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Women who are subject to perimenopausal symptoms are 40 per cent more likely to experience depression than those who aren’t experiencing any menopausal symptoms, researchers report. — Shutterstock pic
Life / 07 May 2024

Women may be at greater risk of depression in this stage of menopause, study shows

The Prado said it would display a work by Caravaggio from May 28 until October. — AFP pic
Life / 07 May 2024

Lost Caravaggio work to go on display at Madrid’s Prado museum

A limestone slab bearing the fossil of the ancient bird Archaeopteryx is seen at the Field Museum in Chicago in this undated handout photograph. — Picture by Delaney Drummond/Field Museum/Handout via Reuters
Life / 07 May 2024

Chicago museum acquires new specimen of famed Archaeopteryx

Zendaya poses at the Met Gala, an annual fundraising gala held for the benefit of the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute with this year's theme 'Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion' in New York May 6, 2024. — Reuters pic
Life / 07 May 2024

Zendaya in blue, sparkling J Lo arrive at garden-themed Met Gala

Scientists found that by age 65, at least 95 per cent of people with two copies of APOE4 — known as homozygotes — had abnormal levels of an Alzheimer’s-related protein called beta amyloid in their spinal fluid, and 75 per cent had positive brain scans for amyloid. — AFP pic
Life / 07 May 2024

People with two copies of a risk gene have genetic form of Alzheimer’s, say scientists

Tokyo Haneda airport is the cleanest in the world. — bluesky85/Getty Images/ETX Studio pic
Life / 06 May 2024

The world’s cleanest airports can be found in Asia

Somatic exercise can help relieve muscular pain and ease anxiety. —ImYanis/Shutterstock/ETX Studio pic
Life / 06 May 2024

How somatic exercise can help tackle muscular tension and stress (VIDEO)

‘Sunset blush’ takes makeup one step ahead of the summer sun. — Picture via TikTok/alissajanay1
Life / 06 May 2024

Summer is in the air on TikTok with the ‘sunset blush’ makeup trend (VIDEO)

Tokyo has been waging war on crows since the early 2000s. — Anton Vakhrushev/ETX Studio pic
Life / 06 May 2024

Crows are being driven off the streets of Tokyo by their own cries (VIDEO)

Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft, aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket, is prepared for launch of the Starliner-1 Crew Flight Test (CFT), in Cape Canaveral, Florida May 5,, 2024. — Reuters pic
Life / 06 May 2024

Boeing’s new Starliner capsule set for first crewed flight to space station

Britain's King Charles III, holding a bunch of flowers, waves to crowds after to visit to the University College Hospital Macmillan Cancer Centre in London on April 30, 2024. — AFP pic
Life / 06 May 2024

Britain’s King Charles III marks first anniversary of coronation

A researcher from the International Centre for Agricultural Research in Dry Areas (ICARDA) examines crops in a cultivated field in the Marchouch region of north-western Morocco April 18, 2024. — AFP pic
Life / 06 May 2024

Morocco’s farming revolution: Defying drought with science

Laura Li, 28, poses for photos in front of Victoria Harbour, a day ahead of the Chinese Labour Day 'Golden Week' holidays, in Hong Kong, China April 30, 2024. — Reuters pic
Life / 06 May 2024

Low-budget Chinese travellers highlight shift in Hong Kong tourism

A figurine of German composer Ludwig van Beethoven is seen in the souvenir shop of the Beethovenhaus museum, where Beethoven spent some of his summers and composed sections of his Ninth Symphony, on April 30, 2024 in Baden bei Wien, Austria. — AFP pic
Life / 06 May 2024

Ode to joy: How Austria shaped Beethoven’s Ninth

Dancers perform French Cancan on stage during a show at the Moulin Rouge musical cabaret in Paris on April 9, 2024. — AFP pic
Life / 06 May 2024

Backstage artisans keep Moulin Rouge kicking

Winners taking to the stage last night. A total of 39 awards were distributed. — Picture courtesy of BOH Cameronian Arts Awards
Life / 06 May 2024

BOH Cameronian Arts Awards returns to award outstanding performances and acknowledge emerging talents in arts