HEALTH AND FITNESS
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32 solutions for when you can't sleep
Sick of staring at the ceiling at 3am? These tips might improve your chances at sleep.
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When should you have the 'booze talk' with you kids?
That moment comes earlier than adults might expect, according to a new report.
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How the internet might actually makes us happier
The web has supposedly filled us with FOMO, made us fake and torpedoed love. But it has also made us measurably happier.
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Technophoria
Do self-tracking devices actually lead to lifestyle changes?
Does the obsession with collecting data on ourselves spur us to change our behaviour or merely increase anxiety?
Hydration
How much water does a healthy person actually need?
If there is one health myth that will not die, it is this: You should drink eight glasses of water a day.
Why do mosquitoes like some people more than others?
Are you a mosquito magnet? If so, your genes may be to blame.
Real life
Telling people I have genital herpes is empowering
Ella Dawson blogs about dating with genital herpes to promote normality in the face of stigma.
What's so wrong with having a little patience?
In our bright and blinking technological age, intellectual immersion is rarely lauded. But it should be.
Period Project
How do homeless women deal with their periods?
The government provides condoms at homeless shelters, so why not tampons?
Four killed in Jerusalem synagogue
Two Palestinians armed with a meat cleaver and a gun shot dead after killing four rabbis, the deadliest such incident in six years in the holy city. 00:55