Rampaging Vikings were fuelled by hallucinogenic herbal tea that made them feel less pain
Elite Viking fighters, known as berserkers who went into battle without traditional armour,entered into a state of animalistic frenzy before fighting. It is believed a herbal tea caused their 'frenzies'. Read more...
Coronavirus Two prisoners at HMP Bullingdon tested for COVID-19
The University of Bath said a 'member of its community' is in isolation at home awaiting test results, while schools in Ipswich have had to deny local rumours about infected pupils. Read more...
How China Tracked Detainees and Their Families
A leaked government document shows how people were monitored and selected for internment camps in Xinjiang. Read more...
Would you buy one of these second-hand finds?
Customers from around the world have shared snaps of their bizarre finds on the Facebook group Weird Secondhand Finds That Need To Be Shared, including scary dolls and a bizarre toilet seat. Read more...
Nothing Says I Love You Like Secondhand Roses
The sharing economy has come for the flower industry. Read more...
Into the Black Forest With the Greatest Living Artist
How does Anselm Kiefer conjure such brutal beauty, such overwhelming gravity? To find out, the novelist Karl Ove Knausgaard followed him back to the source. Read more...
Mum shares the five cleaning items that helped to transform her home
An Australian mum recently revealed her successful cleaning hacks using five specific products, though some weren't used for their intended purpose. Read more...
How Millennials Could Make the Feds Job Harder
They love the idea of retiring early. That could diminish Federal Reserves firepower. Read more...
Coronavirus curfews and looming recession fears
With no end in sight of the outbreak, the economic repercussions from the shutdown of Chinese industry could trigger recessions in Japan and in Singapore. Libby Hogan reports. Read more...
Lost Collection Paintings left on public transport are given their own show
A London gallery is showing 60 artworks, most of them unnamed, that have been stored away in Transport For London's Lost Property Office since they were left behind. Read more...
Scientists behind Armageddon flu virus suspend their research because it 'could put world at risk of catastrophic pandemic'
Researchers studying a potentially more lethal, airborne version of bird flu have suspended their studies because of concerns the mutant virus they have created could be used as a devastating form of bioterrorism or accidentally escape the lab. Read more...
A Former Owner of Newsweek Pleads Guilty in a Fraud Scheme
A Manhattan investigation had led to charges against Etienne Uzac, who co-owned IBT Media, and another media executive. Read more...
Virginia governor loses battle to ban the sale of assault weapons
Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam lost his battle to ban the sale of assault weapons on Monday after lawmakers, including some Democrats, voted to shelve the bill for the year. Read more...
Taiwan to evacuate citizens from coronavirus-hit ship in Japan
Taiwan will charter a plane to evacuate its citizens on the Diamond Princess cruise liner docked in Japan that was hit by the coronavirus outbreak, the Taiwan government said on Tuesday. Read more...