Health

From lardy cakes to simple scones: classic bakes that need no reinvention

The relentless desire to jazz things up is to blame for the disappearance of fond favourites. But there’s always pleasure to be found in old-school cakes

Fruit Is Too Sweet

If it is possible, in this fascinating age, to be a celebrity fruit, the Sumo Citrus is definitely a celebrity fruit. The mandarin-satsuma-orange hybrid, originally developed in Japan and brought to American grocery stores in 2011, is by far the most popular new member of the citrus family, accounting for almost a third of the entire sector’s recent growth. This winter, like the winter before, my local Trader Joe’s displayed piles of them in prime position, and many times the store would be half sold-out before sunset. Sumos are discovered anew every season on social media, where people talk about their adorable bumpy heads, their generous size, and—oh!—their sweetness.

Crans-Montana fire bereaved ask for murder charges against bar owners

Lawyers ask prosecutors to upgrade charges from manslaughter in light of text messages discussing fire risk

British women are among the angriest in Europe. Well, what’s wrong with that?

A new survey seems to correlate anger with being unhappy – but it can be an energising and frankly entertaining emotion too

‘Life Has Always Managed to Crawl Through’: Docuseries Takes Us Back to Mass Extinction Events

Co-creator of Walking with Dinosaurs returns with Surviving Earth, a blockbuster new series that shows ‘how life bounced back’ from deadly events throughout history

Millions of homes in London, Essex and Kent at risk of sinking as climate crisis worsens

Analysis pinpoints areas most vulnerable to hotter, drier weather causing ground to shrink and drag foundations down

Rachel Roddy’s recipe for spaghetti with mussels, parsley and lemon

Savour the glorious sound of mussels popping open and finish cooking the pasta in the shellfish liquor really to ramp up the flavour

Doctor explains why bemotrizinol, a sunscreen ingredient, took so long to be authorized

The Food and Drug Administration approved the chemical compound bemotrizinol in sunscreens sold in the U.S. It's the first time in over 25 years that the FDA has approved a new sunscreen ingredient. CBS News medical correspondent Dr. Céline Gounder has more.

Outbreak of dangerous weather hits U.S.

A multi-day severe storm threat widened to more than 100 million Americans. In addition to tornadoes, forecasters are looking out for hail storms, damaging winds and temperatures soaring into the triple digits. Tom Hanson reports.

America's birth rate has plunged. Are smartphones to blame?

A decades-long decline in the U.S. fertility rate has confounded policymakers and economists alike, with experts pointing to possible causes ranging from the economic fallout of the Great Recession to changing public attitudes about parenthood. Now, one economist is pointing to another factor: the iPhone.

FBI raids CA site where overheated chemical tank forced evacuations

The FBI has executed a search warrant at the Southern California facility where an overheated chemical tank prompted the evacuation of roughly 50,000 residents last month amid fears of an explosion.

Atlantic Trivia: The Worms Are Turning

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