Health

‘He’s taught me more about living than life itself’: on the road with Niki and Jimmy

At 17 Niki vowed to give her newborn son, born blind and profoundly disabled, the best life she could. Thirty years on she and Jimmy are travelling Australia in a Toyota Troopy, balancing hard-won freedom with constant care

I see time as a grid in my mind. I remember the birthdays of friends I haven’t seen for 65 years

Judy Stokes, a retired GP, shares her experience as a spatial-sequence synaesthete

Fatberg the size of four buses likely birthed poo balls that closed Sydney beaches

Exclusive: Secret report suggests fats, oils and grease accumulate in ‘inaccessible dead zone’ at Malabar plant, then dislodge when pumping pressure ‘rapidly increases’

‘We’re in danger of extinction’: can Bolivia’s ‘water people’ survive a rising tide of salt and migration?

The Uru Chipaya, one of South America’s most ancient civilisations, are battling drought, salinity and an exodus of their people as the climate crisis wreaks havoc on their land

Cocktail of the week: Bun House Disco’s pandan negroni

Pandan leaf brings fragrant southern Asian sweetness to a mix of rice gin, white vermouth and green chartreuse

Add to playlist: the dark fog of Los Angeles saxophonist Aaron Shaw and the week’s best new tracks

The woodwind player who taught André 3000 music theory releases his searching debut album next month

High January Was Bound to Happen

Cannabis companies have a cheeky proposition for anyone who’s taking the month off from alcohol.

Mummified cheetahs discovered in caves in Saudi Arabia: "Something that I've never seen before"

Updated on: January 16, 2026 / 6:37 AM EST / CBS/AP

Now is the perfect time to sort out your garden seeds, the Monty Don way

These long, hangover-free January weekends offer a great opportunity for some horticultural housekeeping

Donald Trump disproves MAHA

One person not following the tenets of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.‘s MAHA dogma: the president who made him Secretary of Health and Human Services. During a podcast promoting the White House’s updated, MAHA-minded dietary guidelines, Kennedy bemoaned President Donald Trump‘s diet of “really bad food” of McDonald’s and “Diet Coke at all times.”

Benjamina Ebuehi’s recipe for Viennese fingers

Moreish teatime treats that melt in the mouth… go on, you deserve it

Experience: I live as a crane

It makes me feel like a proud parent to see them take flight