Life & Style
Vegetable fat not the route to a healthy heart: study
April 13, 2016
Vegetable fat not the route to a healthy heart: study
Replacing animal fat in the human diet with vegetable oil seems not to lower heart disease risk, and might even…
A guide to festival braids
April 13, 2016
A guide to festival braids
As all music-lovers know, hair care takes something of a backseat during summer festivals. Long hours of sun exposure, energetic…
Yellow fever outbreak kills 21 in Congo, WHO says
April 12, 2016
Yellow fever outbreak kills 21 in Congo, WHO says
Twenty-one people have died of yellow fever in the Democratic Republic of Congo, some of them from infections contracted in…
A model first: woman with Down Syndrome stars in beauty campaign
April 11, 2016
A model first: woman with Down Syndrome stars in beauty campaign
Hair care line Beauty & Pin-ups is changing the face of beauty with Katie Meade, the first woman with Down…
Money for nothing: Keeping elite schools in line
April 9, 2016
Money for nothing: Keeping elite schools in line
PART 2: In the first part of our 'Money for nothing' special feature, we reported on claims that private and…
CNN: Seven grand hotels with deep railroad roots
April 9, 2016
CNN: Seven grand hotels with deep railroad roots
Hotels and railroads go way back. The relationship worked: Travelers needed somewhere to sleep, so railroad companies built hotels.Though the earliest…
‘My rights? What rights?’ New study sheds light on women’s unpaid work in Egypt
April 9, 2016
‘My rights? What rights?’ New study sheds light on women’s unpaid work in Egypt
Illiterate, poor and concentrated in Egypt’s south — or Upper Egypt — they mostly work in small businesses or on…
Study of Neanderthal Y chromosome hints at fertility problems
April 9, 2016
Study of Neanderthal Y chromosome hints at fertility problems
The first examination of a long-extinct Neanderthal's Y chromosome suggests that fertility problems may have prevented Neanderthal men from successfully…
Study links antibiotic use in early childhood to increased risk of prediabetes
April 9, 2016
Study links antibiotic use in early childhood to increased risk of prediabetes
At any age, taking antibiotics is known to disrupt naturally occurring gut flora by killing certain good bacteria.Medical professionals sometimes…
Britain’s Prince William and Kate head for taste of India
April 9, 2016
Britain’s Prince William and Kate head for taste of India
Britain's Prince William and his wife Kate will visit India on Sunday for a tour that will see them mix…