Today we have modern antiparasitic drugs. But 130 years ago, our forebears had nothing but quack cures and prayers to drive out tapeworms.

‘He told me that I had far too high an opinion of myself, and I was terribly average.’Photograph: CSA Images/Getty Images/CSA Images RF A first date is unpredictable by nature. Often, you’re meeting ...

Landing on Netflix’s title page for “Monster: The Ed Gein Story” automatically plays a clip of the titular psychopath wearing a dress, wig and hosiery while nimbly dancing to a merry ragtime tune. A ...

Human remains were discovered along an Indiana Riverbank earlier this year and immediately reported to the Fayette County Sheriff’s Department The local coroner’s office has since confirmed that the ...

There must be something about the human brain that’s different from the brains of other animals — something that enables humans to plan, imagine the future, solve crossword puzzles, tell sarcastic ...

As Halloween and other indulgent holidays come up on the calendars, people are likely to enjoy more sweet treats. But it won’t only be the individual enjoying that extra rush of sugar; the bacteria ...

New York [US]: India's Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Parvathaneni Harish, called upon Pakistan to end the "grave and ongoing human rights violations in the areas illegally occupied ...

The PM's Diary: Julia Gillard will attend the funeral for Sergeant Brett Wood at St Andrews Cathedral in Sydney. The Digger was killed when a bomb went off during a clearance operation in southern ...