Let Them Eat Dirtis a new parenting book written not by child psychologists, but by two microbiologists, Marie-Claire Arrieta and Brett Finlay. Their aim is to encourage parents to ease up on hygiene. Children, they say, should be outside more, playing in the mud and coming into contact with the natural world.
Humans across the globe may be actually speaking the same language after scientists found that the sounds used to make the words of common objects and ideas are strikingly similar.
Two dolphins have been recorded having a conversation for the first time after scientists developed an underwater microphone which could distinguish the animals' different "voices".
Johanna Basford had been plagued by migraines since she was a teenager. "They got particularly bad a few years ago and could wipe me out for several days on end," remembers the best-selling illustrator, 33, who received an OBE as part of this year's Queen's Birthday Honours List.
Volunteering has long been known to boost mental health and raise happiness levels, but a new study suggests the benefits do not kick in until the age of 40. Researchers at the University of Southampton looked at data from the British Household Panel Survey which sampled adults living in 5,000 households every year from 1991 to 2008.
It was meant to be a question to test teenagers at an elite high school in Singapore but it has baffled adults worldwide, triggering a string of attempts to solve it.
Football, we were told on the first day at big school, is played with an oval ball. That game with the round ball is called soccer, and it is not a game for real men.
It is often said that with age comes wisdom, patience and a better fine wine. Now, it seems there could be one other thing to look forward to: a best-selling novel.
Sir Elton John has called for a boycott of fashion label Dolce & Gabbana after the legendary designers criticised same-sex families.
Eleanor Tomlinson is fast becoming television's newest period drama darling as she stars as the flame-haired Demelza in the acclaimed romantic saga Poldark.
Crime writer Ian Rankin may have sold more than 20 million books, but he still jokingly "ribs" global sensation JK Rowling for edging into his territory.
He was once revered for treading the boards of the world's most respected theatres, but today's generation know him best as "the bloke who directs superhero movies".
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