A broken heart is as deadly as a heart attack.
Scientists in Scotland have found that people are at the same risk of dying from a broken heart as those who ...
Men and women don't laugh at the same jokes.
A new study suggests that males are more likely to find visual jokes and slapstick funny while women will chortle at gags ...
Human contact with aliens is "inevitable", according to the president of UK Space.
Dr. Alice Bunn thinks it is a question of when rather than if in terms of the human ...
Fruit bats could hold the key to curing diabetes in humans.
The "superhero" animals survive by eating up to twice their body weight in sugary fruit each day even though a ...
A mouse has been found tidying up a man's shed every night.
Passionate wildlife photographer Rodney Holbrook, 75, has made an alarming discovery at his Powys, Wales home after a small ...
An expert has revealed the "correct" way to hang toilet roll.
The debate has raged on for years about the right way to hang your loo roll in the bathroom, with ...
Astronauts should eat space-grown vegetables.
Experts have found that the most nutritious meals for space travellers on long missions can be created using ingredients that are grown on missions.
Researchers from the ...
Football fans of the future will flock to stadiums to watch holograms playing matches.
Kieran Maguire, an economics guru in the sport, has explained that club owners are expecting real-time projections ...
Scientists have predicted that anti-ageing treatments could be available in the next decade.
Researchers at the University of Cambridge have made the confident prediction and suspect that the answer to slowing ...
Getting older doesn't make people wiser.
Films such as 'The Lord of the Rings' and 'Star Wars' often portray the oldest characters as the wisest but new research suggests that the ...
Allowing employees to use their smartphones at work does not have an impact on productivity.
Researchers have found that bosses can reduce stress amongst their workforce if they allow them to ...
More than three-quarters of people find that going to the gym has a positive impact on mental health.
A new survey has found that 55 per cent of gym attendees do ...
Robots could replace dogs as man's best friend.
A new study has found that people who lived with a pet-like robot for a period of two months had lower levels of ...
Modern humans should mimic cavemen if they wish to live longer.
Scientists think that people need to become more like their ancestors in the way that they move and socialise with ...
Eating breakfast and dinner an hour earlier cuts the risk of a heart attack or stroke.
A new study shows that people who eat for the first time at 9am are ...
Robots lie and cheat when under pressure at work.
Experts found that a bot trained to do a job as a financial trader deliberately committed insider trading 75 per cent of ...
Loch Ness Monster hunters are adamant that "something's out there" amid renewed interest in the legendary Scottish beast.
2023 was a busy year for Nessie obsessives with nine official sightings recorded ...
Teenage sleep is disrupted most by interactive screen use.
The impact of screen time on sleep is well-documented but new research indicates that interactive engagement is more damaging for teenage rest ...
Humans are able to tell if chickens are happy or sad by the sound of their clucks.
Data shows that a person is able to identify with 69 per cent accuracy ...
Looking at pictures of curry can act as a painkiller.
Chinese scientists got 27 volunteers to look at images of spicy curries and noodles - as well as blander food items ...
Scientists have found a promising new clue in the hunt for alien life.
Experts from the University of Birmingham and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have theorised that far-off planets ...
Almost half of British teenagers feel addicted to social media.
The "striking" findings have been revealed in a study conducted by the University of Cambridge and researchers say that a person's ...
Human brains still take in new information better than AI robots.
Tech bosses have promised a future of self-driving cars and instant medical checks but scientists insist that human beings still ...
Poor sleep in a person's 30s can lead to memory problems later in life.
A new study involving over 500 people in their mid-30s to late 40s found that those with ...
