Mother who found a VERY rude note on her car after she parked in a parents with prams spot unleashes on the rude driver who mistakenly left it Australian mother found handwritten note left on her car’s windshield this week The note accused her of parking in a designated parents spot without children The mother … Read more
More than HALF of the 39million miles of rivers and streams on Earth stop flowing periodically or run dry for part of the year, study finds Researchers found that more than half of Earth’s rivers and streams stop flowing They are in all climates and continents, from Himalayan creeks to Saharan wadis Even longest river … Read more
More than 1,000 fortune seekers have flocked to a South African village in search of what they believed to be diamonds after a shepherd discovered unidentified stones in the area. People travelled from across the country on Monday to join villagers in KwaHlathi in South Africa’s KwaZulu-Natal province. Locals have been digging since Saturday after a … Read more
What’s for breakfassssssssssssst: Terrifying moment a woman finds a huge snake curled up inside her toaster as she tried to make food Six foot carpet python was found coiled around the toaster on kitchen bench Lisa Berrie was startled to find the python whilst attempting to make breakfast The snake caused some damage to the … Read more
Koala-ity moment an adorable marsupial is found clinging to safety on a family’s front door after getting lost Homeowner found adorable koala climbing up his front door in Mt Gravatt QLD John discovered marsupial after hearing scratching and banging from doorway He later donned a motorcycle jacket and gloves to rescue the stranded animal By … Read more
Cheeky cat named Riker is taken in for surgery after vet discovers a lump on its stomach – and what he found in the X-ray left him gobsmacked Queensland vet discovers mysterious orange-sized lump on cat’s abdomen Vet rushed the feline into surgery, discovering he had ingested 61 hair ties Hair bands had combined over … Read more
It’s in your eyes! People with large pupils are more INTELLIGENT, study finds Researchers tracked pupil size in volunteers taking a range of intelligence tests These covered areas like intelligence, memory retention and the ability to focus They created a baseline measurement while volunteers looked at a blank screen They found that those with larger … Read more
Intelligence has previously been linked with sperm quality, an idea that may now be confirmed, as scientists have found the male brain and testes have a number of similarities. A team of scientists, led by the University of Aveiro in Portugal, compared proteins from 33 tissue types and found testes and brains have more than 13,000 … Read more
Children born in the summer are ‘unfairly labelled’ as having special needs by primary schools, because they’re the youngest in their class, an expert argues. Dr Tammy Campbell, a researcher at the London School of Economics and Political Science, says summer-born primary school kids are disproportionately given the ‘special educational needs or disabilities’ (SEND) label. … Read more
Some of the most popular face masks on the market have ‘alarming flaws’, tests show, with the worst only trapping a third of bacterial particles. Consumer group Which? tested a range of popular brands and styles of face coverings and masks for how well they filtered particles, how breathable they were, and how they fared … Read more