A 74-year-old hotel worker’s hoarding has spiralled so far out of control that he now cannot get into one of his homes. Michael Saunders bought his first home 40 years ago and after living there for 20 years, he bought…

Fungal parasites are known to infect ants and control their behaviour But until now, it hasn’t been known how the parasites take over their host Using 3D scanning, researchers found that the parasite doesn’t infect the brain Instead, it infects the…

Loughborough University researchers surveyed 527 children between 11 and 12 finding that children who watched 2 hours of TV were likely to avoid their greens A third were also likely to snack on high-fat foods, the scientists also discovered  Children…

The findings emerged from a subliminal experiment by Baltimore researchers Volunteers carried out a task on screens while images of foods briefly flashed up When shown junk food, they slowed down twice as much as with healthy snacks Dubbed ‘the…

Scientists said ‘imaginary fear’ makes body react like it would to physical fear They said the reaction is similar to the body preparing to ‘run away from a lion’ Rather than expend this energy children will stay ‘sitting on the…