Social media users who are desperate for likes ‘have thinking patterns similar to lab RATS seeking food’, study claims Experts from the US and Europe studied some one million social media posts They found that people tend to space their posts to maximise ‘likes’ in response This involves posting more on average when you get more … Read more
‘We’re going to look similar- he’s my dad!’: Rafferty Law talks about comparisons with his father Jude and why he has followed him into acting By Connie Rusk For Mailonline Published: 10:23 GMT, 25 January 2021 | Updated: 10:23 GMT, 25 January 2021 He is the son of Primrose Hill’s most famous couple, Jude Law … Read more
Dipping amazing! Aldi delights customers with a 49p Garlic and Herb sauce – which is VERY similar to popular Domino’s side Aldi has delighted shoppers by launching a Dominos-style Garlic and Herb Dip Customers have taken to Facebook to share their excitement about 100g dip One post on Extreme Couponing and Bargains UK racked up … Read more
One smile fits all: People around the world pull the same faces when watching fireworks, seeing their sports team win or attending a wedding, AI-powered study finds Researchers trained an AI to analyse expressions in 6 million YouTube videos These included footage people around the world seen in various social settings The AI found humans … Read more
‘I made a mushroom car banana!’ Baffled social media users share the hilarious spelling mistakes they’ve discovered which give simple phrases a whole new meaning People from US and UK have shared outlandish and hilarious spelling mistakes One person send readers in hysterics when wrote ‘salmonella’ as ‘sell my nana’ Another referred to ‘propaganda’ as … Read more
It is a phenomenon that has fascinated scientists for decades – couples tend to look alike over time. The idea first surfaced in 1987, when researchers from the University of Michigan studied proposed that years of shared emotions resulted in closer resembles due to similar wrinkles and expressions. Now, a team from Stanford University is … Read more
Better eye treatments could be developed as a result of a new study that found birds and reptiles have tears with a similar chemical composition to humans. Researchers from the Federal University of Bahia, Brazil, compared the makeup of bird and reptile tears as well as their structural patterns when they dry out. Before this … Read more
Small and ‘invisible’ words like ‘a’, ‘the’ and ‘it’ appear in a similar pattern across most narratives ranging from Dickens to Spielberg – forming a blueprint for storytelling, a study has found. Researchers from Lancaster University and the University of Texas recorded 39,000 uses of these words in fictional and non-fictional text from novels to … Read more
Amanda Holden’s a Pretty (familiar) Woman! Britain’s Got Talent judge’s outfits are strikingly similar to those Julia Roberts has worn in her films By Nikki SuTherland for The Mail on Sunday Published: 02:04 BST, 26 July 2020 | Updated: 02:04 BST, 26 July 2020 Amanda Holden is known as a dedicated follower of fashion – … Read more
A woman who noticed her jeans fit differently depending on where they’re bought from, has urged others not to shape their views of their body based on their clothing size. Fashion blogger Rebecca, from Leeds, who boasts over 5,000 followers on Instagram, revealed the differences in how similar pairs of jeans from popular UK retailers … Read more