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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,...

Published:Wednesday | March 15, 2023 | 11:38 PMBANG Bizarre

The former US First Lady admitted that she couldn't hold back the tears on her final trip on a presidential plane with her husband Barack Obama before Trump became president in 2017. Obama - who has daughters Malia, 24, and Sasha, 21, with the...

Published:Wednesday | March 15, 2023 | 11:35 PMBANG Bizarre

Scientists have revealed how baby bees are taught the 'waggle dance' by their elders so they can signal to their nestmates where the best food is. The dance is a form of complex communication where the insects circle around in figure-eight...

Published:Wednesday | March 15, 2023 | 11:26 PMBANG Bizarre

The African serval known as Amiry was captured by dog wardens in January after being spotted in a tree in Cincinnati and was taken to a local animal rescue for further treatment. The medical examiners treating the wild cat also discovered that it...

Published:Thursday | March 9, 2023 | 7:44 AMBANG Bizarre

The experts think that they have spotted fossilised sponges, fungi, shrimp, crabs, sea spiders, scorpions and even a translucent millipede on the surface of the Red Planet. The group of researchers have published papers in journals that set out...

Published:Thursday | March 9, 2023 | 7:36 AMBANG Bizarre

A new scientific review has concluded that doing the downward dog can tackle premature ejaculation and enables men to triple their staying power when they are making love. Exercise has a positive effect on mental health and makes men less anxious...

Published:Thursday | March 9, 2023 | 7:29 AMBANG Bizarre

The former president has claimed that he must be re-elected as US President to prevent World War III. In a marathon speech at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) on Saturday (04.03.23), Trump said: "We're going to have...

Published:Thursday | March 9, 2023 | 7:19 AMBANG Bizarre

Experts have found that older people who socialise on a daily, weekly or monthly basis had a significantly better chance of a long life than those who socialised the least or not at all. A team from Sichuan University West China Hospital studied...

Published:Thursday | March 9, 2023 | 7:12 AMBANG Bizarre

A US study followed 13,720 women with an average age of 54 over a period of two decades and have recommended some key habits and lifestyle changes to help people in midlife stave off the decline of brain function. The experts found that being...

Published:Thursday | March 2, 2023 | 8:03 AMBANG Bizarre

Scientists suggest that dust fired from the lunar surface into the middle ground between Earth and the Sun could act as a shield to block out radiation from the heart of the solar system and reduce the effects of global warming. The researchers...

Published:Thursday | March 2, 2023 | 7:56 AMBANG Bizarre

A new poll of 1,000 owners found that 20 per cent have introduced their canine to another person in the hope that it will help them spark up a romance. Men (28 per cent) are more likely to use their dogs as romance aids than women (16 per cent) and...

Published:Thursday | March 2, 2023 | 7:41 AMBANG Bizarre

New research conducted on more than 300 adults has revealed that shorter individuals who envy taller people have 'dark triad' personality traits such as psychopathy, narcissism and Machiavellianism. The experts claim that people who are...

Published:Thursday | March 2, 2023 | 7:34 AMBANG Bizarre

Research based on over 170,000 people living in the United States found that those who had five healthy sleep factors were less likely to die prematurely. The healthy sleepers spent between seven and eight hours a night dozing, had difficulty...

Published:Thursday | March 2, 2023 | 7:25 AMBANG Bizarre

A new study conducted by researchers at the Northwest Minzu University in China has revealed that the consumption of soda increases testicle size and testosterone levels for men. The experts were attempting to determine the impact that fizzy drinks...

Published:Thursday | February 23, 2023 | 9:13 AMBANG Bizarre

Boffins have warned that urinating from a great height could send wee flying all over the bathroom and causes splashback that hits toothbrushes. Scientist Tadd Truscott stressed that droplets could potentially spread E.coli bacteria unless the loo...

Published:Thursday | February 23, 2023 | 9:05 AMBANG Bizarre

Artificial intelligence (AI) is able to work out what animals are trying to say through the analysis of sounds and actions. Dr Arik Kershenbaum, from the University of Cambridge's department of zoology, explained: "You can feed the AI a...

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