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Published:Thursday | December 29, 2022 | 10:30 AMBANG Bizarre

It had been believed that the modern human race evolved to walk upright after our ancestors were forced to come down from trees and spend more time on land to find food, but a new study disputes this and suggests that early humans started to walk...

Published:Thursday | December 29, 2022 | 10:13 AMBANG Bizarre

The work pants were discovered in a sunken trunk in a shipwreck in 1857 near the coast of North Carolina.The jeans feature a five-button fly and are thought to have belonged to a miner.

Published:Thursday | December 22, 2022 | 8:57 AMBANG Bizarre

Russian attacks against the nation's power supplies have been constant in recent months and Donetsk governor Pavlo Kyrylenko is fearing the worst. He told Sky News: "Due to the fact that there is no heating, there is a risk that people may...

Published:Thursday | December 22, 2022 | 8:51 AMBANG Bizarre

New figures reveal that more than 36,000 people across Britain turned to the rehab provider UK Addiction Treatment Group (UKAT) for support for an addiction to pornography in 2021. It signifies a rise of almost 250 per cent, up from around 10,500...

Published:Thursday | December 22, 2022 | 8:45 AMBANG Bizarre

The exercise programme takes people from gentle stretching and builds up until they are doing the sports activities they were able to complete before falling ill. Scientists at the University of Leeds and Leeds Beckett University tested the scheme...

Published:Thursday | December 22, 2022 | 8:39 AMBANG Bizarre

Top vets have warned that man's best friend have a higher body temperature than humans and might overheat if covered up with a duvet. More canines sleep in bed with their owners in winter as temperatures drop because they provide additional...

Published:Thursday | December 22, 2022 | 8:33 AMBANG Bizarre

Researchers in Scotland have discovered that three species of the sea creatures have been found to have classic signs of the neurological disorder. The team from the University of Glasgow were surprised to notice the traits in the mammals, which...

Published:Thursday | December 15, 2022 | 7:46 AMBANG Bizarre

A new study has found that people who engage in three or four short bursts of exercise per day are far less likely to die from ailments such as heart disease and cancer. The experts claim that the health gains were similar to those seen in other...

Published:Thursday | December 15, 2022 | 7:40 AMBANG Bizarre

The experts suggest that a previously unidentified immune response inside the nose that fights off viruses responsible for infections is suppressed by colder temperatures. The study was led by scientists at Mass Eye and Ear hospital and...

Published:Thursday | December 15, 2022 | 7:35 AMBANG Bizarre

A new study suggests that people whose brains are high in the nutrient are less forgetful and are less likely to suffer from dementia. Experts in the US examined samples of brain tissue from 209 older adults who had passed away and found for the...

Published:Thursday | December 15, 2022 | 7:28 AMBANG Bizarre

Caroline Davis has explained how she was half asleep when she dropped a lit cigarette onto her dressing gown as she drifted off into a snooze but her rodent, named Ratty, spotted it burning a hole in the clothing and quickly leapt into action. The...

Published:Thursday | December 15, 2022 | 7:12 AMBANG Bizarre

EctoLife is able to grow 30,000 babies a year and is based on more than half a century of groundbreaking research. The concept is the brainchild of the Berlin-based biotechnologist Hashem Al-Ghaili and he claims that the facility will allow...

Published:Thursday | December 8, 2022 | 7:45 AMBANG Bizarre

UK Health Secretary Steve Barclay told the Spectator's health conference that putting microchips on urinals could help people discover if they are ill. The chips would analyse the urine and are able to tell if someone had a health condition....

Published:Thursday | December 8, 2022 | 7:39 AMBANG Bizarre

Trials at 150 NHS hospitals will test drugs on thousands of flu-infected Brits over the next two years, and it is hoped that the boffins can replicate the life-saving treatment that slashed the risk of coronavirus. The REMAP-CAP trial in 2021...

Published:Thursday | December 8, 2022 | 7:36 AMBANG Bizarre

A new study claims that the creatures are the "death metal singers" of the animal kingdom and have a superior vocal range to that of the 'All I Want For Christmas Is You' hitmaker. According to the research, published in the...

Published:Thursday | December 8, 2022 | 7:28 AMBANG Bizarre

Gary Hollidge suffers from cold sweats and shortness of breath whenever he sees a dancing Santa Claus. The former pub landlord says that his fear started at the age of seven after the "unexpected" movement of the figure triggered his...

Published:Thursday | December 8, 2022 | 7:20 AMBANG Bizarre

The brain of an adolescent changes as the person enters adulthood, but new evidence shows that this happened quicker than normal for teens living through the global health crisis. Scientists at Stanford University performed brain scans on 163...

Published:Wednesday | November 30, 2022 | 8:36 PMBANG Bizarre

More than half (54 per cent) of Brits confessed to being worried about the cost of presents this year but dog owners in the UK are still expected to spend an average of £101 on gifts for their pets. Nearly four in ten (38 per cent) admit to...

Published:Wednesday | November 30, 2022 | 8:28 PMBANG Bizarre

A new study has found that females are likely to be given a boost if they play away but straying has the opposite effect on men – who suffer if they commit adultery. Researchers from Tilburg University in the Netherlands collected data on 609...

Published:Wednesday | November 30, 2022 | 8:25 PMBANG Bizarre

The life-sized Loving Bear Puffy "replaces the need for physical presence" by replicating the male body and putting it with the head of an adorable bear. The product is being marketed at £135. Bulgarian model Ina Marholeva is the...

Published:Wednesday | November 30, 2022 | 8:20 PMBANG Bizarre

Chinese and Australian scientists have taken samples from 149 bats across the province of Yunnan and identified five viruses that are "likely to be pathogenic to humans or livestock". Among them was a bat coronavirus closely related to...

Published:Wednesday | November 30, 2022 | 8:15 PMBANG Bizarre

New research has revealed that chomping on cheddar has a number of health benefits as it also reduces the risk of high blood pressure and diabetes. The experts say that while the fat in cheese can be bad for us, the calcium in it can reduce...

Published:Thursday | November 24, 2022 | 9:46 AMBANG Bizarre

Joanne Techow explained that creepy crawlies feature heavily in her diet and claims that crickets taste "just liked fried chicken". Techow - who lives in Johannesburg - is creative with the ways she eats the bugs and sprinkles cricket...

Published:Thursday | November 24, 2022 | 9:39 AMBANG Bizarre

The RAF voyager - the military equivalent of an Airbus A330 - took off and landed from RAF Brize Norton in Oxfordshire last week. The Royal Air Force hopes that the sustainable aviation fuels will help net zero by 2040 and reduce the force's...

Published:Thursday | November 24, 2022 | 9:34 AMBANG Bizarre

Top NASA official Howard Hu has made the prediction following the successful launch of the Artemis 1 rocket from the Kennedy Space Centre in Florida. The uncrewed mission will pave the way for future human Moon exploration, and Hu is optimistic...

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