The Pigeon Express
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and their children are moving from Kensington Palace in west London to a cottage on the Queen’s Windsor Estate. Their new home, Adelaide Cottage, is a 10-minute walk from Windsor Castle. It marks a new chapter according to their friends, an attempt to ensure as normal an upbringing as […]
A woman in London has been surviving on chips, crisps and chicken nuggets, due to a food phobia, for the last 22 years. Summer Monro, 25, from Cambridge, London, suffers from avoidant restrictive food intake disorder (ARFID), which turned her off vegetables permanently after an accident that occurred when she was force-fed mashed potato by […]
Zoologists captured the moment when a lifelong vegetarian broke rank to eat meat and what made it all the more “horrifying” was that it was a tortoise. Researchers captured the moment on video when a Seychelles giant tortoise, previously thought to be vegetarian attacked and ate a tern chick in what they say is the first […]
Former New Zealand Olympic cyclist Olivia Podmore has died, the New Zealand Olympic Committee (NZOC) confirmed in a statement. “We offer our deepest condolences to family, friends and others in the NZ community who are grieving this loss,” the NZOC said. “We are providing wellbeing support for members of her team and the wider team […]
A Harvard University study reveals the molecular mechanism that makes octopus taste its prey just by touching them with its tentacles. The first layer of cells in suction cups on an octopus’ tentacles has sensors which can detect those molecules that don’t dissolve well in water. There are chemo tactile receptors in the sensors identify […]
Kate Middleton, Duchess of Cambridge laid bare her “mummy guilt” during a landmark podcast, recorded as part of her efforts to bring about a “generational change” in early-years childcare. The duchess told the “Happy Mum, Happy Baby” podcast that she suffered anxiety about her performance as a mother “all the time”, adding that “anyone who […]