Health

Scientists find yeast in frozen mummy's guts, use it to make sourdough bread

Yeast has been growing in the guts of a frozen mummy called Oetzi the Iceman for thousands of years, scientists have discovered, telling AFP they used it to make a sourdough bread.

We're not doing enough to fight pornography

Imagine every seat filled at a major league baseball stadium. That’s how many people logged on to Pornhub in March 2026 every 30 seconds. Over 41,000 people, to be precise.

Do this exercise to connect with people, says dating coach: 'People start to have more of a positive response to you'

Amy Chan has been a dating coach for years. Among the exercises she assigns her clients is what she calls "seven days of making eye contact."

Big tobacco uses cigarette playbook to help sell ultra-processed foods, journal reveals

New issue of the American Journal of Public Health focuses on parallels between marketing for cigarettes and UPFs

How to turn spent coffee grounds into barbecue sauce – recipe

Spent coffee grounds add depth to a smoky-sweet, intense barbecue sauce that’s a knockout with pulled mushrooms, grilled veg and meat alike

The ‘fricy’ flavour sensation: why spicy fruit is the sweet hot taste of this summer

We’ve had swicy. We’ve had swavoury. Now a new fusion of flavours is flying off the shelves. So what do these South American-inspired drinks and dishes actually taste like?

The doctor who mends broken brains: why there is room for hope after a stroke or head injury

The neurologist Orlando Swayne doesn’t suggest everyone can recover. But he does argue that early, targeted and intense therapy can sometimes bring about life-changing improvements – and we have a moral obligation to provide it

Sali Hughes on beauty: the best facial self-tans for summer

Think self-tan is too much effort – or too risky? Not any more. The latest products are so simple to use you can just go with the glow

Upcoming billing change could make pregnancy pricier

June 3, 2026 / 5:00 AM EDT / KFF Health News

Ambivalence by Brian Dillon review

The critic’s memoir’s is a portrait in determination to go against the grain and ‘pursue a life in words and ideas’

A moment that changed me: I became an uncle

My ‘niblings’ gave me a positive reason to return to the home town where I’d experienced homophobia as a boy. Over time, they transformed my sense of family and self

‘You can be made a laughing stock to millions’: can gen Z escape the fear of being cringe?

With the constant risk of being recorded, many young people are afraid of showing enthusiasm – let alone doing something so potentially embarrassing as dancing in public. Is there a way to set themselves free?