How did Big Toothbrush take over, and how did our mouths become such a profitable market?
In December 1969, the consumer magazine Which? looked at a fairly new gadget that it predicted many people would give…
Jaw-dropping' El Niño breaks temperature records months before its peak
The “jaw-dropping” El Niño currently heating up the planet has already broken the highest temperature ever recorded for the phenomenon,…
The German chancellor is holding on to power after another defeat by the far-right AfD.
Germany’s embattled leader, Friedrich Merz, has tried to rally support for his struggling chancellorship among senior members of his conservative…
Putin tightens his hold on Russia as 49 Ukraine war veterans win seats in parliament.
Russia’s new parliament will include 49 deputies who have fought in the war against Ukraine, officials said, after the ruling…
Still gives me a jolt of joy': why Dirty Dancing is my feelgood movie
There’s probably a Swedish word for what Dirty Dancing makes me feel. A kind of turbo-nostalgia that mixes comfort, joy,…
The kindness of strangers: I was extremely stressed taking my four children on an international flight – then a passenger tucked a blanket around my sleeping son.
I won’t lie – I was having nightmares before the trip. When my family immigrated to Australia from Europe, my…
I lost my children, and I'm afraid of losing my baby again': a day in the life of a pregnant woman in Gaza
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Middle powers, caught off guard, are looking for new alliances as Trump causes turmoil on the world stage.
If the midterm elections deliver a heavy blow, a weakened Donald Trump, hemmed in by a Democrat-controlled Congress, may gradually…
The pain of living with chronic body odor: 'I swear I've tried every deodorant
When Hayat goes out to eat, she picks a table far from other diners, ideally near a door or open…
Bunker mentality: the Nordics' Cold War shelters are being given a new lease of life.
Across Finland, Sweden, and Norway, cold war bunkers are being repurposed as Russia’s war in Ukraine revives fears of conflict…