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Every year spent in education improves your life expectancy
29 January 2024

Staying in education improves life expectancy
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 the piano can prevent dementia
29 January 2024

Playing musical instruments can ward off dementia
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 seem more trustworthy if they have local accents
29 January 2024

Robots with local accents are more trustworthy
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
26 January 2024

Woman who claims to be Pelé’s daughter calling for his body to be exhumed
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
26 January 2024

Ambulance called by person who feared they had eaten too much kebab
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
26 January 2024

Food ministry urges people not to eat green fried toothpicks
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 ...

Dogs could be given the right to vote under a scholar's proposal
26 January 2024

Academic argues animals should get the vote
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 ...

Cavemen ate mostly vegetarian diets
25 January 2024

Cavemen were mostly vegetarian
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 by God
25 January 2024

US politician claims that aliens are 'angels' sent from God
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 provides comfort to menopausal women
25 January 2024

Cold-water swimming reduces menopause symptoms
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 ...

Three cups of tea each day slows biological ageing
25 January 2024

Three cups of tea a day slows down ageing
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 shrine to Nicolas Cage found hidden under home
24 January 2024

Woman finds Nicolas Cage shrine hidden under her house
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 ...

Woman left heartbroken over fiance's wedding plans
24 January 2024

Woman heartbroken as fiance secretly plans their wedding as replica of his ex's
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 ...

Someone called for ambulance after too much kebab
24 January 2024

Someone calls for ambulance after eating too much kebab
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 ...

Banned baby names baffle parents
24 January 2024

List of banned baby names baffles parents
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 ...

Energy drinks put people in danger of sleep problems
23 January 2024

Energy drinks put sleep in danger
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 wildlife park are trying to stop parrots from swearing
23 January 2024

Wildlife park staff launch high-risk plan to stop parrots swearing
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 transform the diagnosis for Alzheimer's disease
23 January 2024

Blood test could transform Alzheimer's diagnosis
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 increases a person's chance of illness
23 January 2024

Money worries increase illness risk
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 ...

Australian k'gari funnel-web spiders could save heart attack victims
22 January 2024

Deadly spider venom could rescue heart attack victims
Venom from one of the deadliest spiders on the planet could save the lives of heart attack victims. A molecule found in the killer toxin of Australian k'gari funnel-web spiders has ...

The US military have been accused of shooting down UFOs
22 January 2024

Aviation guru accuses US military of shooting down UFOs
An investigator has claimed that the US military has been shooting down UFOs and building their own alien craft. Aviation expert Michael Schratt has proposed the theory that Air Force pilots ...

Covid sufferers are likely to be miserable
22 January 2024

Coronavirus causes misery by shutting down happy hormones
Covid makes people miserable by shutting down happy hormones. Experts have discovered that coronavirus infects brain cells responsible for a person's mood, stress and movement, stopping them from functioning correctly. Lab experiments ...

Dogs love watching other canines on the TV
22 January 2024

Dogs love watching other pooches on TV
Dogs love to watch other canines on television. A new study set out to discover which shows pooches enjoyed watching the most and found that they were happiest when other mutts ...

Winston Churchill's false teeth are going under the hammer
19 January 2024

Sir Winston Churchill's false teeth up for sale
A set of false teeth worn by Sir Winston Churchill are up for sale. Britain's former Prime Minister - who led the UK throughout World War II - wore dentures because ...