The Amazon rainforest is the most biodiverse region on Earth. There are thousands of tree species, most of which grow to between 24 and 30 metres tall, developing huge networks of branches that make ...

About seven per cent of all cancer deaths are due to pancreatic cancer, according to the American Cancer Society. So it’s safe to say cancer screening strategies are needed. “The hopeful news is that ...

The world could use a little more kindness – especially with the year we just had. It’s pretty easy to get caught up in your own routine and everyday personal worries that sometimes we just don’t ...

You can learn a lot about trust from the people who violate it for a living. “A hood planning a bank holdup might case the treasury for rudimentary facts, but in the end he depends on his gun. A con ...

The last thing you want to do when traveling to a new country is to offend the locals. While this may seem easy enough to avoid doing, sometimes cultural differences can make even simple hand gestures ...

Trusted by generations of countless families for all their healthcare needs, the enduring mission for Chong Hua Hospital in the Philippines is “Healing with Passion. Caring with Compassion”. In 1909, ...

“I’ll never forget the sound of metal crunching,” says George Larson, a passenger on Indian Airlines Flight 440 from Chennai to New Delhi in 1973. It was 10:30pm. On the final approach, the plane hit ...

Why do some cats love boxes more than others? Cats with long hair, those with thyroid conditions, and certain feline breeds like the temperature a little cooler, so you might not see them sitting in ...

Any road can be treacherous in the wrong weather conditions or with a reckless driver on the loose but these 18 are the most dangerous roads in the world.

Petroleum jelly isn’t absorbed into the skin so it’s not a moisturiser like lotion. Instead, it forms an ‘occlusive’ barrier on top of the skin. Putting a thin layer over moisturised skin will help ...

“At the time I wasn’t ready to believe my marriage was over, but I trusted that he knew what he was talking about. I took his advice seriously and began the painful process of divorce. I discovered ...

A pangram is a sentence that includes every letter of the alphabet, A through Z. You’ve most likely heard of the pangram involving the quick brown fox, but there are actually many more examples. Some ...