A doctor on BBC's Morning Live spoke about the surprising medical effects of drinking tonic water. Dr Xand appeared on a ...

From the Food & Wine archives, Kingsley Amis delves into the history of gin and how moral panic (and a bit of poison) almost ...

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In Incan mythology, Mama Koka was the god of the coca plant which originally grew from her torn apart body. Today, coca ...

Today's Object of the Week is a silver cigarette case presented to a soldier by the grateful refugees he helped to rescue - by elephant.

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Dry January puts a spotlight on non-alcoholic drinks to kick off the year, but some of these are too delicious not to enjoy ...

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Catherine Manz’s behavior became so outrageous and uncontrollable that her family arranged to send her to a girls’ ...

Uganda’s malaria burden is staggering, with some areas such as Apac District recording the world’s highest density of ...

I wrote about some of the humble pleasures of one of San Diego’s best dive bars. Let’s do something a little different this ...