More than six hundred stores of the Peacocks brand across the UK can forever shut their doors for customers. The company and the eponymous Peacocks brand, which had been working in the high street fashion niche, turned out to be on the verge of bankruptcy. Full story

The researchers from the University of Notre Dame in Indiana have decided to study the well-known phenomenon occurring when a person forgets the reason why he or she entered the room. The researchers believe that the passage through the doorway impairs short-term memory. Full story

It turns out that yeast can be successfully used to stop or slow down the process of human aging. Full story

As part of the Weight and Win program, the people from Colorado, who have dropped weight, will get from $15 to $150. Full story

According to Dr. Sang Mi Han from the National Academy of Agricultural Sciences of South Korea, poison is able to activate the production of collagen, which is essential for skin elasticity. Full story

The scientists are still interested in the phenomenon of "contagious" yawning. The recent studies suggest that transmitted yawning is a form of social empathy, and it helps people interact with each other. Full story