7 h. ago Insomnia breakthrough as experts discover key 'driver' of the sleep problem that ruins millions of lives

Scientists have pinpointed why millions of people struggle to get a good night's sleep-and it's not lumpy pillows or a racing mind, the problem lies in their GUT.

Science

16 h. ago Oslo Stories Trilogy: Love review – gracefully grownup and breezy relationships drama

Doctor Marianne wonders if her gay colleague Tor’s approach to dating would work for her, in the second film of Dag Johan Haugerud’s absorbing trilogyHere is the second of Norwegian film-maker and novelist Dag Johan Haugerud’s seductive trilogy about affairs of the heart and mind, set in Oslo. (It comes between Sex and Dreams.) It is a thoroughly grownup and absorbing drama, acted with such sympathy and warmth, a ruminative and exploratory movie of ideas, and one that pays its audience the compliment of treating them as intelligent beings. Love is about a familiar question: can straight people learn from or even absorb the open and polygamous approach to sex that appears to come easier to gay people (and perhaps younger people of all sexualities), perhaps specifically gay men? Or is that idea stereotypical and naive?Andrea Braein Hovig plays Marianne, a urology consultant whose job it is to give bad news to a succession of men about their prostate cancer. She is single (though her p...

Events

46 h. ago Symptoms as one in three people unaware they have sleep condition

Millions of people are thought to be suffer, without a diagnosis

Events

66 h. ago Conch blowing could help to alleviate sleep apnoea, study suggests

Experts on condition affecting millions of people in UK give cautious welcome to findings but say more research neededBlowing into a conch shell could help tackle the symptoms of a sleep disorder that affects millions of people across the UK, according to a study.Conch blowing, also known as shankh blowing, is an ancient ritual that involves breathing in deeply and exhaling into the spiral-shaped shell. Continue reading...

Politics

3 d. ago 'I let homeless people sleep on my sofa, even my mum thinks I'm mad'

Over the past five years Stuart Potts has offered hundreds of homeless people a place to stay

Politics

4 d. ago Internet star's husband let son, 3, drown in pool 'after taking his eye off him for NINE minutes to watch basketball game he had bet $25 on'

The new details emerged in a police report surrounding the death of Emilie and Brady Kiser's three-year-old son, Trigg, who died after falling into a pool at the family's home.

Events

6 d. ago Revealed: What 'Ibiza Final Boss' is hiding behind his elaborate barnet as he becomes a global internet star and brands cash in on his viral fame

Fans believe they have spotted a flaw in the impossibly razor-sharp barnet - but it's not visible when taking in his awe-inspiring fringe from the front.

Economics

7 d. ago Animals keep evolving into anteaters. Could this be the future of humanity? | Helen Pilcher

Even if we don’t develop long sticky tongues and a taste for termites, we can still learn a lot from these remarkable creaturesWho doesn’t love an anteater? I mean, apart from ants, obviously. With their long snouts and even longer sticky tongues, they trundle around, slurping up insects like milkshakes. They have handsome, bushy tails, which they wrap around themselves at night like a blanket. And they’re excellent parents. Giant anteater mothers allow their young to cling to their backs, rucksack-style, for periods of up to a year.Indeed, the surrealist artist Salvador Dalí was so taken with the giant anteater that he once took one for a walk through the streets of Paris. And before you ask, no, this wasn’t a cheese dream. There is photographic evidence.Helen Pilcher is a science writer and the author of Bring Back the King: The New Science of De-Extinction and Life Changing: How Humans are Altering Life on Earth Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Why do animals keep evolving into anteaters? | Helen Pilcher

Even if we don’t develop long sticky tongues and a taste for termites, we can still learn a lot from these remarkable creaturesWho doesn’t love an anteater? I mean, apart from ants, obviously. With their long snouts and even longer sticky tongues, they trundle around, slurping up insects like milkshakes. They have handsome, bushy tails, which they wrap around themselves at night like a blanket. And they’re excellent parents. Giant anteater mothers allow their young to cling to their backs, rucksack-style, for periods of up to a year.Indeed, the surrealist artist Salvador Dalí was so taken with the giant anteater that he once took one for a walk through the streets of Paris. And before you ask, no, this wasn’t a cheese dream. There is photographic evidence.Helen Pilcher is a science writer and the author of Bring Back the King: The New Science of De-Extinction and Life Changing: How Humans are Altering Life on Earth Continue reading...

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3 w. ago This is how we do it: ‘We broke up and started having the most amazing sex’

After splitting, Fred and Hester decided to sleep with other people – and still be intimate with each other once in a while. Now back together, they’ve never been happier• How do you do it? Share the story of your sex life, anonymouslyHaving a break has been great for our sex life Continue reading...

Politics

3 w. ago Slutty Cheff, the anonymous writer behind London’s filthiest food memoir

Slutty Cheff, the anonymous writer behind London’s filthiest food memoir  Dazed

Politics

4 w. ago Internet star Slutty Cheff on sex and food: ‘How do you learn about love? You sleep with more people’

The anonymous chef won fans and followers with her scandalous stories of sex, love and drugs in London’s top restaurants. Ahead of the release of her new memoir, already being adapted for telly, she speaks to Lydia Spencer-Elliott about sexism, dating and whether she’ll ever reveal her true identity

Politics

last month Shark! Celebrity Infested Waters is bizarre but unexpectedly moving reality TV

A group of game celebrities must learn to love one of the most feared creatures on the planet in ITV’s new series

Politics