Europe is facing an obesity epidemic by the end of the decade, which will increase health costs and hamper economic development, health experts said on Thursday. Up to 23% of men and as many as 36% of women in Europe are obese, and one third of children are overweight.

It’s unlikely to occur by swallowing a pill or donning a special cloak, but invisibility could be possible in the not-too-distant future, according to research published on Monday. A theoretical physicist at St Andrews University in Scotland believes the most plausible example is the Invisible Woman, one of the superheroes in the ”Fantastic Four”.