Six-year-old boy uses a breathing technique to calm his younger brother down

A six-year-old boy has captured the hearts of thousands after a video of him using a breathing technique to calm his younger brother down during a tantrum went viral. Ashley West, 30, from Los Angeles, California, has practiced controlled breathing with her three boys, but she was surprised to see her middle son Noah walking … Read more

How bizarre new technique could be a treatment for COPD

A ‘blower’ that sends hot air into the nose could treat chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, or COPD. The technique — which has also recently been used to treat patients with Covid-19 — was found to improve breathlessness and other symptoms of COPD by 50 per cent in some patients, according to a new study. COPD … Read more

How to turn your frizz into curls: Personal trainer Shona Vertue reveals her simple technique

How to turn your frizzy mess into perfect curls: Personal trainer reveals her simple process to get lustrous locks every time  Shona Vertue rose to fame as yogi who helped David Beckham with his flexibility  The young Australian says curls are magic and frizzy hair can be saved  She says not to straighten hair, to … Read more

Trinny Woodall baffles fans with bizarre facial massage technique

‘Scissoring, stimulation and rubbing lips’: Trinny Woodall, 56, baffles fans with bizarre facial massage technique which she often does while on the loo By Rebecca Davison for MailOnline Published: 12:03 GMT, 10 December 2020 | Updated: 12:41 GMT, 10 December 2020 She’s known for looking incredibly youthful for her 56 years of age.  But Trinny … Read more

Scientists use new technique to uncover clues about the identity of a 1,900-year-old Egyptian mummy

A team of scientists has pioneered a new method to uncover clues about an 1,900-year-old mummy without damaging the ancient corpse.  CT scans and X-rays were combined for the first time to study an Egyptian mummy that was discovered in Hawara, an archaeological site in Egypt.  While X-ray technology has been used to examine mummies … Read more

Vogue Williams demonstrates the lifesaving Stop, Drop and Roll fire safety technique

Vogue Williams demonstrated the lifesaving stop, drop and roll fire safety technique on Steph’s Packed Lunch on Wednesday.     As part of a discussion about keeping children safe this Halloween, mother-of-two Vogue, 35,  showed viewers how to Stop, Drop and Roll to put out flames on clothing. The star looked undeniably stylish in a vibrant pink … Read more

Stone tools found in Arabia were made using the same technique first created by Native Americans

Archaeologists have rewritten the history books over when humans first arrived in the Americas, shifting the date of the initial migration 15,000 years back in time.  Excavations in a cave in Mexico called Chiquihuite revealed archaeological evidence of human occupation dating back up to 27,000 years.  But computer analysis further pushes this date back, with the … Read more

How a test can diagnose coronavirus in just 30 minutes in technique previously used to detect Ebola

Test can diagnose coronavirus in just 30 minutes by analysing urine, blood or saliva samples is developed by scientists Method known as reverse transcription loop-mediated isothermal amplification Has been previously used to detect viruses such as Zika and Ebola  Method involves looking for genetic material, or RNA, of the coronavirus in the test samples  Here’s how … Read more

‘Super-grippy’ sole made using a Japanese paper-cutting technique makes shoes better suited for ice

‘Super-grippy’ sole developed using a Japanese paper-cutting technique known as kirigami could make shoes better suited to walking on ice Kirigami is an origami-like paper art which uses cutting in addition to folding US Experts created kirigami sheets that have spikes that pop out when stretched In tests, sheets increased friction on ice by 20–35% when … Read more

Three-parent baby born in first ever clinical trial to test the technique

A woman has given birth to a ‘three-parent baby’ in the first ever clinical trial to test the controversial procedure. The 32-year-old Greek woman had four failed IVF attempts before she heard about the trial by Spanish doctors.  The Barcelona-based team used a technique called maternal spindle transfer (MST) to put DNA from one of her … Read more