A few years ago, I had the opportunity to go on safari in southern Africa. One of the greatest thrills was going out at night looking...
For some of us, no matter how consistently we train, running never seems to get any easier – while others appear to be naturally gifted and...
Despite progress towards greater gender equality, many people remain stubbornly attached to old-fashioned gender roles in romantic relationships between women and men. Conventions around heterosexual romance...
Deon Black/ Unsplash, CC BY-SA We recently saw yet another controversy about sexual representation in Australia. Melissa Kang and Yumi Stynes’ book Welcome to Sex was...
Losing weight is challenging. But as anyone who has ever successfully lost weight knows, it’s avoiding weight re-gain that’s the real challenge. This is true no...
Ice cream seems like a simple concept. Take some dairy, add some sugar and flavours, and freeze. But to get a perfectly creamy, smoothly textured frozen...
The song “Be Healthy” from the 2000 album by hip-hop duo dead prez, “Let’s Get Free,” is a rare rap anthem dedicated to diet, exercise and...
In my teens and twenties, I didn’t think much about how important it was to like the people I worked with. At the time, I was...
The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), which is the specialised cancer agency of the World Health Organization, has declared aspartame may be a possible...
Have you ever tried to build IKEA furniture with your partner only for it to go horribly wrong? How about planning a wedding or other big...