Health

As a psychologist who studies couples, people in the happiest relationships never underestimate 5 'powerful' habits

Healthy relationships are never accidental. Here’s a breakdown of the five everyday habits that help people stay happy and connected over time, says couples psychologist Mark Travers.

How Washington's crossing of the Delaware presaged a changing world

February 15, 2026 / 9:27 AM EST / CBS News

‘I want people to be warned’: son forced to remove tubes from father’s septic body after death in Bali hospital

Jake Harvey says he has lasting trauma after trying to get help from the Australian government for critically ill father

Readers reply: can you acquire courage?

The long-running series in which readers answer other readers’ questions ponders how to overcome fear and do what is needed

'We almost lost you in the night'

It is one of the most infectious diseases around, and can cause blindness and hearing loss – and can also be fatal. Why are cases now soaring and what can be done about it?

Childhood Consumption of Ultraprocessed Foods Linked to Lower IQ

Toddlers who consume large quantities of ultraprocessed food are more likely to have lower IQs when they reach school age, according to a new study

How to make the perfect chicken massaman – recipe

Thai cuisine’s most delicious curry is also its most complex. Thankfully, our resident perfectionist is here to help you master your massaman

Their Mutated Genes Were Supposed to Be Harmless

“Carriers” of certain genetic diseases, who have just one affected gene, can have symptoms too.

I thought my powerlifter father was the strongest man in the world. But a secret steroid addiction took him

He didn’t look like a stereotypical ‘drug addict’, but when he fled to South Africa with all our savings it was obvious that is what he had become

Are we hard-wired for infidelity?

Monogamy may be held up as an ideal, but evolution has other ideas

Weight-loss race: how switch from injections to pills is expanding big pharma’s hopes

Tablets could make treatment more mainstream, with sector predicted to be worth $200bn by end of the decade

This is how we do it: ‘Whether it’s kinky sex in a dungeon or shopping at Costco, it’s all about our bond’

Dan and Zoe met on a train and connected instantly. Twenty years and three kids later, they’re still trying out new things. How do you do it? Share the story of your sex life, anonymously.