Male brains shrink by 8pm each night
2024-09-24 13:05:07 Men’s brains have shrunk by 8pm every day. Scientists scanned a 26-year-old male’s brain 40 times over the course of 30 days and found it had shrunk by…
Groovy gibbons have human dance moves
2024-09-24 14:02:13 Gibbons can dance like humans. Scientists have discovered that the Asian apes can’t resist moving their bodies to a rhythm and have debunked suggestions that only people enjoy…
Magic mushrooms can treat people who worry about their looks
2024-09-24 15:00:31 Magic mushrooms could help treat people with insecurities about their appearance. Experts in the US have revealed that a naturally occurring psychedelic drug in the fungi changes brain…
Kind people are seen as better looking
2024-09-25 14:48:43 Kind people are considered to be more physically attractive. Researchers in Israel analysed the non-physical factors that can lead to a person being perceived as good looking with…
Eating spinach can add spice to a man's sex life
2024-09-25 14:59:29 Spinach can help men out in the bedroom. A study suggests that eating the leafy green vegetable – famously devoured by the cartoon character Popeye – reduced the…
Earth's oceans are nearly too acidic to sustain life
2024-09-25 15:05:32 The planet’s oceans are almost too acidic to sustain marine life. A report by the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) says that ocean acidification could be…
Men and women feel pain in contrasting ways
2024-09-25 16:01:06 Men and women feel pain in drastically different ways. Analysis conducted in recent decades demonstrates that females suffer pain at higher rates than males with hormonal differences pinpointed…
World's oldest cheese discovered in Chinese tomb
2024-09-26 14:15:18 The world’s oldest cheese has been found in an ancient Chinese tomb. The cheese is estimated to be 3,600 years old – eclipsing the previous record by 400…
'Mini-moon' to orbit Earth this autumn
2024-09-26 14:18:12 Earth will temporarily gain a second Moon this autumn. Scientists have confirmed that a small asteroid will be captured by our planet’s gravitational pull and will briefly become…
One in three children left short-sighted due to Covid and screen time
2024-09-26 15:00:25 A third of children have been left short-sighted due to coronavirus lockdowns and increased screen time. Data from five million kids in 50 countries shows that myopia was…
