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Published:Thursday | February 23, 2023 | 8:50 AMBANG Bizarre

Scientists have concluded that youngsters struggle to stay alert, follow instructions and persist in tasks if they spend too long glued to a tablet or television. Experts in Singapore asked parents to report how long children, aged from 12 months,...

Published:Thursday | February 23, 2023 | 8:44 AMBANG Bizarre

Vladimir Putin and his troops have suffered another blow after the US global pharmaceutical and health corporation Viatris – the brand owner of the erectile dysfunction pill – halted supplies to Moscow. Reports claim that Russia was...

Published:Thursday | February 23, 2023 | 8:23 AMBANG Bizarre

Physical activity early in the day is able to increase fat metabolism, according to a new study conducted on mice. The research found that mice who exercised in an early active phase – which corresponds to morning exercise in humans –...

Published:Thursday | February 9, 2023 | 8:20 AMBANG Bizarre

Experts will be using IVF treatment on rockets in orbit and suggested that the move could allow the human race to set up colonies on other planets. British scientists are working with the Dutch company SpaceBorn United on artificial insemination in...

Published:Thursday | February 9, 2023 | 8:11 AMBANG Bizarre

A study of 2,000 adults has revealed that people looking for love will put up with a disastrous date for less than an hour before making their excuses and leaving. Popular exit strategies included getting friends to phone with a fake emergency, the...

Published:Thursday | February 9, 2023 | 8:00 AMBANG Bizarre

The Microsoft billionaire has said that he would rather pay for life-saving vaccines than squander cash on expeditions to the Red Planet, as his fellow entrepreneur Elon Musk plans to do. In an interview with the BBC, Gates said: "It's...

Published:Thursday | February 9, 2023 | 7:55 AMBANG Bizarre

Traffic pollution has long been linked to memory problems but a new study in Canada has revealed that breathing in diesel exhaust fumes for just a couple of hours impairs brain function and cognition. Air pollution erodes neurological health and...

Published:Thursday | February 9, 2023 | 7:47 AMBANG Bizarre

A new study has revealed that eating ultra-processed foods such as crisps and ice cream is associated with a greater risk of developing the disease, with females particularly at risk as the chance of passing away from ovarian and breast cancer is...

Published:Thursday | February 2, 2023 | 8:46 AMBANG Bizarre

A new nationwide poll has revealed that more people in the capital believe that they live in or near a haunted house than anywhere else. Glasgow was second in the haunted-city stakes and was closely followed by Liverpool and Birmingham. Belfast,...

Published:Thursday | February 2, 2023 | 8:40 AMBANG Bizarre

A new study has revealed that negative emotions such as anxiety are thought to promote the onset of neurodegenerative diseases and dementia. Scientists say that this is because prolonged negative emotions can modify the brain. Older adults are...

Published:Thursday | February 2, 2023 | 8:29 AMBANG Bizarre

Lalit Patidar was born with his entire body covered in hair but has learned to embrace his uniqueness, despite the extremely rare condition affecting just a handful of people around the globe. Patidar suffered from bullying at school for being...

Published:Thursday | February 2, 2023 | 8:24 AMBANG Bizarre

Experts have claimed that artificial intelligence (AI) machines could take control of their programming and make the human race extinct in a similar fashion to the 1984 film The Terminator. They have warned that the advanced technology could be an...

Published:Thursday | February 2, 2023 | 8:12 AMBANG Bizarre

Pascale Ferrier is facing up to 22 years in prison after sending the former US president a letter laced with ricin poison. The envelope was intercepted before it could reach the White House in September 2020 and the FBI found Ferrier's...

Published:Thursday | January 26, 2023 | 8:57 AMBANG Bizarre

Scientists from the University of Fribourg in Switzerland have disproved the theory that gripping thrillers are the wrong thing to watch late at night. The researchers recruited 50 adults who watched TV before going to sleep in a laboratory. Half...

Published:Thursday | January 26, 2023 | 8:48 AMBANG Bizarre

OnlyFans model Pamelia James claims that gigantomastia has caused her to go up four bra sizes in the space of a year. James, from Melbourne in Australia, sought medical help for back, neck and shoulder pain as her breasts grew to an M-cup. The...

Published:Thursday | January 26, 2023 | 8:43 AMBANG Bizarre

The former US president is set to make a comeback on the biggest social media platforms to boost his bid for the White House in 2024. Trump was removed from Twitter, Facebook and Instagram following the US Capitol riot in 2021 but has control of...

Published:Thursday | January 26, 2023 | 8:38 AMBANG Bizarre

Police in Hong Kong have confirmed that the 61-year-old shot the animal with a stun gun before the pig regained consciousness and knocked him over. The butcher was found dead by another colleague with a meat cleaver in his hand and an injured left...

Published:Thursday | January 26, 2023 | 8:30 AMBANG Bizarre

Boffins have come up with a device that can identify when a person is losing concentration based on their brain activity and sound an alarm whenever it happens. A small study of 36 people under the age of 60 revealed that people given the treatment...

Published:Wednesday | January 18, 2023 | 11:36 PMBANG Bizarre

A new survey has shown that more than half (59 per cent) of UK residents plan to conquer their phobias this year with acrophobia, a fear of heights, the most common at 21per cent, followed by a fear of spiders and a fear of going to the dentist. A...

Published:Wednesday | January 18, 2023 | 11:26 PMBANG Bizarre

Boffin Adrian Egil is convinced that the key to mankind's survival can be found in the bacteria of excrement. Egil is requesting frozen faeces from across the world that will allow him to create a vault of human microbiome. Stool samples from...

Published:Wednesday | January 18, 2023 | 11:21 PMBANG Bizarre

Researchers have found that making love is one of the best ways to recover from the pressure of work and can also help improve levels of job satisfaction. The study – published in the Journal of Sex Research – concluded that women feel...

Published:Wednesday | January 18, 2023 | 11:14 PMBANG Bizarre

Pete Morris was left in intense discomfort every time he ate or drank for over a decade but after his symptoms worsened last year, he was eventually diagnosed with severe achalasia, a rare disorder which affects the nerves and muscles of the...

Published:Wednesday | January 18, 2023 | 11:09 PMBANG Bizarre

Senior officials in Kyiv revealed that medics extracted the weapon from just beneath the heart of the injured serviceman and Hanna Maliar, Ukraine's deputy minister of defence, uploaded an image showing an X-ray of the grenade inside the man...

Published:Thursday | January 12, 2023 | 7:17 AMBANG Bizarre

A new study has suggested that adults who drink plenty of water are likely to slow down the ageing process and prevent chronic health conditions such as heart failure and diabetes. The study was conducted by US medical research agency the National...

Published:Thursday | January 12, 2023 | 7:13 AMBANG Bizarre

The court hearing will make history as the defendant will be advised by artificial intelligence. The world's first robot lawyer will be operated on the defendant's smartphone and will listen to the case to provide its client with...

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