Health

Jimmy and Stiggs Review

Joe Begos’s gross-out aims for sensory assault but delivers only visual noise, numbing gore and a weary joke stretched far beyond endurance

Moroccan lamb filo pie and rhubarb panna cotta: Thomasina Miers’ Sunday best recipes

A succulent, richly seasoned lamb pie filled with honey carrots and almonds, followed by a cardamom- and orange-spiked dessert

My helicopter went into freefall

Christopher Duddy was shooting a film in Hawaii when disaster struck. For 28 hours he choked on fumes near a lava lake, fighting to get to safety

‘What I see in clinic is never a set of labels’: are we in danger of overdiagnosing mental illness?

Our current approach to mental health labelling and diagnosis has brought benefits. But as a practising doctor, I am concerned that it may be doing more harm than good

Parents of Melbourne methanol-poisoning victims ‘shocked’ by $185 fines handed to Laos hostel staff

Fathers of Bianca Jones and Holly Morton-Bowles, both 19, who died after a night out at the Nana backpackers hostel in 2024, say court decision is ‘absolute injustice’

Catherine O'Hara's cause of death was a pulmonary embolism, with cancer as underlying cause, AP reports

February 9, 2026 / 7:06 PM EST / CBS/AP

41 U.S. states are getting warmer, each in its own way, report says

February 9, 2026 / 5:30 PM EST / CBS News

The Twins That Are Neither Identical nor Fraternal

They shared a placenta, but on the ultrasound, one looked like a boy, and the other a girl.

At least 18 people now dead as historic New York cold stretch nears end

City faced one of longest periods of subzero cold since 1961, forcing ‘code blue’ and extreme weather warnings

FDA says Novo Nordisk's TV ad for obesity pill includes 'false or misleading' claims

The FDA requested that Novo take immediate action to address the violations, which could include ceasing all ads containing misleading claims about the pill.

A couple of teas or coffees a day could lower risk of dementia, scientists say

Findings suggest smaller cognitive decline, but US study cannot prove daily caffeine hit is good for the brain

Choremancing: Is this the best way to date?

You could do the weekly shop on your own, or you could turn it into the ultimate compatibility test by inviting a date along. And there’s always that flatpack furniture to assemble ...