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Published:Thursday | June 30, 2022 | 10:51 AMBANG Bizarre

Meirivone Rocha Moraes found her soulmate in the form of a doll called Marcelo, which was made for her by her mother after she kept complaining about being single. Moraes fell 'pregnant' just months later, and the couple decided to get...

Published:Thursday | June 30, 2022 | 8:08 AMBANG Bizarre

Martyn Green claims that he is being singled out by the psychotic winged menace as it ignores his wife Julie alone but left him soaked in blood after a vicious attack. Green, who lives in Devon, said: "Every time I go out, this seagull comes...

Published:Thursday | June 30, 2022 | 7:40 AMBANG Bizarre

A new study has found that those in power live an average of 4.5 years longer than those who they represent. Researchers at the University of Oxford analysed health data from 11 countries and more than 57,000 politicians dating back to the early...

Published:Thursday | June 30, 2022 | 7:29 AMBANG Bizarre

A new study has revealed that employees who work for 49 or more hours per week drink an extra pint or glass of wine, on average, compared to those who work a typical shift pattern. The World Health Organisation (WHO) research found that drinking...

Published:Wednesday | June 22, 2022 | 4:02 PMBANG Bizarre

Researchers have surveyed over 7,000 people from countries around the world and found that a majority of the population would be content if they only had $10 million to live an "absolutely ideal life". The study, led by psychologists at...

Published:Wednesday | June 22, 2022 | 3:56 PMBANG Bizarre

Scientists have claimed that making love is the ideal way to get rid of the seasonal allergy after a study in Iran found a link between intercourse and a reduction of symptoms. The experts claim that sex tightens the blood vessels in both the nose...

Published:Wednesday | June 22, 2022 | 3:52 PMBANG Bizarre

Burhan Demir took his younger brother to the hospital when he complained of abdominal pains and the medics were astonished to discover 233 items in his stomach after performing an endoscopy. The patient, named only as Z, had coins, batteries,...

Published:Wednesday | June 22, 2022 | 3:43 PMBANG Bizarre

A new study claims that those who had recently taken the drug were found to be more empathetic than non-weed-smokers. Cannabis users also scored "significantly higher" on measurements of decision-making based on a sense of fairness and a...

Published:Wednesday | June 22, 2022 | 3:31 PMBANG Bizarre

A new study shows that middle-aged people who could not hold the position are more likely to be overweight, have high blood pressure and type two diabetes. Only 4.5 per cent of people who passed the test have died within the last seven years,...

Published:Thursday | June 16, 2022 | 12:40 AMBANG Bizarre

A scientific study claims that unusual patterns of blood vessels in the retina are a sign of coronary artery disease. The study's lead author, Ana Villaplana-Velasco, from the University of Edinburgh, said: "This would enable doctors to...

Published:Thursday | June 16, 2022 | 12:35 AMBANG Bizarre

Deaf concertgoers have been given the chance to "feel the music" with a futuristic suit. The harnesses fasten at the wrists, ankles and torso and are designed to vibrate in time to the beat, avoiding the need for the hard-of-hearing to...

Published:Thursday | June 16, 2022 | 12:29 AMBANG Bizarre

Experts have suggested that drugs that spark romance could be available to singletons in the next few years, while a form of anti-depressant may be given to lovers who have suffered the pain of being dumped. The drugs that could spark romance...

Published:Thursday | June 16, 2022 | 12:24 AMBANG Bizarre

New Zealand is planning to tax the burps of cows and sheep. The proposal would make the country the first in the world to charge farmers for the gases emitted from their livestock, and aims to tackle one of the nation's biggest sources of...

Published:Thursday | June 16, 2022 | 12:13 AMBANG Bizarre

The shape-shifting 'millibot' is inspired by origami and controlled by magnets and carries strong drugs directly to a tumour, blood clot or infection. The robot could revolutionise medicine by replacing pills or injections, and has been...

Published:Thursday | June 9, 2022 | 8:28 AMBANG Bizarre

Females are normally responsible for 56 out of 80 household jobs, while men are in charge of just 23 - research from the housework app Choreful has revealed. The only task that both sexes share is shopping for treats for the children. The app's...

Published:Thursday | June 9, 2022 | 8:23 AMBANG Bizarre

Vets have suggested that canines who spend a lot of time in the sun should sport goggles or visors to protect them from crippling eye conditions. Alison Thomas, head vet at the animal charity Blue Cross, said: "Sunglasses are not essential...

Published:Thursday | June 9, 2022 | 8:16 AMBANG Bizarre

A new study from Birkbeck University has revealed that following a vegan, vegetarian and pescatarian diet boosts the memory compared to meat treats like sausages and beef burgers. Previous studies have found numerous links between diet and physical...

Published:Thursday | June 9, 2022 | 8:09 AMBANG Bizarre

Police in South Sudan confirmed that they have detained a cow and its owner after it allegedly attacked a child near a farm in the nation's Lakes State. It has been reported that the attack was so ferocious that the victim was killed instantly...

Published:Thursday | June 9, 2022 | 8:02 AMBANG Bizarre

Scientists have claimed that global warming could be responsible for a dinner-time favourite disappearing from plates. A team of Danish experts say that the global harvest of tomatoes will halve, with the varieties used in ketchup set to be the...

Published:Wednesday | June 1, 2022 | 2:04 PMBANG Bizarre

Sarah Rodo refers to the Boeing 737 as her boyfriend and flies on the aircraft as often as possible. Rodo – from Dortmund, Germany – identifies as an Objectum Sexual, meaning that she is sexually attracted to inanimate objects and has...

Published:Wednesday | June 1, 2022 | 2:02 PMBANG Bizarre

Scientists have successfully used AI to "translate" bat noises and the technology could help owners converse with their dogs and cats in the future through "Dr Dolittle machines". Dr Yossi Yovel, from Tel Aviv University in...

Published:Wednesday | June 1, 2022 | 1:59 PMBANG Bizarre

Scientists have worked out how to turn human waste into synthetic coal to replace fossil fuels on locomotives. The "biocoal" is produced by pressuring sewage underwater at 250 degrees Celsius before condensing it into solid lumps. The...

Published:Wednesday | June 1, 2022 | 1:55 PMBANG Bizarre

Experts used eye-tracking technology that is able to detect what a person is looking at in real-time to study 45 young men and women. Participants spent one night with no sleep at all and one night with the chance to sleep for eight hours before...

Published:Wednesday | June 1, 2022 | 1:53 PMBANG Bizarre

Artificial intelligence expert Catriona Campbell has predicted that one in five couples will opt for a digital child over a real infant by the 2070s. The computer-generated children will exist in the virtual metaverse and will come to life at the...

Published:Thursday | May 26, 2022 | 8:30 AMBANG Bizarre

Researchers have discovered that unusual sensory cells on the tongue of dolphins help detect individual tastes of other animals in the sea. The dolphins were found to explore urine samples for longer if they came from a creature they recognised or...

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