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The Moon is shrinking. Scientists have estimated that the circumference of the satellite has decreased by around 45m over the past few hundred million years, putting attempts to construct a lunar ...

Men can reduce their risk of prostate cancer by 35 per cent just by getting fitter. Boosting cardiorespiratory fitness by only three per cent over the course of a year through ...

Goats can tell if humans are happy or angry based on their tone of voice. A new study suggests that the animals have developed a sensitivity to vocals as a result ...

Rats are addicted to taking selfies. Paris photographer Augustin Lignier set up a study where two rodents were placed in a bespoke cage and were provided with sugar and a picture ...

A Brazilian woman has been arrested with 130 poisonous frogs in her luggage. The Harlequin frogs were discovered by Colombian police at Bogota airport on Monday (29.01.24) and were distressed and ...

Fasting for 24 hours between meals can lower the risk of diseases. Researchers have discovered that leaving an entire day between meals slashes levels of harmful inflammation in the body by ...

T-Rex suffered from arthritis. Experts have found signs that the dinosaurs were likely to have suffered from pain in their back and knees as they were "blighted by bone diseases". Fossils demonstrated ...

People with narrow and friendly faces are regarded as rich. A study has revealed how the shape of a person's facial features has an influence on how others perceive wealth and ...

Alzheimer's disease can be transmitted between people. New evidence suggests that the degenerative brain condition can pass between humans in rare medical accidents after a handful of individuals who received human ...

The new movie 'God Versus UFOs' reveals that some members of both the US and UK Governments are convinced that UFOs are demonic. The documentary explores the other worldly aspects of ...

Eating peanut butter is great for sleep. Researchers have found that tucking into the spread before nodding off is useful as the snack is high in the amino acid tryptophan - ...

Too much sleep can be a bad thing. Slumber expert Rebecca Swain explained that snoozing for more than seven hours a night can actually make you more tired and increase the ...

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 ...

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 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 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. 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. 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. When they are deep-fried, the tooth ...

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 ...

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 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 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 ...

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 ...