Why are class reunions so terrifying?
The prospect of a high school or college reunion elicits shame, dread and regret. What if going could actually be good for your mental health?
The search for the perfect wetsuit: is there one that doesn’t harm the planet?
Neoprene is made from toxic chemicals, hard to recycle and, with 400,000 tonnes made a year, a growing problem. So can surfers and swimmers find green wetsuits?
Cash incentives may help men lose weight, research finds
Men with obesity offered incentives and sent healthy-eating tips in Game of Stones trial found to have lost most weight
Bird flu strain found in US cows flown to UK lab for testing
Virus is sent to high-security lab so that experts can examine the potential risks to people and livestock
‘I made curtains on the train’: the commuters livening up their journeys
From a velomobile to inline skating and audiobooks, six people reveal how travelling to work is no chore
If you live to 100, you might as well be happy: what poverty, jail and war have taught author Rhee Kun Hoo
Joy is all around us, according to the bestselling South Korean author. Here’s what he has learned from a long and often hard life
Cold review – theatrically evocative folk-tale treatment of the pain of miscarriage
A man spins a story in a doctor’s waiting room, sparking a fairy tale of loss and desperation
Experts condemn US tobacco firm’s sponsorship of doctor training as ‘grotesque’
Philip Morris International has supported non-smoking programmes around the world ‘to advance its own interests’, say health professionals
‘It’s eating what the sea provides’: Galicia’s Atlantic diet eclipses Mediterranean cousin
In Fisterra in north-west Spain, a diet rich in seafood, fruit and vegetables survives, and has been found to reduce the risk of type 2 diabetes and heart-related conditions
‘I had no idea my baby was at risk’: The fight to raise awareness of pre-eclampsia
The condition affects between 1% and 5% of pregnant women, but more can be done to inform people about its dangers