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Published:Thursday | October 23, 2025 | 8:33 AMBANG Bizarre

A Harvard professor has warned that an alien attack could be imminent, claiming a mysterious interstellar object hurtling toward the solar system may be an extraterrestrial spacecraft. The object, known as 3I/ATLAS, was first detected on July 1 and...

Published:Thursday | October 23, 2025 | 8:29 AMBANG Bizarre

New research reveals that almost half of Brits gain weight after starting a relationship, with one in five piling on between 11lb and 22lb, and more than one in 10 adding over 22lb to their frame. The findings, from a survey by Chemist4U, suggest...

Published:Thursday | October 23, 2025 | 8:15 AMBANG Bizarre

Millions of people taking antidepressants may be at increased risk of weight gain, hypertension and heart problems, according to a major new review. Researchers at King’s College London analysed data from 58,500 patients across 30 different...

Published:Thursday | October 23, 2025 | 8:11 AMBANG Bizarre

A revolutionary eye implant is helping blind people to see again in what doctors are calling a "life-changing" breakthrough. The PRIMA system, developed by scientists in London, allows patients who have lost their vision due to age-...

Published:Thursday | October 23, 2025 | 7:51 AMBANG Bizarre

The excitement of bingo and the social buzz it brings may help older people stay active and reduce the risk of frailty – a condition linked to illness, injury and early death. A study, published in the American Journal of Epidemiology and...

Published:Thursday | October 16, 2025 | 5:00 AMBANG Bizarre

Stevia, a natural sweetener that is also present in fizzy drinks, contains compounds known as steviosides, which - when mixed with over-the-counter drug minoxidil - can revive hair growth on bald heads. In tests conducted on mice, boffins placed a...

Published:Thursday | October 16, 2025 | 4:56 AMBANG Bizarre

The study, led by scientists at the University of St Andrews in Scotland, found that men are "significantly" more likely to initiate direct aggression, especially in mixed-gender pairs. However, women proved just as ready to retaliate...

Published:Thursday | October 16, 2025 | 4:50 AMBANG Bizarre

An overall examination of 18,288 tweets and retweets over a span of 15 years correlates with long-term health data in the West of England, indicating that individuals posting overnight are more likely to experience poor mental well-being and report...

Published:Thursday | October 16, 2025 | 4:46 AMBANG Bizarre

The University College London study, published in The Lancet Healthy Longevity, found that older adults who stopped smoking experienced significantly slower cognitive decline than those who continued. Researchers followed 9,400 smokers, ages over...

Published:Thursday | October 16, 2025 | 4:39 AMBANG Bizarre

Scientists at Florida Atlantic University in the US found that women who spent just one hour a week training service dogs showed biological signs of slower ageing, compared to those who did not. The study focused on 28 female veterans ages 32 to 72...

Published:Thursday | October 9, 2025 | 5:28 AMBANG Bizarre

Researchers claim that the so-called planetary health diet, set out in a new report from the 2025 Eat-Lancet Commission, is linked to a 27 per cent reduced risk of premature death and lower rates of cancer, diabetes, heart disease and other chronic...

Published:Thursday | October 9, 2025 | 5:25 AMBANG Bizarre

Scientists have developed a method to create human eggs from skin cells, raising hopes for new fertility treatments. Researchers have successfully demonstrated a process that turns skin cells into egg-like cells with the correct number of...

Published:Thursday | October 9, 2025 | 5:21 AMBANG Bizarre

A study by electronics retailer Currys revealed that one in five people believe they have struck up a real friendship with their virtual assistant. Nearly half (49 per cent) admitted turning to AI for advice on personal issues rather than...

Published:Thursday | October 9, 2025 | 5:17 AMBANG Bizarre

Researchers from the University of Wurzburg, Germany, have developed a molecular sensor that releases a strong thyme-like flavour when it encounters the influenza virus. The breakthrough could allow people to diagnose infection simply by chewing...

Published:Thursday | October 9, 2025 | 5:11 AMBANG Bizarre

Researchers have discovered that live ants can be used to ferment milk into yoghurt. Scientists from the Technical University of Denmark (DTU) found that red wood ants contain natural bacteria, acids and enzymes that can turn milk into a tangy,...

Published:Thursday | October 2, 2025 | 6:50 AMBANG Bizarre

According to research by real estate firm Purplebricks, over a third (36 per cent) of those born between 1997 and 2012 and who took part in the study say having a Greggs bakery on their doorstep was more attractive than being near an independent...

Published:Thursday | October 2, 2025 | 6:46 AMBANG Bizarre

Fastball, a tool that scans the brainwaves of a patient, has shown for the first time that  a test could be carried out at home and reliably reveal signs of mild cognitive impairment (MCI), a condition that can sometimes lead to Alzheimer'...

Published:Thursday | October 2, 2025 | 6:40 AMBANG Bizarre

A poll of 2,000 adults uncovered that people in the UK spend around 97.5 minutes a day lounging, streaming, snoozing, and snacking on the sofa. That adds up to a jaw-dropping 4.2 years over a typical adult lifespan of 62.6 years. Research...

Published:Thursday | October 2, 2025 | 6:34 AMBANG Bizarre

According to new research, yoga, tai chi and even a walk can do the trick to get people to sleep without any problems. US data says that about 14.5 percent of adults report struggling to sleep most nights, with long-term insomnia being linked to...

Published:Thursday | October 2, 2025 | 6:30 AMBANG Bizarre

Experts have long linked both the quality and amount of rest to the memory-depriving illness and US boffins have explained that people with chronic insomnia – which is defined as difficult sleeping at least three days a week for three months...

Published:Thursday | September 25, 2025 | 8:27 AMBANG Bizarre

Leigh Murphy, 29, has to keep an eye on her six-year-old son Steven - who she has with her 28-year-old husband Steven - so that he does not munch on dangerous items around the family's three-bedroom, two-storey private rental house in...

Published:Thursday | September 25, 2025 | 8:18 AMBANG Bizarre

Prunes and All-Bran might once have been the butt of jokes about old age, but now they’re flying off the shelves - thanks to a Gen Z health craze called “fibremaxxing.” Younger Brits are embracing high-fibre foods in record...

Published:Thursday | September 25, 2025 | 8:14 AMBANG Bizarre

A team of Japanese researchers won an Ig Nobel Prize for spray-painting cows with zebra stripes to reduce fly bites. Led by Tomoki Kojima, the group taped Japanese beef cows before painting them with black-and-white stripes. The experiment showed...

Published:Thursday | September 25, 2025 | 8:05 AMBANG Bizarre

A study by the University of Bath found that German students who consumed a modest amount of alcohol performed better when speaking Dutch, compared to those who drank only water. Their pronunciation was smoother, and their confidence higher,...

Published:Thursday | September 25, 2025 | 7:50 AMBANG Bizarre

A study conducted by the University of Guanajuato in Mexico found that cardiac patients in intensive care who listened to 45 minutes of soft music daily experienced better health outcomes than those who did not. Over five days, the music group...

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