Dodgy number plates are the most common illegal vehicle modification

New research has uncovered the UK’s illegal vehicle modification hotspots, based on the number of offences reported in the last year. It found that the most common illegal alteration to cars, motorcycles, vans and trucks were to the numberplates. Responding police forces said they had slapped 13,720 drivers with fines in 2020, which made up … Read more

How do YOU hold your phone? Expert reveals the common ways and what they say about your personality

What does the way YOU hold your phone say about your personality? Using both hands signals you’re ‘highly assertive’ while ‘attention-seekers’ clutch their devices horizontally, says body language expert Body language expert reveals what the different ‘text types’ reveal about you   Horizontal holders are ‘attention seekers with a high sense of self-importance’ Research shows using … Read more

Author reveals common questions asked in job interviews

HOW DO YOU FIGHT A HORSE-SIZED DUCK?    by William Poundstone (Oneworld £16.99, 320pp) Jack is looking at Ann. Ann is looking at George. Jack is married, but George is not. Is a married person looking at an unmarried person? If, like me and virtually everyone else who hears this question, you replied ‘It depends on … Read more

Cancer-killing treatment using a common cold virus offers hope to patients with inoperable tumors 

Cancer-killing treatment using a common cold virus offers hope to patients with inoperable tumors Phase I clinical trial announced Friday was conducted at NYU Langone Health Used a combination of a live cold virus with an immunotherapy drug  Treatment shrank melanoma tumors in 47% of the trial’s 36 participants  Several studies have examined how oncolytic viruses can … Read more

Brazil coronavirus variant is now second most common in the US

PFIZER WHEN WAS IT APPROVED? December 11, 2020  WHO CAN GET IT? Anyone 16 or older DOSAGE: 2 doses, given 21 days apart  HOW DOES IT WORK? Uses messenger RNA to deliver a tiny bit of genetic code from the virus to ‘teach’ the body to make a protein that provoke antibody production   HOW EFFECTIVE … Read more

COVID-19 could become the new common cold: Experts predict the virus is here to stay

COVID-19 could become the new common cold: Experts predict the virus is here to stay – but will become weaker over time Public health experts believe COVID-19 will likely become an endemic disease, meaning always present in the population but circulating at low rates  Recently, a new model looked at studies of the four common-cold … Read more

Five common questions from share investors answered

‘So, how much money will I make…?’ Revealed: The top five questions asked by share investors, answered by a stockbroking expert By Rachel Winter For This Is Money Published: 09:23 BST, 6 April 2021 | Updated: 09:23 BST, 6 April 2021 Rachel Winter: What books should you read to learn about markets? Find her recommendations below … Read more

Terrifying moment common octopus attacks author Lance Karlson at Geographe Bay in Dunsborough, WA

Terrifying moment angry octopus attacks a lifeguard standing on the shore – moments before wrapping its tentacles around his NECK A former lifeguard has been viciously attacked by an ‘angry’ octopus   The father-of-one was launched at by the ‘sea monster’ in Dunsborough in WA  Mr Karlson described the animal as ‘the angriest octopus in Geographe Bay’   By … Read more

Drivers could face a costly bill as many car insurers won’t pay out for common incidents

How good is YOUR car insurance policy? Many won’t pay out for common incidents including lost keys or misfuelling Motorists could lose hundreds of pounds due to gaps in car insurance  Only 54% of the policies analysed provide misfuelling cover as standard  A further 46% don’t cover mobile phones if damaged or destroyed in your car  … Read more

Will THIS Covid vaccine mean an end to the common cold?

Will THIS Covid vaccine mean an end to the common cold? Scientists develop a $1 shot that may protect people against other coronaviruses Researchers at the University of Virginia and Virginia Tech used a platform that places a piece of synthesized viral DNA into genetically altered E. coli The bacteria, which is now a host … Read more