People often associate the start of the new year with goal setting and resolutions, but societal pressure and the calendar do ...

A student-organized “tech fast” at St. John’s College led to a mass unplugging by curious undergrads. Some found clarity; ...

A MUM who gorged on five takeaways a week and forked out £400 a month on fast food has turned her life around after shedding ...

Thousands of works from 1930 are now in the public domain for anyone's use, including original, recognizable figures such as ...

Tensions mount, uncertainty looms, words take on a rather threatening aspect. HT puzzles editor Kabir Firaque writes on being stuck in a grid, with the clock ticking.

Cutting calories has long been linked to longer life in lab animals, but scientists are now tracing that effect down to the level of muscle proteins. Instead of simply shrinking our bodies, modest ...

A new study from the University of Washington gets specific about how much screen time teens clock on their phones during the ...

March 25: “Hurrah, and vote for suffrage! Don’t keep them in doubt.” —Febb Burn, a 47-year-old widow, in a letter to her son, Harry T. Burn, 24, a freshman legislator in Tennessee who held the pivotal ...

Nancy Drew, Betty Boop and the first version of what would become Pluto are among the countless creative works entering the public domain as their copyrights expire on New Year's Day.

In the fast-paced world of digital distractions, a new kind of viral phenomenon has taken over our social feeds: the high-stakes visual perception challenge. As a long-time observer of how our brains ...

The dangers of zero day options trading highlighted through the Captain Condor wipeout reveal the fragility of frequent small wins that can be wiped out by a single large ...