Published:Thursday | February 15, 2024 | 8:33 AMBANG Bizarre
Most parents are guilty of telling their kids the occasional lie but the impact has been largely unexplored until this new study. Experts from Nanyang Technological University in Singapore enlisted the help of 564 children aged 11 to 12 children as...
Published:Thursday | February 15, 2024 | 8:27 AMBANG Bizarre
Mississippi nutritionist Lindsey DeSoto explained that shunning the traditional three meals a day can aid those with health issues such as heartburn and bloating. The reduced portion sizes when snacking on six to ten meals help a person's...
Published:Thursday | February 15, 2024 | 8:22 AMBANG Bizarre
A new study has found that the treats have a beneficial impact on cardiac health in a boost to those who are looking to celebrate Valentine's Day in style. Dr Avinash Hari Narayanan, clinical lead at London Medical Laboratory, said: "The...
Published:Thursday | February 15, 2024 | 8:13 AMBANG Bizarre
A study for Valentine's Day has found that men with domes – such as Jason Statham and Prince William – are "super desirable" for the fairer sex. Females say that broad shoulders, high cheekbones and a hairy chest all made...
Published:Thursday | February 15, 2024 | 7:59 AMBANG Bizarre
Vocal communication is known to be one of the most important human characteristics and those who speak in a lower pitch are regarded as "big and intimidating" by others. In their study, a team from Penn State University selected two male...
If a picture is worth a thousand words, then it is likely the cartoonist's pen, chock full of underlying meaning and different ways of seeing an issue, may be worth so many more. Take a look at this week past's line-up of cartoons as...
Call for responsible behaviour following campaign-related accident in St Thomas After a Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) supporter reportedly lost a leg in a motor vehicle accident returning from nomination day activities in St Thomas, there is a call...
Ivalyn Taylor, the mother of 19-year-old police trainee Rayandre Pike, who drowned while attempting to rescue a colleague, expressed frustration over the Jamaica Constabulary Force's (JCF) silence and lack of communication regarding financial...
In a landmark case of revenge porn, a US-based software engineer has been ordered by the Jamaican Supreme Court to pay over $12 million to Jamaican attorney Kimberley Facey for allegedly causing the leak of intimate photos and videos of their...
During the coroner's inquest on Friday, Sonia McDowell Smith, the motorist involved in the crash that claimed the lives of Constable Orlando Irons and cult Pastor Kevin Smith, recounted the harrowing moments leading up to the tragedy. The...
Defence lawyers for former St Mary Western Member of Parliament (MP), Jolyan Silvera, who is facing charges related to his wife's murder, expressed their client's eagerness to be vindicated ahead of his April 11 bail hearing. The 52-year-...
In a spirited exchange at a Gleaner Editors' Forum, Leon Thomas, the People's National Party (PNP) mayoral candidate for Portmore, confidently asserted that the opposition party would achieve a clean sweep of the municipality's...
Residents of Ten Miles in Bull Bay, St Andrew, eagerly gathered for the official unveiling of part BII of the Southern Coastal Highway Improvement Project (SCHIP) on Tuesday, transforming the 17-kilometre Harbour View to Yallahs Bridge into a four-...
Jamaican prisons and lockups, notorious for their harsh conditions, prove especially brutal for individuals accused of harming children, as highlighted by the case of 34-year-old Leoda Bradshaw. Charged with the murder of politician Phillip...
THE University College of the West Indies (UCWI) had been successful in its attempt to infuse the Jamaican public with the spirit of carnival. This carnival, which is built around the melodic cacophony of the steel band, is an attempt to...
In the mayoral elections for the city, Councillor Ralph Brown and Councillor Arthur George Mason emerged victorious, securing their positions as Mayor and Deputy Mayor of Kingston, respectively. Councillor Brown, now in his second term as Mayor,...
In a dazzling spectacle held at the University College of the West Indies (UCWI) playing fields in Mona Bowl, 20-year-old Rosemarie DeSouza, known as Max Factor's beauty, emerged as the inaugural 'Miss Carnival Jamaica' during the...
Her Royal Highness, Princess Alice Countess of Athlone, graced Jamaica with her annual visit, arriving aboard the Fyttes Camito from Southampton, England. Welcomed on board by dignitaries including His Excellency the Governor-General Sir Clifford...
Widow of the legendary Bob Marley, Rita, was moved to tears upon hearing the proclamation that February 6 would now be honoured as Bob Marley Day. While this fulfilled half of Rita's aspirations, she had also harboured the hope that the day...
Published:Thursday | February 8, 2024 | 8:00 AMBANG Bizarre
A major study has found that the chances of developing the disease halved in people who quit the habit for at least 15 years compared to those who continued to light up, with the risk of lung cancer falling drastically in those who gave up before...
Published:Thursday | February 8, 2024 | 7:56 AMBANG Bizarre
Scientists say that the act of eating meals while glued to the screen makes someone more likely to put on the pounds than dining at the table even if they are otherwise healthy. Experts say that the distraction of a TV show means that the brain is...
Published:Thursday | February 8, 2024 | 7:48 AMBANG Bizarre
Animal expert Dr Jacqueline Boyd explained that snoozing with a pooch can "offer companionship, security, and even warmth" - as long as a person is hygienic. The animal sciences lecturer from Nottingham Trent University says that...
Published:Thursday | February 8, 2024 | 7:41 AMBANG Bizarre
Scientists think they have finally settled the debate about wealth and joy after surveying nearly 3,000 people from indigenous and local communities worldwide, 36 per cent of whom did not have any cash income, and discovering that many had high...
Published:Thursday | February 8, 2024 | 7:35 AMBANG Bizarre
A new study has discovered a link between the seemingly harmless act of 'digging for gold' and the degenerative brain condition. When a person picks their nose, bacteria and fungi enter the brain and increase the odds of a person developing...
Project Syndicate: You have lamented the excessive financialisation of the economy, noting that “finance is both dumb and dangerous,” not least because it relies almost entirely on the price mechanism. How should we go about changing...
