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Published:Thursday | January 23, 2025 | 8:41 AMBANG Bizarre

Scientists discovered last year that birds 'buddy up' with others at stopover sites while migrating and it has now been found that they even chat to each other to find out important information about their journey. A team at the University...

Published:Thursday | January 23, 2025 | 8:33 AMBANG Bizarre

A new study has revealed that incentives are particularly effective for pregnant women, who are twice as likely to give up when offered financial sweeteners. Campaigners argue that the "clear evidence" should result in a widespread roll-...

Published:Thursday | January 23, 2025 | 8:30 AMBANG Bizarre

Experts at Brigham Young University in the US have revealed that parents prefer their daughters to their sons - even if they make out they love all their offspring equally. The findings come from an in-depth analysis of 30 studies and projects on...

Published:Thursday | January 23, 2025 | 8:14 AMBANG Bizarre

Scientists have discovered that chimps are likely to urinate when they see others doing it – and even more so when a dominant member of their pack does – suggesting that they are trying to imitate them. As human and monkey DNA is...

Published:Thursday | January 16, 2025 | 8:17 AMBANG Bizarre

University College London (UCL) experts have discovered that the sound of planes leads to an increased chance of poor cardiac health after studying heart imaging data from over 3,000 people living near Heathrow, Gatwick, Birmingham, and Manchester...

Published:Thursday | January 16, 2025 | 8:08 AMBANG Bizarre

Researchers at the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel have claimed that boffins are closer to developing a jab that is able to ward off the "internal enemies" of ageing - including dementia - than many would suspect. The team said:...

Published:Thursday | January 16, 2025 | 8:01 AMBANG Bizarre

Experts at the University of Durham studied the incomes and mental health of heterosexual couples in Sweden and discovered that female breadwinners led to a higher risk of mental-health issues for both parties - but particularly for males. The...

Published:Thursday | January 16, 2025 | 7:51 AMBANG Bizarre

Grape juice reduces the risk of erectile dysfunction by up to 80 per cent while many other drinks have little effect on the issue. Scientists are now encouraging men over the age of 40 to drink at least five glasses every week. Experts at Tianjin...

Published:Thursday | January 16, 2025 | 7:43 AMBANG Bizarre

The team behind the u-shaped Feno Smartbrush mouthpiece claims it can get rid of plaque and thoroughly clean teeth in just 20 seconds, thanks to its 18,000 bristles rotating at 250 strokes per tooth. It uses a scanner, which can also help to keep...

Published:Thursday | January 9, 2025 | 8:51 AMBANG Bizarre

Researchers behind the COVID jab believe that their inoculation will be the first approved in the UK to combat the infection – which is also known as bubonic plague. The Black Death has killed 200 million people around the world in the past...

Published:Thursday | January 9, 2025 | 8:44 AMBANG Bizarre

Adding semi-skimmed milk to a cup of tea could lower people's chances of suffering from depression and anxiety. A UK study found those who drank the most popular form in the country had a 16 per cent less chance of being diagnosed with...

Published:Thursday | January 9, 2025 | 8:39 AMBANG Bizarre

Many have started 2025 with intentions to eat more healthily or be more cautious with their money but YouGov have found that a third of individuals are likely to have given up on their resolutions by February. Experts at the University of Surrey...

Published:Thursday | January 9, 2025 | 8:30 AMBANG Bizarre

Scientists have said magnetic-driven microscrews can provide a solution to fallopian tube blockages as they can "successfully clear a cell cluster obstruction". The high-tech piece of equipment can provide a "precise" way...

Published:Thursday | January 9, 2025 | 8:18 AMBANG Bizarre

King Charles' space adviser Lord Martin Rees believes that bots could carry out missions instead of humans because of how advanced technology has become. He also thinks that the only reasons for humans to explore space is for either an "...

Published:Thursday | January 2, 2025 | 9:08 AMBANG Bizarre

A study has found that those who indulge their sweet tooth four times a week are at a lower risk of heart disease or stroke compared to those who have sugar-free diets. Data from almost 70,000 adults in Sweden found that sugar from fizzy drinks...

Published:Thursday | January 2, 2025 | 9:00 AMBANG Bizarre

Researchers at the University of Michigan found that snacking on the sausage and bun meal can erase 36 minutes off a healthy human's life - with a further 12 minutes being taken off if it is washed down with a fizzy beverage. Cured meats were...

Published:Thursday | January 2, 2025 | 8:55 AMBANG Bizarre

Astrobiologists are attempting to come up with rules to help assist the complicated biological systems on Earth in order to find extraterrestrial creatures. Even though humans are led to believe aliens have wrinkled green skin and a ridged head...

Published:Thursday | January 2, 2025 | 8:35 AMBANG Bizarre

Research suggests that spending an hour relaxing in the tub is beneficial for health as the increase in body temperature reduces how hard the heart needs to work. This is because a decline in the demand for energy to keep the blood warm means that...

Published:Thursday | January 2, 2025 | 8:29 AMBANG Bizarre

A new study has analysed the causes of death for millions of adults in the US and how they spent their working lives, where it was revealed that cab and ambulance drivers were least likely to fall victim to the brain condition after more than 400...

Published:Thursday | December 19, 2024 | 7:36 AMBANG Bizarre

Experts have been investigating after individuals who received a new organ noticed strange changes in their emotions, memories, and tastes. The trend was most common in those who had heart transplants, but others who had received new kidneys or...

Published:Thursday | December 19, 2024 | 7:33 AMBANG Bizarre

Scientists investigated the behaviour of more than 500 kids over three Christmases to establish who was naughty or nice and concluded that the possibility of not getting presents from Santa has no impact on a child's conduct. It was found that...

Published:Thursday | December 19, 2024 | 7:29 AMBANG Bizarre

Numerous celebrities and high-profile figures - including former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak - have used the regime to lose weight but researchers from Westlake University in China have warned that the dieting method can result in hair follicles...

Published:Thursday | December 19, 2024 | 7:26 AMBANG Bizarre

Scientists have discovered that those who drink moderate quantities of the alcoholic beverage as part of a Mediterranean diet could be protecting their heart health. Those who drank between 12 and 35 glasses per month had a 50 per cent lower risk...

Published:Thursday | December 19, 2024 | 7:20 AMBANG Bizarre

According to researchers, festive decorations are likely to cause bad seasonal colds as "80 per cent" of all infections are transmitted by hand. With people touching food and passing decorations to each other during the holidays, a cross...

Published:Thursday | December 12, 2024 | 5:47 AMBANG Bizarre

Scientists believe that astronauts may have to imitate Ozzy Osbourne – who famously bit the head off a live bat during a concert in the 1980s – because a product in the blood will allow them to "hibernate" in the same way that...

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