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Whether you’re happily on your own or desperate for love, you might wonder why you haven’t yet met your perfect match. Now, a study has revealed the main factors contributing to remaining single – and it’s bad news for those who went to university. A team from the University of Zurich recruited more than 17,000 […]
China has applied to launch almost 200,000 satellites into space, sparking concerns that the nation seeks to build a ‘mega-constellation’. On December 29, a newly formed body called the Institute of Radio Spectrum Utilisation and Technological Innovation filed applications for two satellite constellations. Each of these enormous collections of spacecraft, dubbed CTC-1 and CTC-2, would contain […]
The last remaining nuclear treaty between the US and Russia is set to expire in just weeks, raising global fears of a renewed arms race. The New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START), signed in 2010, is due to end on February 6. It is the eighth agreement between the two nations since the 1963 treaty that banned […]
Iran’s rial fell to a fresh record low on Tuesday on unofficial markets, with the US dollar quoted at about 1.47 million rials as authorities seek to defuse public anger over soaring prices. The euro was trading around 1.72 million rials and the pound at about 19.94 million rials, traders said. The latest slide follows […]
People that sing and singers may be on to something. Whether they realise it or not as they fill shopping centres, train stations, nursing homes and the street outside your front door with jubilant song, they are also giving their own health a boost. From the brain to the heart, singing has been found to […]
If you’ve ever wondered why older women hanker after Pierce Brosnan while younger ladies prefer Zac Efron, scientists now have the answer. As part of a study, experts have decoded what women of different ages find the most attractive in a partner. Researchers asked women aged between 19 and 70 to rate a range of photographs of men. These […]
President Donald Trump‘s emergency command aircraft streaked across the country to Washington DC as global tensions escalate. The Boeing E-4B Nightwatch, also known as the ‘Doomsday plane,’ serves as a flying command post for top officials during times of crisis and is built to survive a nuclear attack while coordinating military action. Flight tracking sites recorded the E-4B departing […]
The most annoying songs of the year have been revealed – and it’s bad news for Sabrina Carpenter fans and others. Researchers from Seat Pick pulled the most popular songs of the year from the official charts, before running them through an ‘annoyingness index’. This scored the songs across four key factors, including repetition and […]
The colour of the walls in your home is something that many budding interior designers spend hours deliberating over. Now, a psychologist has revealed what your chosen shades say about you. Professor Geoff Beattie, a professor of psychology at Edge Hill University reveals that choosing a colour scheme is a ‘psychological issue, not just an […]
Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro raced to close the 6ins-thick steel door of a safe room seconds before he and wife Cilia were snatched by US Special Forces, it emerged on Saturday. The full details of one of the most audacious military raids in modern history were revealed by Donald Trump and his closest advisers who watched the […]