8 d. ago The genius of trees: how forests have shaped humanity, from chocolate cravings to our ability to dream

Since our early ancestors came down from the canopy, we may think we have learned how to live without trees. But our lives remain intertwined in incredible waysOnce upon a time there was a girl who lived in a tree. She had deep-set brown eyes and brown hair. She ate fruit – orange mangosteen and black juniper berries – crunched on nuts, sucked on sweet grasses and chewed juicy leaves, and dug up tubers and roots, knowing which ones were good, and which were hard or poisonous.Sometimes, she followed the trails that crisscrossed through the grass, but much of the time she clambered through the broad crowns of the trees, reaching up for branches and feeling the texture of the bark against her hands, balancing against the trunks and springing along boughs. At night she tucked herself into the fork of several branches and curled up to sleep, watching stars like diamonds and branches against the sky. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago Boffins calculate the incredible length of time we spend hungover in our lives

The average person spends more than four years with stinking hangovers, presumably lying in stinking pits ordering takeaways for breakfast, lunch and dinner while swearing never to do it again

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2 w. ago I've lived in France for years and explored every corner of the country. This is why it's time to ditch overrated Paris... and the incredible places you should visit instead

There's a psychological reason why you shouldn't just visit Paris. Really. The sense of disappointment that people often get from visiting the French capital is called Paris Syndrome.

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2 w. ago Inside the incredible Victorian time capsule home lovingly restored in Scotland

Two friends have transformed one of Scotland's most remote farms into an authentic 19th century home - after its owners left behind 200 years of contents.

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3 w. ago ‘Once again, the west turns away’: a new book recounts the fall and rise of the Taliban

Esteemed foreign correspondent Jon Lee Anderson’s new book offers a full accounting of life in Afghanistan from before 9/11 to nowJon Lee Anderson is “not done with Afghanistan”, despite having reported on it for more than 40 years, through invasions, occupations, the rise and fall of the Taliban and two great power retreats.“I always want to go back,” said the New Yorker staff writer. “It gets into your skin. Afghanistan is an incredible place, an incredible society. It’s always like time travel to me, and I knew people there that are larger than life. They stay with you I may return shortly.” Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Jonathan Van Ness shows off incredible body transformation after the 'hardest time'

Netflix star Jonathan Van Ness has debuted his impressive body transformation as he revealed how he has lost almost five stone on his health and fitness journey

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