts at the University of Texas found that individuals who get an hour of physical activity per day sleep better at night. Physical activity also cuts the ...

4 April 2024

Routine blood tests can help spot Alzheimer's disease

A simple blood test could help spot Alzheimer's disease far earlier. Research teams from the University of Oxford and University College London (UCL) will lead trials that will be available to ...

4 April 2024

Humans on the verge of ghost discovery

Humans are on the brink of finding out that ghosts are real. Sam Parnia, a leading expert on near-death experiences, is convinced that the human race will soon learn that people ...

4 April 2024

The Moon will have its own time zone

The Moon is to get its own time zone. US space agency NASA has been directed by the White House to develop Coordinated Lunar Time (LTC) - which will provide a ...

4 April 2024

Traditional nine-to-five shifts are good for health

Working nine-to-five is good for you. A new study suggests that working traditional shifts in early life is connected to better health when a person gets older. Experts analysed data on over ...

3 April 2024

Vaping increases heart failure risk

Vaping raises the risk of heart failure. A study in the US tracked 175,000 adults and discovered that those who used e-cigarettes were 19 per cent more likely to develop the ...

3 April 2024

Wales is the best place to spot a UFO

Wales is the UK's UFO hotspot. An alien expert has revealed that there were 323 possible extraterrestrial sightings in Britain last year with Wales having a "rate of sightings" of 1.7 ...

3 April 2024

Humans should salute smart seagulls for stealing food

Humans should be impressed when seagulls swipe their food. Scientists from the University of Sussex argue that the tactics of the winged pests should be considered "charismatic" as it demonstrates their ...

3 April 2024

World's oldest man dies aged 114

The world's oldest man has died just two months shy of his 115th birthday. Juan Vicente Perez Mora lived through two world wars and the COVID-19 pandemic but sadly "transcended into ...

2 April 2024

Old dogs need to be taught new tricks

Teaching old dogs new tricks can ward off dementia in pooches. Researchers used MRI scans to measure changes in the brain structure of 43 middle-aged beagles over a period of three ...

2 April 2024

NASA set to grow plants on the Moon

NASA is planning to grow plants on the Moon. The US space agency will attempt to grow duckweed, cress and brassica in a mini greenhouse when the Artemis III mission returns ...

2 April 2024

Bird brains are getting bigger

Birds are getting more intelligent. The flying animals are often thought to be lacking smarts but new international research tracking their evolutionary history shows that they have developed plenty of new ...

2 April 2024

Chocolate helps you to lose weight

Chocolate can help people lose weight. Scientists have found that a chemical called theobromine - found in both milk and dark chocolate - has a number of health benefits including helping ...

28 March 2024

Exercise is the secret to good sleep

Exercising twice a week can help you sleep better. Research suggests that people who exercise on a regular basis are 42 per cent less likely to have trouble drifting off than ...

28 March 2024

British fish get high on drugs

Fish in the UK are high on cocaine. The amount of raw sewage dumped in British waters means that traces of the powerful drug are making their way into rivers and ...

28 March 2024

UFO wreckage was salvaged by British special forces in the 1980s

A crashed UFO was recovered by special forces soldiers in England during the 1980s. Former military intelligence officer Franc Milburn - a member of the British Army's elite Parachute Regiment - ...

28 March 2024

Obesity can be caused by a person's DNA

Obesity is in the genes. A new study shows that 43 per cent of healthy people at the greatest genetic risk of obesity developed the condition over a five -year research ...

27 March 2024

Onion rings raise dementia risk

Onion rings can cause dementia. Experts have found that food made using large amounts of cooking oil contains brain-damaging impurities that can contribute to the degenerative disease. Rats that were fed a ...