Claire Toureille

A study shows that standing for six hours a day instead of sitting helps burn more calories and could result in a weight loss of 2.5kg per year and 10kg in four years.

Jan 31, 2018

Trade in hippopotamus teeth is legal but animal is listed as vulnerable by International Union for Conservation of Nature.

Jan 31, 2018

Parts of the ancient Nazca lines in Pery were damaged after a truck driver ignored warning signs and entered the zone.

Jan 31, 2018

Clothing store criticised for cultural insensitivity again just two weeks after ad showing black boy wearing "monkey" hoodie.

Jan 30, 2018

Friendships are based on people who react to the world and process information in the same way, Darthmouth/UCLA study finds.

Jan 30, 2018

New York University study shows trust based on looks "template" of people we have trusted in the past.

Jan 30, 2018

New study published in Scientific Reports finds that while past studies showed women were more attracted to men who were already taken, it was also true of objects, like art.

Jan 30, 2018

Smart toys are in. Coding robot Botley was one of the stars of the 2018 London Toy Fair. The droid-like creation of Binary Bots aims to get kids excited about STEM topics.

Jan 29, 2018

Mutant orange African dwarf crocodiles found in Gabon live in dark caves and feed on bats. They are genetically different from other reptiles.

Jan 29, 2018

Bizarre video filmed in Peru shows rodent on its hind legs, covered in soap and scrubbing its armpits just like a human.

Jan 29, 2018

A healthy 23-year-old woman woke up to what she thought was a bad hangover, only to realise she was actually having a stroke.

Jan 29, 2018

Facebook's 'Did you Know' feature just started asking people to say what (or who) they usually slept with and the company had to take it down due to the backlash.

Jan 26, 2018

Space company Rocket Lab has launched a giant reflective disco ball.into orbit, along with two missiles. Astronomers fears it will pollute space, doing more harm than good.

Jan 26, 2018

A Miami school principal replied to a parents' worried email with sarcastic answers, signed off with a poop emoji.

Jan 26, 2018

Scientists have discovered the oldest human fossil ever found outside Africa. It is between 175,000-200,000 years old which means human migration happened 50,000 years earlier than thought.

Jan 25, 2018

300 dead sharks were found off a road in Mexico, gutted and with their fins removed. It's believed thieves stole the truck that was carrying the legally fished sharks.

Jan 25, 2018

Workers who thrive under abusive boss may be higher on psychopathy spectrum than those who do not, claims study.

Jan 25, 2018

A corprolite - fossilised animal poop - found in South Caroline had a huge shark tooth embedded in it. A great predator munched on faeces, whether on purpose or by accident

Jan 25, 2018

A live giant squid was spotted in Spanish waters on 7 October 2016. Sighting of the elusive species are rare. This one was most likely killed by a bigger squid.

Jan 25, 2018

Teens who experience some form of racism when they are aged 11-13 or 14-16 are more likely to take up smoking than the ones who don't, reports a study.

Jan 24, 2018

Stunning footage released by Greenpeace shows never-before-seen footage of the Antarctic Ocean's seafloor in a bid to protect its fragile ecosystem from pollution.

Jan 24, 2018

Alexander Seifalian wants to produce bioengineered vaginas made out of pig intestine and human cells. But he's the subject of two UCL research misconduct inquiries.

Jan 23, 2018

A skull that was found by chance in Somerset in March last year belonged to a woman who lived in the Iron Age and was most likely beheaded at her death or shortly after.

Jan 22, 2018

Trolls donating money to a transphobic GoFundMe page using the name of famous transgender activists as Labour struggles to clarify its position on trans women on all-women lists.

Jan 22, 2018

Heath Ledger died of a drug overdose on 22 January 2008. We look back at his career, and the touching tributes his family and friends made

Jan 22, 2018

In 1908, women were banned from smoking in public in New York City. Female smokers were deemed less respectable.

Jan 21, 2018

Sharks usually practice multiple paternity, where a litter of pups have several fathers. But tiger sharks seem to be "genetically monogamous", which threatens their sustainability.

Jan 19, 2018

Alexa has a new skill set born from a partnership between Amazon and dating site Match.com. The skills are being criticised for the offensive dating advice they dispense.

Jan 18, 2018

New study shows that people who feel weatlhy tend to go for flings rather than committed relationships. But people who are fearful (mostly women) will go for long-term things.

Jan 18, 2018