A resourceful engineer has converted his £30 fairground bumper car into an 8mph road vehicle perfect for dodging traffic jams. Chris Acock bought the old fairground carriage on eBay for £30 before merging it with a mobility scooter to create the distinctive two seater. The 53-year-old and his partner Zarra …...Read More

Being a perfectionist can be detrimental to your family life due to unreasonably high expectations of your partner and children, a study has found. Some people are fastidious in nature and need everything to be correctly aligned, but applying this to the household can be catastrophic. The research from Poland …...Read More

They were alive thousands of years ago, in a time of frequent war, where people were still sacrificed to the gods. But, incredibly, Mayan civilisations may still have used the same facial expressions we have today. A study by researchers from California has found that modern-day people can still recognise …...Read More

Humans are biologically conditioned to distinguish venomous snakes from non-threatening species, a new study suggests. In experiments, volunteers were shown alternating photos of venomous and non-venomous snakes. Photos of venomous snakes elicited stronger fear responses, such as sweating and increased heart rate, than images of non-venomous ones. Even though the …...Read More

A tiny robotic beetle that can crawl, climb slopes, carry different loads and has 'muscles' powered by a liquid methanol fuel has been developed by researchers. Roboticists from California developed the bug-sized 'RoBeetle' — which weighs in at less than 1/100th of an ounce — to explore new means of …...Read More

Advertisement Artificial intelligence has been used to upscale the oldest film in existence, recorded in a garden in Leeds 132 years ago. Roundhay Garden Scene is a short film shot on October 14, 1888, showing four people strolling around the garden of Oakwood Grange in the Leeds suburb of Roundhay. …...Read More

Researchers have uncovered what they believe was the unusual last meal of a prehistoric pup that lived 14,000 years ago. Following a reanalysis of the mummified canine, the team found preserved remains of a woolly rhinoceros hiding in its stomach - complete with the animal's yellow fur. The ancient canine, …...Read More

One of the UK's top universities is offering bursaries to students who are willing to defer their entry until next year, as up to 55,000 school leavers scramble to get places at their first choice universities. Durham University, recently rated the 11th best university in the country by one guide, …...Read More

Advertisement The year 2020 has given rise to some truly unexpected trends: Zoom happy hours. Fashionable face masks. And now, topless hiking. Well, not strictly hiking, but certainly posing for topless photos at the top of mountain summits, an 'empowering' craze that's been growing in several places across the country, …...Read More

A frustrated homeowner wrapped his neighbour's car in black cellophane after she blocked his driveway for more than a day. Tobe Bailey, 49, from Margate, Kent, decided to take matters into his own hands after his neighbour's blue Vauxhall Corsa stopped his daughter from being able to get her car …...Read More