LIFE
The secret life of a transgender airman
Transgender people are banned from serving in the US armed forces, yet an estimated 12,800 do, the vast majority in secret. Jane, a senior airman, has hidden her gender identity from the military for 25 years. She hopes a policy review announced last year will allow her finally to be herself. Jane likes to run early in the...
‘Life begins at 76’ Healthier lives mean Britons don’t feel old until their 70s
LONGER and healthier lives mean Britons do not feel old until they are 76, according to a new survey. Better diets, more exercise and simply refusing to let themselves go means a fitter, older generation with the average person in their 50s likely to feel at last four years younger than their age and a quarter feeling a decade...
The strange life of a super-traveller
How to survive a 200,000 mile a year career. Alicia Yoon feels at home in two very distinct places. And that’s a good thing, because she often has just two days to tend to her life (and her fiancé) in New York, pay her bills and then dash out to pick up where she left off in Seoul, South Korea. “Sometimes, I...
Secret lake underneath Antarctica may be home to prehistoric and UNDISCOVERED life
A LAKE lurking beneath the surface of Antarctica has just been discovered and scientists are hopeful that it contains some prehistoric life. The massive underground body of water, which measures 100km by 10km, would be the second largest sub-glacial lake discovered in Antartica – behind only Lake Vostok. It was discovered...
My secret life as a gay ultra-Orthodox Jew
Chaya, not her real name, is an ultra-Orthodox Jewish woman who is gay. Here she describes her struggle to accept her sexuality, and why she has to keep it a secret from those who would make her choose between her identity and her family. I would lose everything if I came out. We are a tightly knit community and I think few...
Father of jihadi fighter wants her life insurance paid out
THE father of Gold Coast jihadist Amira Karroum has launched a legal battle to claim her $300,000 life insurance policy. Karroum, 22, changed from a “beautiful and loving” girl spending her days lounging on beaches to an armed soldier who died fighting for Islamic extremists in 2014. Distraught father...
New evidence of Viking life in America?
A new discovery has revealed that the Vikings may have travelled hundreds of miles further into North America than previously thought. It's well known that they reached the tip of the continent more than 1,000 years ago, but the full extent of their exploration has remained a mystery, writes historian Dan Snow. After a long...
A motorist was almost dead, but …
Close call! A motorist was nearly hit by a massive train in Brook Park, Ohio, after his work van got stuck on a railway...
Kill shots: Mumbai identifies ‘no selfie’ zones after people die while taking photos
Mumbai police have identified 16 areas they call dangerous spots to take selfies after people were killed while trying to take the perfect picture of themselves. The locations include such major tourist attractions as Girgaum Chowpatty Beach and the Marine Dive promenade, where an 18-year-old woman slipped and drowned in the...
This Inflatable Sleep Hoodie Lets You Nap Anywhere (Video)
You’re a successful 21st century citizen of the world, but your regular, naturally sourced hoodie is holding you back. After all, if your hoodie doesn’t have a discreet inflatable pillow hidden in its hood, what good is it? Well, lucky for you, California based Hypnos is giving out tickets to Sleep City, and...
10 TYPES OF PEOPLE THAT RUIN YOUR LIFE
A recent study conducted at the German Friedrich Schiller University, showed how a negative can affect us unpleasant people. Scientists have discovered ten types of personality, which certainly can be called parasitic. These tend to use others for your own benefit, not caring about the effect, which causes their presence. As a...