Do women really need more sleep than men?

The Conversation|Published

If you spend any time in the wellness corners of TikTok or Instagram, you’ll see claims women need one to two hours more sleep than men. But what does the research ...

Trump wants his Coca-Cola made in Mexico

The Washington Post|Published

Mexican Coke, which is made with real sugar, unlike the US version sweetened with high-fructose corn syrup, has many fans - and American soda drinkers might soon ...

Tunisian dog lovers push to save age-old desert hound

AFP|Published

Nemcha, Zina and Zouina, three North African Sloughi hounds, play on the beach in Tunisia where their ancestors have long roamed desert plains, seemingly unaware ...

The ghostly white plant that has sparked a war among foragers

The Washington Post|Published

Until a few years ago, most people who knew what a ghost pipe was had a degree in botany. The spindly stems of the parasitic species - which appear bleach-white ...

Forget the tennis finals. At Wimbledon this July, it’s pickleball.

The Washington Post|Published

On Day 4 of Wimbledon, some of the fans who queued up outside the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club to see Novak Djokovic take on Dan Evans might have heard ...

Is a floral dress a political statement?

The Washington Post|Published

When the conservative youth group Turning Point USA was planning its recent Young Women’s Leadership Summit in Texas, organizers sent out a Pinterest mood board ...

Love note in a bottle found years later, an ocean away

The Washington Post|Published

It was September 2012 when Brad Squires and Anita Moran decided to cap off their impromptu romantic picnic on Canada’s Bell Island by flinging a bottle containing ...

Eight decades later, a Holocaust survivor reunites with his liberator

The Washington Post|Published

Jack Moran entered Buchenwald concentration camp on April 11, 1945 to help liberate more than 21,000 people imprisoned there. Among the prisoners was Andrew Roth, ...

Bird lovers flock to adopt parrot who is ‘rated R’

The Washington Post|Published

“If you adopt Hendrix, you’re basically adopting Samuel L. Jackson,” the animal sanctuary wrote on Facebook, referring to the actor who is known, in part, for his ...

Angola opens up to tourists in a pivot from oil

AFP|Published

Wary of its dependence on oil and already burned by the market's volatility, Angola is embarking on a drive to lure back foreign tourists by easing access for travellers ...

The 24/7 war room taking on global cybercriminals

AFP|Published

The numbers that the payments giant grapples with are enormous. Every year, $15 trillion flows through Visa's networks, representing roughly 15 percent of the world's ...

Who’s your daddy? These days, who isn’t?

The Washington Post|Published

What distinguishes the dads from the daddies. The term signifies an older man who’s protective, experienced, usually a more dominant type. These are all associations ...

Houses made from rice: an eco-friendly revolution

AFP|Published

It may look like an ordinary building site but Akmatbek Uraimov's new house in Kyrgyzstan is being built with blocks of rice. The eco-friendly alternative to conventional ...

He lost his wedding ring on a 50-acre farm. It was returned 15 years later.

The Washington Post|Published

Wayne Corprew cut down a Christmas tree for his family at a farm in 2010 - and when he got to his truck, he realized his wedding ring was missing. He searched to ...

Trump tariffs sour fortunes of SA’s citrus farmers

The Washington Post|Published

South African citrus has become a staple in the US - the world’s largest citrus importer - especially during the off-season summer months when in the southern hemisphere ...

How the Dogist turned canine photos into a social media phenomenon

The Washington Post|Published

When Elias Weiss Friedman began the Dogist in 2013, he had no idea his street photography of pooches (and their people) would one day make him a leading dog influencer ...

He knows he was adopted from South Korea. The rest is a troubling mystery

The Washington Post|Published

For most of his life, Aaron Grzegorczyk believed that his birth name was Cho Yong-kee. He thought he was born on April 28, 1988, in a clinic in Anyang, South Korea, ...

Star exposure

Ian Landsberg|Published

The Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, situated in the Southern Kalahari Desert approximately and 250 kilometres from Upington, is renowned for its spectacular photographic ...

How to move a rhino

AFP|Published

"The rhino is the worst one to translocate," said Taru Sheldrick, who was piloting the helicopter in Nakuru National Park in northwest Kenya, an oasis of greenery ...