Bizarre

18 August 2023

Devastating wildfires show 'alarming evidence' of climate change

The wildfires raging across the world are "alarming evidence" of climate change. Europe's top space official Josef Aschbacher has called on politicians not to abandon European leadership in combating the issue ...

18 August 2023

Aliens could have created Earth in a laboratory

Aliens may have created the universe in a laboratory. Harvard astrophysicist Avi Loeb claims that he is only days away from proving that extraterrestrial life exists and thinks that the little ...

18 August 2023

Pig kidney transplanted into human body still working after a month

A pig kidney transplanted into a human body over a month ago is still working. The procedure was carried out on a brain-dead patient on July 14 and experts are now ...

17 August 2023

Melania Trump considers Donald Trump's new indictment to be 'another problem for her husband'

Melania Trump considers Donald Trump's fourth indictment to be "another problem for her husband". An insider recently explained that the former First Lady "publicly supports" her husband as his legal woes ...
17 August 2023

Scientists de-age mice brains by decades

Scientists have de-aged the brains of mice by decades. Experts at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) and the University of Queensland in Australia found that - when given the ...

17 August 2023

Drunken raccoons cause carnage in Germany

Raccoons with a thirst for beer are causing havoc in Germany. Residents across the country are facing bills of up to €10,000 after returning from holidays to discover that their homes ...

16 August 2023

'It's a little crazy': OREO to debut new twist of their own

OREO have created their own surprising twist – pairing the cookies with fried chicken. After fans used flocked to share their custom creations with #OREOtwist, the brand themselves have come up ...

16 August 2023

Climate change voices leave Twitter following Elon Musk's takeover

Half of users regularly tweeting about the climate crisis abandoned Twitter after Elon Musk's takeover. New analysis suggests that the "exodus of environmental users" on the platform - now known as ...

16 August 2023

Men who stay fit are less likely to get cancer

Men who stay fit are 40 per cent less likely to get some types of cancer. Swedish researchers have found that males with good fitness levels had less chance of suffering ...

16 August 2023

Scientists reconstruct Pink Floyd classic with people's brainwaves

Scientists have reconstructed Pink Floyd's classic track 'Another Brick in the Wall' using people's brainwaves. It is the first time a recognisable song has been decoded from recordings of electrical brain ...

16 August 2023

World's Strongest Man bags new job

The World's Strongest Man has been appointed 'Official Bag Holder' at Chessington World of Adventures Resort. Tom 'The Albatross' Stoltman will ensure all visitors to the park on Wednesday (16.08.23) can ...

15 August 2023

Mowing the lawn prevents an early death

Cutting the grass could save your life. A new study has revealed that one in ten early deaths could be prevented if inactive people spent just 11 minutes a day mowing ...

15 August 2023

Cavemen had better sex than modern humans

Cavemen and women had better sex than modern humans. New research has found that Brits who switched from a traditional diet to the 'paleo' diet - also known as the caveman ...

14 August 2023

Gum disease increases dementia risk

Gum disease could trigger dementia. Researchers have explained how poor oral health can cause changes in cells that protect the brain from amyloid plaque - a type of protein associated with ...

14 August 2023

Mars mud discovery excites alien hunters

The discovery of cracked mud on Mars has thrilled alien hunters. A new paper suggests that the same conditions that created the cracks on the Red Planet could have been favourable ...

11 August 2023

Donald Trump bemoans 'nasty' political world

Donald Trump has complained about the nastiness of the political world as the criminal cases against him proceed. The former US president gave a doom-laden take on the state of American ...
11 August 2023

Soft drinks put women at risk of liver cancer

Women who consume soft drinks regularly are at risk of developing liver cancer. A new study suggests that females who drink one or more sugary sodas per day were 85 per ...

11 August 2023

Erection-causing spider shuts down Austrian supermarket

A spider that causes permanent erections in men has forced a supermarket in Austria to close. The Penny shop in the town of Krems an der Donau has been shut since ...

10 August 2023

'Incandescently stupid' Donald Trump needed dumbed-down briefing notes

Donald Trump had to have briefing notes dumbed-down when he was US president. The controversial politician often brags of his "stable genius" but Miles Taylor - who served as chief of ...
10 August 2023

Eating greens keeps lungs healthy

Eating green vegetables keeps your lungs healthy. A study of more than 4,000 adults revealed that those with higher levels of vitamin K- found in vegetables such as broccoli and spinach ...

10 August 2023

Just 4,000 steps a day cuts early death risk

Walking just 4,000 steps per day can cut the risk of early death. Fitness trackers and smartphones encourage people to try and achieve the magic number of 10,000 daily steps but ...

9 August 2023

Eating nuts slashes depression risk

Eating nuts can reduce the risk of suffering from depression. New research shows that just a low to moderate consumption of the snacks on a daily basis is linked to a ...

9 August 2023

Obese people have different brain shapes

Obese people's brains are shaped differently. Scientists at Cambridge University have discovered that the hypothalamus - the region that acts as the brain's "appetite control centre" - is significantly bigger in ...

8 August 2023

Scientists develop wonder pill to keep people skinny

Scientists have developed a miracle pill to keep people skinny. A team at the University of Texas have come up with a drug that accelerates the body's metabolism and makes it ...