Health

Drinking very hot drinks could triple risk of oesophageal cancer, study finds

Research finds temperature and amount of hot drinks consumed heightens possibility of developing disease

A moment that changed me: I spent a day with some naturists

For decades, I had been haunted by paruresis, an inability to urinate in public toilets. But that day of nakedness suddenly, surprisingly, led me to shed my inhibitions

In praise of the bitter: Alexina Anatole’s recipes for tahini panzanella and curried corn farinata

In Ayurvedic cooking, bitter ingredients are celebrated for their ability to refresh and rebalance. Here, the elegance of tahini and the cleanliness of grapefruit do the heavy lifting.

Birdwatch: the avian equivalent of a catwalk model, blue cranes are under threat

Numbers of the exquisitely graceful species are falling amid loss of food supply and habitat

Country diary: Wetland plants have prospered this year – and I love this understated beauty

Ailsworth, Cambridgeshire: Trifid bur-marigold is struggling nationally, but thanks to a little ‘Goldilocks’ land management, it has the perfect conditions here

I climbed into the car with three friends. I woke in hospital to find I’d lost them all

Rob Pike was 17 when he and three of his closest friends were in a car that smashed into a tree and split in half. He explains how he coped with the devastation

Babies born to anaemic mothers have smaller brains, study finds

Key regions of the brain linked to movement, learning and emotions were affected and may lead to cognitive problems

Hurricane Lowell lashes Hawaii, knocking out power to thousands as flood risk continues

Updated on: September 8, 2026 / 7:49 PM EDT / CBS/AP

Remains found 49 years ago in North Carolina identified as 15-year-old girl from Maryland

Updated on: September 8, 2026 / 6:49 PM EDT / CBS News

Burning Man deaths this year triple the average as attendee age at Nevada’s desert festival ticks upward

More attendees are in their 40s and 50s, with fewer festival-goers in their 20s

Stay-at-home moms are good, and America needs more of them

The best way to raise a child is within a committed marriage. Every marriage is different, but one of the best and most time-tested models is the one associated with the mid-20th century in America: a breadwinner and a homemaker. Typically, that means an employed dad and a stay-at-home mom.

All four Florida family members aboard missing plane in Bahamas found dead

A recovery mission found the bodies of the four members of a Florida family who were on board a small plane that went missing when traveling back to the United States from the Bahamas on Monday.