experiment

A couch potato took part in experiment on boosting immunity – and when he got Covid, it saved him

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It is a perennial health question that has never seemed more relevant: just how can we boost our immune system and give ourselves the best fighting chance against infection? Thousands of books, articles and blogs have been written on the subject (unsurprisingly, more than ever in the past 12 months), making audacious claims about specific regimes, … Read more

UK ‘message in a bottle’ experiment tracks plastic pollution

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A National Geographic-backed experiment has shown how plastic bottles can travel almost 2,000 miles in just three months in natural waterways in Asia. UK researchers from placed GPS and satellite tags in plastic bottles in the Ganges river and the Bay of Bengal at the top of the Indian Ocean.  The maximum distance travelled by … Read more

Meet the Flintstones with a semi! They’re part of a TV experiment about surviving against the odds

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How gloriously autumnal the Stone Age capsule wardrobe is. A bit beige, thanks to all the buckskin, but the layers of taupe and moss and tawny brown work so well in a woodland setting. Naomi Walmsley, 38, runs through her mix ‘n’ match items. There’s a skirt and a pair of trousers, a bikini of … Read more

Teenager is smacked on the nose by exploding fruit when her science experiment fails

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Watermelon punch! Teenager is smacked on the nose by exploding fruit when her science experiment fails and she takes a closer look Ellice Nisbet, 16, from Sunnyvale, California, attempted watermelon challenge You wrap fruit in elastic bands until the pressure becomes too much it explodes  When it didn’t explode she dropped it instead but there … Read more

Scarlett Moffatt reveals she kissed a girl at university to ‘experiment’

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Scarlett Moffatt reveals she kissed a girl at university to ‘experiment and know if it’s what I like’ By Connie Rusk For Mailonline Published: 20:05 BST, 30 September 2020 | Updated: 20:05 BST, 30 September 2020 Scarlett Moffatt has revealed she kissed one of her good girl pals while she was at  university to ‘experiment’.  … Read more

Tory MPs label ‘idiotic’ 10pm pubs curfew a ‘sick experiment’ to ‘incubate a second wave’

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Boris Johnson’s 10pm coronavirus curfew was branded a ‘sick experiment for a second wave’ by his own MPs – as the mayor of one of the UK’s biggest cities warned it was doing ‘more harm than good’.  Mayor of Greater Manchester Andy Burnham said the government’s drinking deadline was pushing crowds into supermarkets to buy … Read more

The hidden plastics in your teabags: Twinings, Tetley and Yorkshire Tea all fail experiment

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British people are known around the world for their love of tea, with 100million cups consumed across the UK every day.  But Britons may want to think twice about which brand they buy after tests revealed that Twinings, Tetley and Yorkshire Tea bags contain the plastic polypropylene – which is unlikely to degrade for hundreds of years. … Read more

Fashion student, 20, stayed with pensioner, 85, for new Channel 4 experiment Lodgers for Codgers

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A 20-year-old who went to stay with a no-nonsense pensioner for a unique experiment has told how she decided to take part because she wanted to dispel the ‘misconception’ among the older generation that people ‘have it easier when they’re younger.’  The Channel 4 programme, Lodgers for Codgers, sees pensioners who live alone paired with … Read more

Gruesome experiment pumps human and fish blood into the ocean to see which sharks prefer to feast on

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YouTuber conducts gruesome experiment by pumping human and fish blood into the ocean to see which meal sharks prefer to feast on An experiment set out to see if sharks prefer human or fish blood  A YouTuber designed surfboards with a pumping system filled with blood One board had human and cow mixture and the … Read more