Mental Health: Adding ornamental plants to your front garden can help you feel happier

Adding ornamental plants such as daffodils and petunias to your front garden can lower stress levels and help you feel happier, study shows Researchers gave residents in Salford plants to put in their bare front gardens The measured how the changed the participant’s stress levels and feelings Plants doubled the number of subjects in the … Read more

Student tricks AI grading system into giving a perfect score by adding ‘word salad’ to answers

As students across the US return to school, many are adapting to virtual learning amid the ongoing pandemic. But critics claim Edgenuity, an online learning program adopted by tens of thousands of schools, is flawed.  Edgenuity grades assignments and quizzes using artificial intelligence and one middle-schooler was able to outsmart the system. By adding a jumble … Read more

Ashlee Simpson covers baby bump in a black outfit adding a matching Gucci backpack

Ashlee Simpson, 35, covers baby bump in black outfit adding a matching Gucci backpack as she picks up supplies on husband Evan Ross’ 32nd birthday By Heidi Parker For Dailymail.com Published: 17:30 BST, 27 August 2020 | Updated: 17:30 BST, 27 August 2020 Ashlee Simpson went to Gelson’s supermarket in Los Angeles on Wednesday to … Read more

Human natural selection is adding to ‘an epidemic of nearsightedness’, researchers say

Natural selection among humans is adding to the ‘epidemic’ of nearsightedness, with each successive generation in the UK gaining more than 100,000 extra cases. It is estimated that around half of the world’s population — some 4.9 billion people — will suffer from the distant visual impairment by the middle of the century. Much of … Read more

Scientists make ‘healthy’ milk chocolate by adding antioxidant-rich peanut skins and coffee grounds 

Adding peanut skins to milk chocolate would make it healthier, suggests a new study. Researchers found that recycled food waste – such as peanut skins, coffee grounds and tea leaves – can be used to ‘supercharge’ milk chocolate with the same antioxidant health benefits as dark chocolate. Milk chocolate, used in some of the world’s … Read more

Facebook merges Instagram and Messenger adding more functions to Direct Messages

Facebook rolled out an update that merges Instagram with Messenger, providing users with access to a list of features in Direct Messages. The move adds a ‘new colorful look for your chats,’ more emoji reactions, swipe-to-reply and the ability to chat with others who use Facebook. CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced last year that the firm … Read more

Sanjeev Gupta adding French plant to Liberty Steel empire

Steel tycoon Sanjeev Gupta adding former British Steel plant in northeast France to Liberty Steel metals empire By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:52 BST, 16 August 2020 | Updated: 21:52 BST, 16 August 2020 Steel tycoon Sanjeev Gupta will add a former British Steel plant in northeast France to his Liberty Steel … Read more

Adding MSG to nutritious foods without adding salt ‘could encourage healthier eating habits’

Putting MSG in grains and vegetables will improve the flavour and encourage healthier eating as people won’t add as much salt to their food, researchers claim. A new study by researchers from the University of California, Davis, investigated the impact of substituting salt for MSG (or umami seasoning) can have on eating habits. They found … Read more

Kelly Clarkson defends daughter’s new hairstyle after adding a purple streak to six-year-old’s hair

Kelly Clarkson defends daughter’s new hairstyle as she anticipates being ‘attacked’ for painting ‘a purple streak’ in six-year-old’s hair By David Lawrance For Dailymail.com Published: 21:59 BST, 4 August 2020 | Updated: 09:19 BST, 5 August 2020 Kelly Clarkson updated her daughter River’s hairstyle over the weekend. The 38-year-old singer and talk show host revealed … Read more

Vegans lash out at Marmite for adding milk to new houmous concoction

‘Everyone knows vegans love houmous’: Customers rage against Marmite for ‘ruining two classic dairy-free options’ by adding milk to its new dip Marmite houmous is available at Tesco for £1.50 and was quickly spotted by fans  But Vegan Twitter users and those who can’t eat lactose have hit out at the brand Due to the concoction … Read more