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Published:Thursday | June 8, 2023 | 4:41 AMBANG Bizarre

An Oxford study has concluded that children who are breastfed are twice as likely to go on and achieve top grades in their GCSE exams. Researchers analysed the data from nearly 5,000 pupils in England born between 2000 and 2002 and found that...

Published:Thursday | June 1, 2023 | 8:36 AMBANG Bizarre

Jordan Rivera lost his footing and fell into a pond behind Banditos bar in Port Charlotte where he was savaged by the 10-foot-long crocodile that bit off his right arm above the elbow. People at the bar rushed to Rivera's aid after they heard...

Published:Thursday | June 1, 2023 | 8:32 AMBANG Bizarre

Pastor Dan Delzell has claimed that those who are trying to drive out evil could actually be a "useful weapon in Satan's arsenal" and questioned priests who perform rituals to exorcise the anti-Christ. There are currently 400...

Published:Thursday | June 1, 2023 | 8:25 AMBANG Bizarre

The technology is able to measure the immune response of lymph nodes of those with triple negative breast cancer - an aggressive form of the disease - to find if it could predict if the condition was likely to metastasise. Breast cancer cells...

Published:Thursday | June 1, 2023 | 8:09 AMBANG Bizarre

Michael Schlemmer had great difficulty getting to the Convenient Food Market in Corbin when his automobile hit zero on the petrol dial but when he was there to fill up, he picked up a lottery ticket. He told the Kentucky Lottery: "I ran out of...

Published:Thursday | June 1, 2023 | 8:02 AMBANG Bizarre

Experts have found that naturally occurring chemicals in tea, called flavanols, increase brain power and aid recall with the effect the same regardless of whether the tea is taken black or white. Scientists reached the conclusion after analysing...

Published:Thursday | May 25, 2023 | 7:28 AMBANG Bizarre

Mo Gawdat, the former boss of the facility Google X, is convinced that AI will take a dim view of human behaviour and may think that it needs to cull people as a result. Gawdat has questioned those who demonise AI as humanity is only putting itself...

Published:Thursday | May 25, 2023 | 7:17 AMBANG Bizarre

The African nation beat Venezuela, Syria and war-torn Ukraine to the top spot on the annual "misery index" compiled by Steve Hanke, professor of Applied Economics at Johns Hopkins University. The "misery index" mainly judges...

Published:Thursday | May 25, 2023 | 7:08 AMBANG Bizarre

Experts in Switzerland have found that frazzled workers type and move their mouse differently, and less accurately, than colleagues who are more relaxed. The study was based on 90 people in a lab performing office tasks that mirrored reality. Some...

Published:Thursday | May 25, 2023 | 7:04 AMBANG Bizarre

A new study has revealed that those who consume 'low to moderate' amounts of alcohol each week suffer less inflammation- which is a major cause of aches and pains. Experts think that booze has a healing effect by relieving people of stress...

Published:Thursday | May 25, 2023 | 6:54 AMBANG Bizarre

A study conducted in Japan revealed that overweight and obese men lost over a stone on average after undergoing the procedure that involves strapping tiny beads to the ears. The three-month trial saw 81 participants have six beads placed on their...

Published:Thursday | May 18, 2023 | 7:58 AMBANG Bizarre

Portuguese pooch Bobi had his special day on Thursday (11.05.23) and will enjoy a "very traditional" party this weekend to mark the occasion. 100 guests are due to attend the celebrations at the family-run farm where Bobi was born in the...

Published:Thursday | May 18, 2023 | 7:54 AMBANG Bizarre

New research has found that matching personality traits are not the key to finding a partner. Experts at Michigan State University studied almost 1,300 couples and took a closer look at how five key personality traits – including emotional...

Published:Thursday | May 18, 2023 | 7:11 AMBANG Bizarre

Authorities and companies in the country have been offering "smiling lessons" as they get used to taking their masks off in public after the government downgraded the threat posed by coronavirus. The classes have been on offer since last...

Published:Thursday | May 18, 2023 | 7:03 AMBANG Bizarre

A new study has found that uncontrolled sleep apnea – a condition in which people stop breathing for 10 seconds or more multiple times per night – harms the health of the brain and increases the risk of dying from various health...

Published:Thursday | May 18, 2023 | 6:52 AMBANG Bizarre

A new report suggests that a tenth of children aged between 16 and 18 are keen to switch sex or have already done so. It also emerged that 54 per cent know somebody at their school who plans to push ahead with the transition or has completed it....

Published:Thursday | May 11, 2023 | 9:07 AMBANG Bizarre

A team from Barcelona Zoo believe that the long-necked animals have figured out basic statistics by predicting the odds of getting their favourite snack. The experts tested the abilities of two male and two female giraffes and showed each animal...

Published:Thursday | May 11, 2023 | 8:52 AMBANG Bizarre

A new study conducted on more than 200,000 Brits found that phone users had a seven per cent higher risk of increased blood pressure compared with those who do not use a mobile regularly. People who chatted for 30 minutes per week had a 12 per cent...

Published:Thursday | May 11, 2023 | 8:41 AMBANG Bizarre

Results of a study - released in preliminary form by drug maker Eli Lilly - show that the world is "on the cusp of a first generation of treatments" for the brain disorder. The drug donanemab reduced the rate of cognitive decline of...

Published:Thursday | May 11, 2023 | 8:34 AMBANG Bizarre

The historian Yuval Noah Harari - known for his best-selling book Sapiens - is convinced that software such as ChatGPT could attract worshippers by writing sacred texts. Harari told a science conference that AI is "gaining mastery" of...

Published:Thursday | May 11, 2023 | 8:27 AMBANG Bizarre

A new study of more than 48,000 women in Britain has revealed that light physical activity, such as walking and housework, is linked to a lower risk of the disease. Females who managed over five hours and 45 minutes of light physical activity per...

Published:Thursday | May 4, 2023 | 7:08 AMBANG Bizarre

Experts from the University of California San Diego have, for the first time, shown that it is possible to rewire the genetic pathway involved in cellular ageing. The team were able to increase the lifespan of yeast cells by over 80 per cent, and...

Published:Thursday | May 4, 2023 | 7:03 AMBANG Bizarre

Olga Slegina, 70, was handed the punishment for comments she made last December about the Ukrainian president, according to the Memorial Human Rights Centre that is based in the Russian capital. Slegina reportedly spoke to another woman at a health...

Published:Thursday | May 4, 2023 | 6:57 AMBANG Bizarre

A new study has revealed that a majority of Brits claim that their canines have used mystic powers to predict the weather, spot unsuitable partners, and even pick the winner of the Eurovision Song Contest. Adem Fehmi, a canine behaviourist at pet...

Published:Thursday | May 4, 2023 | 6:46 AMBANG Bizarre

According to United Nations population estimates, India now has a population of 1,425,775,850 and has surpassed China for the first time. It is also the first time since 1950 - when the UN started keeping global population records - that China has...

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