Researchers at the University of Kansas have developed a male birth control gel, and are seeking willing couples to try it In news that will come as music to the ears of many women, scientists have developed a male birth…
What the heck is happening in this dream? You jolt awake in the middle of the night, your heart pounding. It takes you a moment to realize that, no, you didn’t just rush out for a job interview wearing nothing…
The hotel’s residents were sleeping when a pressurised pipe burst and sprayed scalding hot water into a downstairs cellar which reportedly did not have windows or an emergency exit Five people including a child died when they were “boiled alive”…
The Taal volcano eruption in the Philippines this week sent ash plumes 9 miles (14 kilometers) into the air, new satellite imagery shows. Located on Luzon Island, the Taal volcano began to erupt around 5:30 p.m. local time on…
The koala bear is one of 20 species facing extinction and now a heartbreaking image of the tiny marsupial so desperate for water licking the road has emerged A koala licking rainwater off a road in New South Wales (Image:…
One-fifth of U.S. teen girls reported experiencing major depression in 2017. We’re in the middle of a teen mental health crisis — and girls are at its epicenter. Since 2010, depression, self-harm and suicide rates have increased among teen boys.…
THE MYSTERY of the so-called Loch Ness Monster may be one step closer to being solved after a scientist found “unidentified” DNA in the waters of the Scottish Highlands. Nessie is a folklore creature, said to inhabit the waters of…
When Luftwaffe pilot Franz Stigler had American bomber Charlie Brown’s defenseless plane in his sights in 1943, he not only let him go but then escorted him out of danger. A half-century later, the two men became close friends. Public…
Police have arrested two men over the gun attack in the Irish capital which is being linked to spiralling gang violence in the city The shooting happened yesterday morning (Image: PA) One of the victims of a brutal shooting “died…
Our ancestors of yore were plagued by recurrent bouts of malaria, deadly tuberculosis infections, constant syphilis outbreaks and bacteria-laced wounds that never healed. But armed with vaccines and antibiotics, modern-day humans can now avoid or be treated for these and…