Category: Feeling good
Study shows birds slur their ‘words’ when they’re drunk, too
I’m not saying they’re not doing important and potentially world-changing work, but sometimes, some scientists seem like they might be having a little too much fun at their jobs. This is one of those times. As The Washington Post reports, researchers from Oregon Health and Science University got a bunch of birds drunk recently –…
#LetMeLibrarianThatForYou proves we were just as curious (and stupid) before Google
Cast your mind way, way, back to a world without Google. Remember what a barren wasteland the internet was when all we had to answer our burning questions was Netscape? Well, imagine a world even more harsh and unforgiving than that: where you had to either spend hundreds of pounds on a set of encyclopaedias…
Scientists have designed gravity-proof espresso cups for the International Space Station
If there’s one place you don’t want to be struggling through the day in a caffeine-deprived haze, it’s space. Now astronauts at the International Space Station (and soon, singer/Andrew Lloyd Webber’s ex Sarah Brightman, weirdly enough) won’t have to miss out on the brainpower-restoring impact of real coffee thanks to a new espresso cup made…
15 short, thought-provoking novels to read over the Christmas period
[nextpage title="Next"] Ah, Christmas – it’s the time of year when almost every one of us wants as much time off as we can wangle. If you’ve succeeded in eking out an extra few days of holiday and it’s been as relaxing as you’d hoped, you may have found yourself munching on mince pies, watching…
More replies, fewer photos of sky: my social media resolutions for 2015
Because these are slightly easier than giving up cheese. I will take one photo of the sky a week, maximum I daren't look it up for fear it's something ominous to do with climate change, but I SWEAR the sky is more beautiful these days than it used to be. Or perhaps I'm just more boring these…
Nostalgia overload: the best Christmas toy every year from 1985 to now
No matter when you were born, today's toys aren't a patch on the ones you had when you were a kid. Take a nostalgia-tinted trip through time with our rundown of the top toy every Christmas since '85. [nextpage title="next"] 1985: Transformers Transformers the cartoon launched in 1984, and was basically a giant advert to…
Our favourite last-minute gift of 2014: a subscription to bacon
Subscription boxes have exploded this year (er, not literally) – you can subscribe to everything from the more traditional beauty products to geek goods, cheese, even tampons. But we've found one that beats them all: bacon. Cure & Simple are a UK-based company that offer a weekly, fornightly or monthly delivery of bacon, and you…
Psychologists have studied what makes a good Christmas gift
If you still have to buy a last-minute Christmas gift or two, good news: researchers have studied what makes a good present. And maybe we shouldn’t judge those people who gave us a bread bin or a gadget from the pound shop too harshly: psychologists have so much to say on the topic they’ve just…
12 films you should definitely watch over the Christmas break
Christmas is a time for giving, eating, and spending time with your family. It's also the only time of year where it's acceptable to watch Christmas movies, which is a bit of a shame because some of them are really good. So get ready to hunker down on the sofa with a mince pie and…
15 TV shows you can’t miss this Christmas
Christmas TV is one of the best things about the festive period, with specials, mashups and quizzes galore. We've taken our pick of the 15 best shows to fall asleep in front of this year. [nextpage title="next"] Strictly Come Dancing -- 5PM Christmas Day, BBC 1 Bruce Forsyth is back hosting this special one-off episode…
