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Find the balance between being safe and wasting
Use By Dates: How to find the balance between being safe and wasting food
By Suzanne Campbell
The secret to an enduring sex life
Revealed: The secret to an enduring sex life - cups of tea
Making love with a long-term partner is less about sex toys and snatched passion and more about sharing time, intimate moments – and cups of tea, says the marital therapist Andrew G Marshall. He explains how couples can keep the spark alive
Bacardi celebrates 150th anniversary in 2012
Bacardi Limited, the world's largest privately-owned spirits company, has declared that 2012 will be its most innovative year since the creation of Bacardi rum in 1862.
Throughout the year, Bacardi will host one-of-a-kind birthday parties, launch special promotions featuring 100 years of ground-breaking advertising, introduce a $2,000 limited-edition decanter of rare Bacardi rum, offer travel retail exclusives and commemorative gifts, and much more for consumers to come together and share in the excitement.
Drinking releases the feelgood factor
Scientists have discovered why alcohol can make us feel good.
For the first time it has been shown that drinking alcohol releases feel-good chemicals in an area of the human brain often referred to as the ‘pleasure centre’.
The rush of chemicals released in specific brain locations after drinking produce feelings of pleasure and reward.
Previously scientists had deduced from animal studies that the pleasurable effects of alcohol come from the release of endorphins in the brain.
jMadeira: a jewel in Portugal’s crown
Spend a brief time in Madeira and it is easy to see why the island is one of the jewels in Portugal’s crown. The famous fortified wine with which it shares its name is, in tourism terms, fortified still further with great seafood, great weather and a rich cultural history.
It is upon this backdrop that Jet2holidays is hoping to capitalise with its upcoming Indulgent Escapes package, offering luxury short stays on the island from next June. So my three nights sampling the five-star treatment was something of a sneak preview.
Elephant poaching: 'Record year' for ivory seizures
Elephant poaching: 'Record year' for ivory seizures
More elephant tusks were seized in 2011 than in any year since 1989, when the ivory trade was banned, international wildlife trade group Traffic says.
The group said elephants have had a "horrible year", with 23 tonnes of ivory seized - representing at least 2,500 dead animals.
Trade in ivory was banned in 1989 to save elephants from extinction.
But it has continued illegally because of huge demand in Asia, where it is used to make decorative objects.
A mushroom omelette could help
Why a mushroom omelette could cut pancreatic cancer risk - selenium and nickel-rich diet has a protective effect
High levels of the trace elements selenium and nickel may help cut the risk of deadly pancreatic cancer, according to new research.
The elements, which are found in certain foods, appear to offer a protective effect against the disease.
Pancreatic cancer is frequently diagnosed at an advanced stage and kills 80 per cent of people in under a year. Only five per cent of patients are still alive five years after diagnosis.
The reason why buttercups glow
Holding a buttercup under a person's chin to see if it would glow was, according to the old wives' tale, they way to tell if someone liked butter.
Now scientists have discovered the real reason why buttercups glow yellow under people's chins.
Researchers found that the flower's unique anatomical structure - used to attract pollinating insects - contributes to the popular children's trick.
Experts in physics and plant scientists from Cambridge University worked together to solve a problem that has perplexed generations of researchers.
Secret history of Stonehenge revealed
Ancient site may have been place of worship 500 years before the first stone was erected
David Keys
Extraordinary new discoveries are shedding new light on why Britain’s most famous ancient site, Stonehenge, was built – and when.
Current research is now suggesting that Stonehenge may already have been an important sacred site at least 500 years before the first Stone circle was erected – and that the sanctity of its location may have determined the layout of key aspects of the surrounding sacred landscape.
Seven rules to healthy fast food
We all know that eating out isn't easy. Those lengthy drinking sessions, card parties, social chit-chats, evening tea-outs, always translate to copious amounts of food and drink.
And we also know that the food we typically eat when eating out is usually nutritionally worse than the food we eat at home. Fast food outlets are ticking time bombs when it comes to nutrition and health. So, what's the right way to save yourself from the big bad calorie-full world of outside dining? Follow our list of top 7 rules to healthy fast food.