WEIRD STUFF: Lot’s of eating during sex

Lot's of eating during sex

Millions of Brits have confessed to snacking while having sex. A new study has found that seven per cent of adults in the UK have nibbled food when making love - a total of 3.8 million people.

The research found that 22 per cent of Brits eat food when they are in the bath and 14 per cent even enjoy snacks on the toilet.

Peperami, which commissioned the poll of 2,000 adults, said: "We have found that one in seven Brits had eaten snacks on the loo and one in 14 had even got peckish when having sex."

Psychologist Jo Hemmings said of the findings: "The intriguing question is why do people reach for a snack in somewhat unconventional places?

"While many have a snack as a comforting habit, others prefer people not to know about their cravings. Either way, the locations speak for themselves of the lengths people will go to have a bite."

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Emojis users are weak - study

People who use emojis in work emails are seen as less powerful. Experts at Tel Aviv University in Israel have revealed that people who use emojis and pictures in emails are seen as weaker than those who use words.

The researchers conducted a series of experiments as they set out to understand how the use of images affects the perception of people in the workplace.

Dr Elinor Amit, from the Coller School of Management at the university, said: "Our findings raise a red flag: when you want to signal power, think twice before sending an emoji.

"Why do pictures signal that a sender is low power? Research shows that visual messages are often interpreted as a signal for desire for social proximity.

"A separate body of research shows that less powerful people desire social proximity more than powerful people do. Consequently, signalling that you'd like social proximity by using pictures is essentially signalling you're less powerful."

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Study suggest sex can repel murder hornets' onslaught

Sex chemicals could be used to stop 'murder hornets' causing chaos across Europe and North America.

The smells sent out by a hornet queen can be used to lure in the invasive insects with three of the major chemicals identified as hexanoic, octanoic and decanoic acid and experts suggest that they should be used to trap the disruptive creatures.

Asian giant hornets, which have been given the moniker 'murder hornets', threaten pollinating bees along with crops in both Britain and the United States.

Professor James Neih, from the University of California, said: "They are amazing social insects but they don't belong and harm our critical bee populations, so we should remove them.

"The males are drawn to the odours of the females since they mate with them near their nests.

"Because these pheromone-based traps are fairly inexpensive I think they could be readily deployed across a large geographic range."