Bizarre

13 June 2023

Donald Trump selling $100,000 candlelit dinners for donors

Donald Trump is inviting wealthy donors to have a candlelit dinner with him. The former US president is to sell $100,000 dinners at a fundraising appearance that will be held hours ...
13 June 2023

Pope Pius XII helped cover up UFO crash

Pope Pius XII covered up a UFO crash. Former US intelligence officer David Grusch has claimed that the Vatican was involved in concealing the first UFO that crash-landed on Earth 90 ...

13 June 2023

Robot chef learns to recreate recipes by watching human videos

A robot chef is able to recreate recipes by watching food videos. The bot was programmed with a cookbook of eight basic salads featuring ingredients such as broccoli and carrots and ...

12 June 2023

Curly hair kept early humans cool

Curly hair evolved to keep early humans cool. Research suggests that tightly coiled hair could have evolved in people living in Africa thousands of years ago as it helped the body ...

12 June 2023

Why the long face? Horses can't hide disappointment

Horses have clear facial expressions for disappointment and frustration. A team at the University of Lincoln conducted a food-reward task on 30 horses that left the animals either disappointed or frustrated. When ...

9 June 2023

Brain-scanning tech could read the minds of workers

Brain-scanning technology could study people's thoughts in the office. The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) claims that neurotechnology - which harvests data from the brain - will become widespread over the course ...

9 June 2023

Meat and fish nutrient could be the 'elixir of life'

A nutrient found in meat and fish could be an "elixir of life". Scientists say that taurine extends lifespan and boosts health in a range of animal species. Experiments conducted on middle-aged ...

9 June 2023

Yoga can cut the risk of cancer

Yoga can reduce the risk of cancer. Doctors have been told to prescribe yoga classes to survivors of the disease to reduce their chances of suffering a relapse. Attendees at a global ...

9 June 2023

Beetroot juice reduces risk of heart attacks

Beetroot juice slashes the risk of suffering a heart attack. A new study has found that drinking just 70ml of the vegetable juice per day halved the danger of heart attacks ...

9 June 2023

Crocodile makes herself pregnant in miraculous 'virgin birth'

A crocodile has made herself pregnant. The reptile had been kept in captivity in a Costa Rica zoo and had no contact with males, but a fully-formed foetus was found inside ...

9 June 2023

Sharks hate the taste of humans

Sharks often ignore humans swimming past them. A study conducted on great whites has found that the predators came within biting distance of human beings on 97 per cent of surveyed ...

9 June 2023

Mike Pence tears into Donald Trump at launch of presidential bid

Mike Pence ripped into "reckless" Donald Trump as he entered the 2024 presidential race. The former US vice president officially confirmed that he would be running for the Republican nomination during ...
9 June 2023

Ukraine dam explosion described as Europe's worst eco-disaster since Chernobyl

The Kakhovka dam explosion has been described as Europe's worst environmental disaster since Chernobyl. Nearly 20,000 people in Ukraine have been rescued from the devastating deluge following the blast that broke ...

6 June 2023

Scientist feels 10 years younger after marathon underwater experiment

A scientist who spent 93 days living underwater now feels 10 years younger. Dr. Joseph Dituri locked himself in a pod in the depths of a Florida lagoon and claims to ...

6 June 2023

Breastfed babies are more brainy

Breastfed children perform better in school exams. An Oxford study has concluded that children who are breastfed are twice as likely to go on and achieve top grades in their GCSE ...

5 June 2023

Sex maniacs want romping to become a sport

Sex obsessives want love-making to be recognised as an official sport. An Olympic-style tournament is to be held which involves participants romping for up to six hours a day in 16 ...

5 June 2023

Killer heart attacks are likely to happen on Monday

Deadly heart attacks are more likely to happen on a Monday. Studies of health service records have revealed that the likelihood of a heart attack happening is 13 per cent higher ...

2 June 2023

Russia accuses Apple of working with US spy agencies

Russia has accused Apple of closely cooperating with US spy agencies. The nation's Federal Security Service (FSB) claims to have uncovered an American espionage operation that involved compromising thousands of iPhones ...

2 June 2023

Baby boys are more 'talkative' in the first year of life

Baby boys are more 'talkative' than girls during the first year of their life. A new study has revealed that it is only after they turn a year old that little ...

2 June 2023

Expert claims there is a 50 per cent chance that AI could destroy humanity

An expert has issued a warning that there is a 50 per cent chance that AI could wipe out the human race. Professor Max Tegmark, a physicist and AI expert at ...

1 June 2023

Microwave mix-up gives scientists false alien hope

Scientists thought they had found aliens after hearing mysterious beeps - only to discover that it was actually a microwave. Boffins in Australia were excited when they picked up what they ...

1 June 2023

Sleeping pills increase early death risk

Sleeping pills increase the chance of an early death. People who took drugs in a bid to get some shuteye had a 55 per cent higher risk of passing away early ...

31 May 2023

Aliens may be hiding on Saturn moon

Aliens could be hiding on one of Saturn's moons. NASA's powerful James Webb telescope has spotted a "surprisingly large" plume of water coming from the gas giant's sixth-largest moon Enceladus. Scientists say ...

31 May 2023

UK Polar Network and Clean Planet Foundation launch Arctic and Antarctic expeditions

The UK Polar Network and Clean Planet Foundation have launched an Arctic and Antarctic Science Expedition. The polar explorer Antony Jinman - the 12th Briton to ski to the geographic North ...