Richard Cushworth, a missionary in El Salvador, and wife Mercedes Casanellas made a public plea for their baby's return after DNA tests showed the child they cared for since birth was not theirs.

DAVID had just graduated college when he first decided he wanted to cut off his leg.

Many of us are familiar with Apple’s iOS assistant – but have you ever thought about the lives behind the voice that answers your queries and requests?

IMAGINE being able to brew beer in your stomach without having a drop of alcohol. That may sound like heaven to some, but in fact, it’s a living nightmare.

Put aside those awesome Father's Day gifts, we're featuring the most dedicated dads in the Australian wild.

MUNICH — A stout Bavarian music teacher brought homemade blueberry crumble because she thought “the refugees must be hungry.” A young German mother coaxed smiles out of terrified children with balloons.

Iron and oil producers proved resilient during the crash of 2008-09 but are now struggling as commodities prices decline

It’s 766 days since Papua New Guinea agreed to resettle refugees from Australia’s detention centre. So far 41 have been moved to quasi-detention in a halfway house. They have no idea if they will leave it

There's something wrong with how we have been taught to raise our children these past 20 or 30 years: thin-skinned, super-sensitive and primed to turn to the authorities—parents, teachers and now deans—anytime they feel the slightest bit uncomfo ...

Martin Robbins. I weighed myself every hour for the entire bank holiday weekend. Here’s what I found out.

HAVE you ever wondered just how much rubbish is out at sea? Well whatever you imagined the reality is much worse.

A study reveals why working longer hours is ruining you.

An evolutionary approach may help scientists understand why mothers become genetic chimeras and how that affects their health.

Behavioural science has many evangelists, but some believe it is hyped. The sellers of The Big Issue used nudge incentives to raise the sales of the magazine-but should they be doing this?

In a newly published study, a team of researchers show that blocking amygdala cells’ interactions with serotonin after trauma may prevent post-traumatic stress disorder.

Based on current greenhouse gas emissions, the world is on track for 4C warming by 2100 - well beyond the internationally agreed guardrail of 2C. To keep warming below 2C, we need to either reduce our emissions or take carbon dioxide out of the atmos ...

Researchers from CSIRO and Imperial College London have assessed how widespread the threat of plastic is for the world’s seabirds, including albatrosses, shearwaters and penguins, and found the majority of seabird species have plastic in their gut.

Brett Archibald has days when he thinks he's actually dead; that everything has just been a dream since being plucked from the ocean in a rescue that defied the most unbelievable odds.

During your workday, do you feel comfortable in your own skin, or ready to jump out of it? Here are five ways to get more grounded in the workplace.

Imagine the prototypical violent criminal, like the one who appears on the news after committing a horrible act. It’s a common belief that individuals like this often suffer from a long history of mental illness that compels them to act destructively ...