Most food trends come out of nowhere. Anyone remember Cronuts? Activated charcoal on everything? Bacon wrapped in bacon, bacon on the side? Most food fads only survive a few years before they’re consigned to the pantry of history. But every once in a while, a food trend becomes a staple. Advertising Cleveland Clinic is a… Read More »
There’s something virtuous about starting your day with an oat milk latte or green juice. Or maybe a plant-based chicken sandwich for lunch or gluten-free pasta for dinner seems like a healthier choice than a meaty or wheat-based version. Welcome to the land of health halos, a place where clever marketing and seemingly scientific nutrition… Read More »
You could never accuse Lonneke Botello Hernandez of sitting idle. In her 34-year career, she has been a clinical nutritionist, personal trainer, sharemilker, resort manager and Miss Universe New Zealand contestant. She has picked organic cherries in Italy and worked as a wellness director on luxury cruise ships for seven years, travelling everywhere from the… Read More »
If you go somewhere expecting an eight-day trip and can’t leave for eight months, most people would consider that “being stranded.” That’s what happened to two NASA astronauts, Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore, who traveled to the International Space Station aboard Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft in June. During the test flight, the propulsion system failed, and… Read More »
On a cold night in January, Akanksha Mehta’s phone rang with a message that would change her life. A romantic couplet from a popular Bollywood song Sunn Raha Hai Na Tuu (Are you listening?) appeared on Instagram, followed by a friend request. The sender was 27-year-old Abhishek Jandial, aka Lucky, from Jaipur in the northern… Read More »
They were two 11-year-old boys having a fun day together, but for John Greenwood and Gary Miller, an adventure to the dump turned into a nightmare. The children were found dead by a dog walker after being brutally beaten before being thrown under a mattress in Whiston, Merseyside. To date, no one has been convicted… Read More »
A man who tortured his neighbours for seven years because they couldn’t stop his dogs from barking has narrowly escaped a prison sentence. John Laveric, 48, was banned from keeping dogs because of the noise in what has previously been described as “one of the worst cases ever”. But Laveric retained ownership of his pets… Read More »
Here are the rugby headlines for Saturday evening, August 17. Ford prepares for code change The father of England star George Ford has said Ford will end his career in rugby league. The 31-year-old fly-half is entering his third season as a Sale Sharks player, having moved here from Leicester Tigers two years ago. In… Read More »
COPALIS BEACH, WASH. — When Japan first issued a “megaquake” warning last week, Washington state seismologist Harold Tobin was watching the event closely. The advice comes after a magnitude 7.1 earthquake hit the southern island of Kyushu. While the tremor didn’t cause much damage — the largest tsunami wave it produced would have reached up… Read More »
Editor’s note: A version of this story appeared in CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. To get it in your inbox, Register for free here. When archaeologists mine layers of soil to tell stories about the past, sometimes their discoveries capture exciting traces of humanity. Excavations in the ancient city of Pompeii have unearthed the remains… Read More »