Chips are most thrown away takeaway food with over half of people saying portion sizes are too big, study reveals Poll by delivery service Just Eat finds chips are the most wasted takeaway food Some 72% of people surveyed said they always had chips
Women can get away with telling bad jokes more than men because females are seen as more attentive to others, study finds Study found women are judged less harshly for telling bad jokes than men Yale School of Management and University of
It’s better to hit the gym than go for a run if you want a good night’s sleep, a study suggests. For sleep-deprived people, lifting weights or doing push-ups could provide 17 more minutes of sleep a night compared to going for
No one is entirely sure why, or even how, the mighty Stonehenge was built around 5,000 years ago. Now, a new study argues the world-famous Wilshire monument served as an ancient solar calendar, helping people track the days of the year. Professor
Shock by-election defeats in traditional true blue seats have sparked calls for the Prime Minister to focus on the South. But there is no evidence of a southern “Blue Wall” ready to fall and the Conservatives could take most of their targets
Cheaper salmon is ‘as good as premium farmed products when it comes to Omega 3’, study shows Fish-eaters benefit from two Omega 3 fatty acids – EPA and DHA – which can boost heart health and thinking skills Researchers analysed packs of
More than a fifth of drivers exceed speed limits near schools, ‘extremely concerning’ roadside experiment in Berkshire reveals New study found 21% of motorists were over the speed limit passing a school Experiment carried out for a fortnight outside a primary school
More than 5million children worldwide have lost a parent or caregiver due to Covid, researchers have found. The toll was laid bare in modelling by a team at Imperial College London, who looked at coronavirus data in 21 countries with the highest
Honey bees suffer a gruesome and rather bizarre death during intense heatwaves, new research finds. When male worker bees, or drones, die from shock such as being too hot, they convulse, forcing them to ejaculate, and an internal penis-equivalent about the size
Lateral flow tests for Covid miss up to eight in ten infections, an analysis has claimed. Birmingham University researchers used modelling based on real-world data to suggest the swabs were up to 10 times less effective at detecting the virus than official