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Published:Thursday | April 20, 2023 | 6:32 AMBANG Bizarre

According to new research from the UK and the US, scientists have discovered that modifying a protein used in Botox can ease pain. Dr Maria Maiaru, from the University of Reading, said: "These new Botulinum molecules are effective in reducing...

Published:Thursday | April 20, 2023 | 6:23 AMBANG Bizarre

Scientists have warned that a decline in the birds' population has limited the ocean's ability to absorb carbon dioxide and prevent global warming. Chinstrap penguins play a "crucial role" in maintaining iron levels in the sea by...

Published:Thursday | April 20, 2023 | 5:58 AMBANG Bizarre

Scientists have genetically engineered a probiotic to produce an enzyme that allows people to recover from drinking alcohol more quickly with fewer associated health problems. The boffins used ADH1B to accelerate the breakdown of alcohol in the...

Published:Thursday | April 13, 2023 | 9:11 AMBANG Bizarre

The maverick tycoon has championed free speech since buying the social media platform last year and has now overturned the decision to limit content from over 300 official Russian government accounts, including that of Vladimir Putin. In April 2022...

Published:Thursday | April 13, 2023 | 8:57 AMBANG Bizarre

A new study of 3,000-year-old human hair found at Es Carritx cave in Menorca, Spain, shows that Stone Age revellers used hallucinogens from plants to get high. Scientists found scopolamine, ephedrine and atropine in three replicated hair samples...

Published:Thursday | April 13, 2023 | 8:50 AMBANG Bizarre

Researchers at King's College London are to examine the benefits of a new synthetic drug made from the psychedelic compound Mebufotenin, which is found naturally in the Colorado River toad. The BPL-003 drug has been created by the British...

Published:Thursday | April 13, 2023 | 8:45 AMBANG Bizarre

An unnamed patient went to a clinic in Honduras and complained of feeling "extremely restless, agitated and sweaty" and said that she had been unable to sleep the previous night because it felt like sometimes "extremely strange...

Published:Thursday | April 13, 2023 | 8:18 AMBANG Bizarre

Experts from the University of Florida have analysed hours of table tennis matches where humans were pitted against both man and machine. Players were fitted with electrode caps to monitor their brain activity during the games and found that the...

Published:Thursday | April 6, 2023 | 9:36 AMBANG Bizarre

Scientists say that a handful of the population born in the 1950s are on course to live to an unprecedented age, thanks to modern medicine. Superior public health and a safer world could mean that the record is broken on a regular basis in the...

Published:Thursday | April 6, 2023 | 9:22 AMBANG Bizarre

A new survey has found that 64 per cent of people repeatedly curse to try and ease pain and neuroscientists have revealed that it is actually beneficial. The most popular swear word after stubbing a toe is the 'f' word, with 52 per cent of...

Published:Thursday | April 6, 2023 | 9:16 AMBANG Bizarre

Researchers have discovered that people nod off faster and get better quality sleep if they orgasm with a partner, but solo sex acts do not have the same effect. Getting tired out by the exertion of making love and a surge in sleep-promoting...

Published:Thursday | April 6, 2023 | 8:42 AMBANG Bizarre

Over half of males (52 per cent) who admit to playing away have larger-than-average hooters, a new poll has revealed. Of those, 78 per cent are convinced that women are attracted to their large organ, but only 10 per cent claimed that the women...

Published:Thursday | April 6, 2023 | 8:31 AMBANG Bizarre

Israeli researchers discovered that due to pressures from hydration, tomato plants - as well as tobacco plants - give off a sound that is undetectable to humans, but may be heard by animals when gardeners cut off their stems, and also make a sound...

Published:Thursday | March 30, 2023 | 7:48 AMBANG Bizarre

Scientists are convinced that experiments conducted in orbit may be able to unlock cures for Earth's biggest killers, including cancer. The lack of gravity in space makes it easier to cultivate the proteins required to study diseases and come...

Published:Thursday | March 30, 2023 | 7:30 AMBANG Bizarre

Louis Vuitton is selling a baby-grow for £900 The luxury French fashion house's website says that the garment is made from "a soft lightweight blend of cotton and cashmere" and "is embroidered with multicoloured monogram...

Published:Thursday | March 30, 2023 | 7:22 AMBANG Bizarre

A new study has revealed how treats such as chocolate bars and crisps trigger the body's reward system and teaches it to prefer them to other foods. Experts in Germany tracked brain activity in two groups of volunteers who were given yoghurts,...

Published:Thursday | March 30, 2023 | 7:17 AMBANG Bizarre

Futurist Ray Kurzweil has predicted that people will be able to live forever by 2030, as nanobots injected into the blood will be able to repair damage to the body. He told Futurism: "We will be able to advance life expectancy by more than a...

Published:Thursday | March 30, 2023 | 7:05 AMBANG Bizarre

New research saw armpit perspiration taken from volunteers who watched either happy or scary film clips, before the samples were used alongside more conventional mindfulness techniques that help treat the disorder. The study revealed that...

Published:Thursday | March 23, 2023 | 7:43 AMBANG Bizarre

Experts say that many suffer from coulrophobia – a fear of the face-painted entertainers – as clowns do not look human and their "exaggerated facial features convey a direct sense of threat". Researchers at the University of...

Published:Thursday | March 23, 2023 | 7:24 AMBANG Bizarre

DNA samples from four US presidents – including JFK, George Washington, Dwight D. Eisenhower, and Ronald Reagan – will be launched above Earth later this year on "humanity's first deep-space time capsule". The Houston...

Published:Thursday | March 23, 2023 | 7:19 AMBANG Bizarre

A new study has found that our animal friends display excited behaviour when certain genres of music are played, just as human beings do. The results found that over a third of dogs go barking mad for rock, 30 per cent of cats love classical music...

Published:Thursday | March 23, 2023 | 7:11 AMBANG Bizarre

The space-flight industry is being held up as so many nations and companies are desperate to send people into orbit. Up to 100 lunar missions are scheduled to take place in the next decade and launch vehicle providers have explained that there are...

Published:Thursday | March 23, 2023 | 6:59 AMBANG Bizarre

In a new study, researchers at the University of Toronto worked with Insilico Medicine to develop a potential treatment for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) – an aggressive form of liver cancer that occurs when a tumour grows on the organ. The...

Published:Thursday | March 16, 2023 | 5:42 AMBANG Bizarre

The suits are set to be worn by astronauts on the Artemis III mission in 2025 which will see the crew spend a week on the lunar surface. The mission is longer than any previous expeditions to the Moon and NASA has suggested that the new suits...

Published:Thursday | March 16, 2023 | 5:34 AMBANG Bizarre

A survey has found that more than half of those who snore have resorted to tactics such as putting tennis balls in their pyjamas and taping their mouths closed in a bid to prevent themselves from making sounds while sleeping. The survey,...

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