Bizarre

Child on smartphone
2 March 2026

Youngsters may face overnight social media ban
Youngsters could soon be forced offline at bedtime under tough new UK Government plans to curb social media use. Ministers are considering overnight curfews for children as part of a sweeping ...

Person holding magnifying glass
2 March 2026

Wannabe detectives to solve murder mystery naked
Budding Sherlocks have been invited to a nude murder mystery night. The event - hosted by The Bare Necessities (BN) group - takes place at The Mill Arms in Dunbridge, ...

Vegetables
27 February 2026

Vegetarian diet could slash risk of five cancers
Going on a vegetarian diet may cut an individual's cancer risk. A major study led by researchers at University of Oxford has found that vegetarians could reduce their risk of five ...

Star Wars A New Hope poster
27 February 2026

Star Wars figure packaging to sell for £15k
Cardboard packaging for a Princess Leia figure from Star Wars may sell for a whopping £15,000 at auction. The 1978 pre-production proof card was used by Kenner to check quality control ...

Butter
26 February 2026

Swanky London members club hiring butter pro
A new swanky London members club is hiring a "butter sommelier". The Pembroke in Belgravia - which throws open its doors in the autumn - has been hunting for a candidate ...

Salt on a spoon
26 February 2026

Salt could increase risk of depression
Sprinkling extra salt on food could increase an individual's risk of depression, Chinese scientists, from Guangdong Provincial People’s Hospital, tracked over 15,000 adults, and they found that those who consumed more ...

A tray of eggs
26 February 2026

Young folk enjoy eggy coffee
Some Gen Zers like putting eggs in coffee. Those born between 1997 and 2012 are shaking up typical varieties of egg dishes, with a few enjoying Vietnamese egg coffees (11 per ...

A person playing Tetris
25 February 2026

Tetris may cure PTSD
Playing Tetris could cure Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The study - carried out in the UK and Sweden - involved imagery competing task intervention (ICTI), a treatment designed to reduce the ...

A female chimpanzee
25 February 2026

Chimpanzees seek alcohol
Chimpanzees love alcohol. American Researchers found 17 out of 20 urine samples confirmed alcohol consumption, likely from fermented fruit, in African chimpanzees' diet. And Aleksey Maro and Professor Robert Dudley, from the ...

Aliens
25 February 2026

Aliens may resemble jellyfish
Aliens could look like jellyfish. Bill Diamond, president of the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence Institute, is determined to find evidence of aliens' existence. He is quoted by the Daily Star newspaper as ...

Police using AI to monitor staff behaviour
24 February 2026

Police using AI to monitor staff behaviour
Metropolitan Police is using artificial intelligence supplied by controversial US tech giant Palantir Technologies to monitor the behaviour of its own officers and staff. Scotland Yard has confirmed it is running ...

US President Donald Trump
24 February 2026

'New Nostradamus' predicts 'major catastrophe'
A psychic dubbed the ‘prophet of doom’ has issued a chilling new warning - claiming a “major catastrophe” is looming around the time of the next US election. Craig Hamilton-Parker, who ...

Happy Mondays star Shaun Ryder has declared we’re all living in a 'human zoo'.
24 February 2026

Happy Mondays' Shaun Ryder: We’re living in a human zoo
Happy Mondays star Shaun Ryder believes we’re all living in a “human zoo”. The 63-year-old rocker reckons Earth isn’t quite what it seems and claims aliens have been meddling with humanity ...

Cartoon woman massaging painful injured elbow in bandage
23 February 2026

Women suffer with chronic pain longer than men
Chronic pain lasts longer in women than in men. Hormone-regulated cells help to ease pain, but researchers at Michigan State University in the US have discovered that monocytes - a group ...

A car handbrake
23 February 2026

Gen Zers do not know what a car pull-up handbrake is
Some Gen Zers could not identify a traditional pull-up handbrake. In total, 27 per cent of those born between 1997 and 2012 did not know how to keep a car stationary ...

Cushion on bed
23 February 2026

Scatter cushion clashes disrupting couples’ sleep
Couples are clashing over scatter cushions. According to a poll of 1,000 partners, 54 per cent have had intense outbursts over how many of the decorative pieces were on their beds. And ...

A typical fry-up
20 February 2026

Gen Z shaking up fry-ups
Youngsters are giving a traditional fry-up. the ultimate makeover. According to a survey by EDF Energy, 49 per cent of Brits enjoy waking up feasting on a plate of smoked bacon, ...

A woman sneezing
20 February 2026

'Universal nasal spray' could protect against viruses and allergies
A single nasal spray vaccine could protect people against colds, flu, COVID-19 and allergies. Experts at Stanford University, California, have created the "universal vaccine" and tested it on mice, which gave ...

Gerbils
20 February 2026

MI5 wanted Gerbils to catch undercover spies
MI5 once considered using gerbils to catch undercover spies by smelling their sweat. Lord Jonathan Evans, 68, the former director general of the spy agency, read a classified dossier titled Gerbils ...

i Robot
19 February 2026

Children on mental health waiting lists turning to AI chatbots for support
Half a million children stuck on National Health Service (NHS) mental health waiting lists may turn to artificial intelligence chatbots for help. The Royal College of Psychiatrists has warned that long ...

Intermittent fasting
19 February 2026

Intermittent fasting may not be linked to weight loss
Intermittent fasting may not cause weight loss. In the most comprehensive review to date, scientists from the Cochrane Institute – considered the “gold standard” for evidence-based medicine – found the fashionable ...

Glass of milk
19 February 2026

Milk consumption after workout may protect bones
A glass of milk after the gym could be the secret weapon against brittle bones in later life. New research suggests drinking milk after resistance training may help older adults fend ...

Kefir
18 February 2026

Fermented foods could boost heart health
Consuming fermented foods and drink could improve heart health. New research suggests products packed with live microbes - including kefir and kombucha - may help boost "good" cholesterol, lower blood sugar ...

Brits focus more on their health at this age
18 February 2026

REVEALED: Brits are serious about their health at this age
Brits do not start properly worrying about their health until they hit 38, a new study has revealed. The poll of 2,000 middle-aged adults aged 40 to 65 found that creeping ...