Bizarre

Alzheimer's disease can be transmitted between people. New evidence suggests that the degenerative brain condition can pass between humans in rare medical accidents after a handful of individuals who received human ...

The new movie 'God Versus UFOs' reveals that some members of both the US and UK Governments are convinced that UFOs are demonic. The documentary explores the other worldly aspects of ...

Eating peanut butter is great for sleep. Researchers have found that tucking into the spread before nodding off is useful as the snack is high in the amino acid tryptophan - ...

Too much sleep can be a bad thing. Slumber expert Rebecca Swain explained that snoozing for more than seven hours a night can actually make you more tired and increase the ...

Playing a musical instrument can ward off dementia. New research has found that musicians have a better memory and sharper brain health as they get older, especially if they can play ...

Each year spent in school or university improves a person's life expectancy. A review - using evidence from countries including the UK, US, China and Brazil - found that an adult's ...

Playing a musical instrument can ward off dementia. New research has found that musicians have a better memory and sharper brain health as they get older, especially if they can play ...

Robots with familiar accents can be more trustworthy for users. Most bots have monotonous voices but research suggests that some people would prefer them to use a local accent as it ...

A woman who claims to be football icon Pelé’s daughter wants his body to be exhumed for a DNA test. Brazilian press has reported Maria do Socorro Azevedo, 60, says she ...

An ambulance was called by a person who feared they had gorged on too much of a kebab. The alert was one of a string of nuisance 999 calls revealed by ...

South Korea’s food ministry has urged people not to eat green fried toothpicks after TikTok users shared videos of themselves gobbling the potentially deadly sticks. When they are deep-fried, the tooth ...

A US scholar has claimed animals should be given the right to vote. Ioan-Radu Motoarca, a professor in the philosophy department at New Jersey's Rowan University, has proposed the idea of ...

Early humans were mostly vegetarian. Experts have suggested that the description of cavemen as 'hunter-gatherers' should actually be changed to 'gatherer-hunters' to reflect the fact that early human diets consisted of ...

Aliens could be "angels" sent from God, a US politician has claimed. Republican Congressman Eric Burlison has suggested that many sightings of extraterrestrials are consistent with the Bible. Burlison - who recently ...

Cold-water swimming eases symptoms of the menopause. Researchers say that menopausal women who spend time immersed in cold water experience a range of physical and mental health benefits that reduce symptoms ...

Drinking three cups of tea per day could slow the ageing process. A Chinese study shows that healthy chemicals in both black and green tea can "positively influence ageing" by reducing ...

A woman found a shrine to Nicolas Cage hidden under her house. The woman's friend revealed the baffling story online after she discovered the tribute when workmen came to lay new ...

A woman was left heartbroken after her fiance planned their wedding as a replica of his ex's. The 36-year-old woman explained that they had been planning their upcoming nuptials for six ...

A person rang for an ambulance after eating too much kebab. The Welsh Ambulance Service has urged people to only make 999 calls for appropriate reasons to avoid putting the team ...

The New Zealand government has left parents baffled with its long list of banned names. The nation has unveiled a list from the Registrar-General of Births, Deaths, and Marriages which details ...

Guzzling just a single energy drink per month can destroy your sleep. Norwegian researchers have discovered that those who regularly consume cans of drinks such as Red Bull and Monster are ...

Staff at a British wildlife park have come up with a risky plot to stop its parrots from swearing. Lincolnshire Wildlife Park hit the headlines back in 2020 when staff removed ...

A blood test could "revolutionise" the diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease. Research suggests that measuring levels of the p-tau217 protein in the blood could be just as accurate as painful and invasive ...

Financial stress leads to a greater chance of illness. A new study from University College London (UCL) discovered that interactions between the immune, nervous and endocrine systems were worse in people ...