Said to have been a part of Chinese culture for centuries, with increasing notoriety in the past few years, is the practice of lower class men and women being hired as body doubles to help the wealthy avoid paying for their crimes. …

Misophonia is Greek meaning an “extreme dislike of sound” and is a term first used by the US scientists Pawel and Margaret Jastreboff in 2001. However, misophonia is not just the dislike of sound. To suffer from it is to avoid the …

Polar bears (or Ursus Maritimus – to give them their posh Latin name) can be found pretty much anywhere inside the Arctic Circle – Canada, Russia, Greenland etc, and are the largest living land carnivore with males coming in at 400-600kg and females …

Are you a Clinomaniac? Clinomania, or Dysania as it is more commonly known, causes sufferers to find it extremely difficult to get out of bed in the morning. Clinomania, from the Greek clino (bed) and mania (addiction) is literally an addiction to …

A cat is defined as a domesticated carnivorous mammal. Each cat has different features which differ from breed to breed, but they all generally have soft fur, short snout and retractable claws, and are very well known for their hunting abilities. It …

Mars was formed around 4.5 billion years ago and is the fourth planet from the sun, but only the second smallest planet in our entire solar system. It was discovered in 1609 by Galileo Galilee, the first person to see Mars through …