It’s not just eating cheese that gives you nightmares – familiar smells can also trigger scary dreams, scientists claim. A study done in Japan suggested that familiar odours, such as flowers, a candle or fresh laundry, triggered negative emotions in people’s dreams. Fourteen people slept in lab conditions while scientists pumped the smell of roses … Read more
Three out of five people in UK would push a fat man off a bridge to stop a runaway train killing five people – much more than in China, Japan and Korea People were asked if they’d actively kill one person in order to save five people Three out of five people asked in the … Read more
If you’ve noticed a musty odour hanging around lately, it may disturb you to know that it could be ‘old people smell’ – a genuine phenomenon that can afflict people from the age of 40 onwards. As a person approaches middle age, they are more likely to start suffering from a distinctive whiff which is … Read more
Thousands of hungry diners are flocking to Japan to dine at all-you-can-eat KFC. The fast food chain has opened up a new buffet-style restaurant in Tokyo offering Colonel’s famous fried chicken, chips, mash potato and gravy, salad, seafood, gourmet pastas, lasagne, croissants and desserts. The Japanese menu offers 50 different items, including exclusive meals such … Read more
Japanese researchers have devised a new tool to detect ‘silent quakes’ — small tectonic slips that don’t produce tremors or shaking — in the hopes of predicting larger earthquakes Scientists from The University of Tokyo teamed up with the Japan Coast Guard They devised a new system to monitor the ocean for small tectonic slips … Read more
Huge Taal volcano eruption is seen from SPACE as satellite catches the moment the Philippines mountain explodes sending a plume of ash and sulfur billowing into the atmosphere Japan’s Himawari-8 satellite captured the Taal volcano erupting The volcano erupted January 12 and 13 and forced thousands to flee their homes Animation shows the plume spreading over … Read more
It’s official: long-term couples are having less sex than ever before. Research released a few days ago found thirty-four percent of British women and 15 per cent of men aren’t interested in having sex. The study by the University of Glasgow (published in the medical journal BMC Public Health) confirms what we already know: sex … Read more
Universal’s new Super Nintendo World will let visitors play real-life versions of their favourite video games including Super Mario The new theme park will open this summer at Universal Studios Japan in Osaka One experience will be based on Super Mario’s Mushroom Kingdom Universe Visitors will wear wristbands to collect digital coins – just like Mario … Read more
‘Great Divide’ in our solar system between rocky inner planets and outer gas giants was caused by pressure changes in a ring of dust and gas around the early Sun Protoplanetary discs form around early stars and lead to planetary systems This disc had bands of high and low pressure that split material off into … Read more
Japan has the world’s most powerful passport for the third year in a row while the US and UK continue to fall down the ranks to joint eighth place Japan has topped the Henley Passport Index for the third consecutive year Singaporean passport ranked in second with South Korea and Germany in third Least powerful passport … Read more
Wildlife is flourishing in the exclusion zone around the disabled Fukushima Daichii nuclear reactor in Japan, images from remotely-operated cameras have revealed. Researchers spotted more than 20 species in areas around the reactor, including wild boar, macaques and fox-like raccoon dogs. The findings help reveal how wildlife populations respond in the wake of catastrophic nuclear disaster … Read more
Who’s a good bot? Café in Japan holds play dates for ROBOTIC dogs and their owners The Penguin Café invites robotic dogs and their owners in for play dates The event, called ‘Aibo World’, is held every Sunday before the café opens Owners dress their robot dogs up in clothes and celebrate their birthdays By Stacy … Read more
Russia‘s Aeroflot has been named as the world’s most on-time mainline airline in 2019 in a new report. It has beaten Japan‘s All Nippon Airways (ANA), which comes second, and highest-ranked U.S airline Delta Air Lines is third overall. Virgin Atlantic is the UK’s most on-schedule carrier. Meanwhile, Moscow’s Sheremetyevo International Airport is named as the … Read more