Bizarre

Weight loss jab
20 October 2025

Boots launches first fat jab withdrawal scheme
A British health care firm is offering a fat jab withdrawal scheme. Boots Online Doctor has rolled out the 12-month initiative, and it is hoped it will stop people - around ...

Cup of tea
20 October 2025

200-year-old Sri Lankan tea leaves could stop extinction of cuppa
Tea leaves picked from Sri Lanka 200 years ago could prevent the drink from becoming extinct. Researchers are looking at ways to best protect the plants from climate change. Thamali Kariyawasam, of ...

Solar system
16 October 2025

Planet Y could be hiding in solar system
Planet Y could be hidden in our solar system. Researchers from Princeton University say the new finding could rewrite astronomy textbooks and expand the number of recognised planets beyond the current ...

Human body diagram
16 October 2025

Humans may have Sixth Sense
Scientists believe humans possess a “hidden sixth sense”. The team from Scripps Research in California say that it constantly monitors our internal organs and helps keep the body in balance. The researchers ...

Aliens may have given up trying to contact humans
16 October 2025

Aliens may have stopped trying to contact humans because they are bored
Aliens may have stopped trying to communicate with humanity because they are bored. A NASA scientist has also suggested the extra-terrestrial creatures are using technology as limited as our own. The idea, ...

Woman returns stolen Ancient Greek artifact - not pictured - after 50 years
15 October 2025

Woman returns stolen Ancient Greek artifact after 50 years
A German woman has returned an ancient artifact stolen from Olympia more than half a century ago, in what Greek officials hailed as an act of “sensitivity and courage.” The limestone ...

Dogs lie awake at night worrying about being 'ignored', research finds
15 October 2025

Dogs lie awake at night worrying about being 'ignored', research finds
Dogs may lie awake at night worrying about being ignored or scolded - just like their owners, according to new research from the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. The study, conducted at ...

Woman hires witch to haunt ex - but gets told she needs therapy instead
15 October 2025

Woman hires witch to haunt ex - but gets told she needs therapy instead
A heartbroken woman who tried to curse her ex-boyfriend by hiring an online witch was left stunned - after the witch refused and told her to seek therapy instead. Tallulah Rose, ...

Hippos lived in Europe for a lot longer than thought
14 October 2025

Hippos survived the last Ice Age in Europe
Hippos roamed central Europe tens of thousands of years later than scientists previously suspected. A study, published in Current Biology, found that common hippos (Hippopotamus amphibius) were still living in the ...

Quitting smoking can reduce a person's risk of suffering from dementia
14 October 2025

Giving up smoking in old age can cut dementia risk
Quitting smoking in later life could help reduce the risk of dementia. The University College London study, published in The Lancet Healthy Longevity, found that older adults who stopped smoking experienced ...

Dogs can help to slow ageing in women
14 October 2025

Spending time with dogs slows female ageing
Spending time with dogs could help slow ageing in women. Scientists at Florida Atlantic University in the US found that women who spent just one hour a week training service dogs ...

Girl sleeping at a desk
13 October 2025

Parents have no clue how much sleep their children are getting
Parents do not realise how much sleep their children are getting. A Brown University, Rhode Island, study - published in the journal Frontiers in Pediatrics - revealed that 83 per cent ...

Smiling dolphin
13 October 2025

Stranded dolphins may suffer from Alzheimer's
Stranded dolphins may suffer from a form of Alzheimer's. Experts say that the sea mammals may have the condition - a progressive brain disorder that affects memory and thinking skills - ...

An ingredient in ice cream could stop hair loss
10 October 2025

Ice cream ingredient could prevent hair loss
An ingredient found in ice cream could provide the solution to hair loss. Stevia, a natural sweetener that is also present in fizzy drinks, contains compounds known as steviosides, which - ...

Dogs can get fixated on their toys
10 October 2025

Dogs get addicted to their toys
Dogs can become hooked on their favourite toys in the same way humans can develop addictions. Researchers at the University of Bern in Switzerland and the University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna ...

10 October 2025

Social media posting late at night puts mental health at risk
People who post on social media late at night are more likely to experience poor mental health. An overall examination of 18,288 tweets and retweets over a span of 15 years ...

Men are more likely to instigate arguments than women
9 October 2025

Men start more arguments than women
Men are far more likely to start arguments than women. The study, led by scientists at the University of St Andrews in Scotland, found that men are "significantly" more likely to ...

A study suggests that humans could be carriers of alien genetics
9 October 2025

Humans could be carrying alien DNA
A scientist has said that millions of people could be unknowingly carrying "alien genes". The extraordinary claim comes from Dr. Max Rempel, founder of the DNA Resonance Research Foundation, who says ...

A Chinese man lived for six months after having a pig liver transplant
9 October 2025

Chinese man survives for six months after pig liver transplant
A 71-year-old man in China has become the first living person to survive for months after receiving a pig liver transplant. The patient, who has not been named, underwent the world’s ...

Tiger
8 October 2025

North Koreans eating tigers and badgers to survive
Starving North Koreans are resorting to hunting, selling and eating wild animals — including tigers and leopards, according to a new study. The research, led by scientists from University College London ...

Angry couple arguing in office illustration
8 October 2025

Calling workmate a 'nutter' may be harassment
Calling a colleague a "nutter" or "ugly" could amount to workplace harassment, a judge has ruled. During a Royal Mail worker’s discrimination case - which was ultimately dismissed - employment judge ...

Cola bottles sweets
8 October 2025

Man hospitalised after eating 6lbs of Haribo cola bottles
A businessman was hospitalised with crippling stomach pain and dangerously high blood pressure after gorging on more than 6lbs of Haribo cola bottles Nathan Rimmington, 33, from South Yorkshire, ordered ...

Sticky tape may prove life-saving in the event of a nuclear attack
7 October 2025

Sticky taped windows may save lives during nuclear attacks
Sealing up windows with sticky tape could prove life-saving during a nuclear attack. Security expert Dr. Arnab Basu, CEO of Kromek Group plc, said the household item can reduce the amount ...

A piece of cardboard caused a woman to be fined £600
7 October 2025

Woman fined £600 after piece of cardboard 'flew out' of bin
A woman was slapped with a £600 fine after a piece of cardboard "flew out" of her bin and along a road. Francesca Poncetta, 32, of Wood Green, North London, received ...