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For avocado lovers, this is a dangerous time of year.Thousands of people slice their hands and fingers every year while cutting avocados, and research shows that most of these injuries occur from April through July. Hand surgeons see…

Roger Federer delivered an excellent commencement address at Dartmouth’s graduation recently. This part floored me: In tennis, perfection is impossible… In the 1,526 singles matches I played in my career, I won almost 80% of…

After months of rumors, Common and Jennifer Hudson seem like they are finally ready to publicly confirm their relationship.On Jan. 22, Common will be a guest on “The Jennifer Hudson Show,” and he is expected to open up about his love…

Fructose, a new paper proposes, is the pernicious little demon driving so many human metabolisms towards obesity. Although it's not the biggest source of caloric intake, it does trigger the urge to eat fattier foods, at higher…

Over the past few years, there’s been a growing number of reports about mammals fluorescing under UV. Wombats do it, platypuses, and even squirrels do it. However, we didn’t know exactly how common this was – until now.…

A spokesperson from the Insurance Council of Australia said travel insurance doesn’t entitle you to unlimited cover, noting all policies have limits and exclusions, and it’s important to be informed and choose the right level of cover…

One of the biggest problems with money is our feelings about it are always relative. So many people assume once they hit a certain level of income or net worth that all of their problems will magically vanish. Unfortunately,…

Receive free Global Economy updatesWe’ll send you a myFT Daily Digest email rounding up the latest Global Economynews every morning. The former Goldman Sachs economist who coined the Brics acronym has dismissed as “ridiculous” the…

By Tom EdwardsTransport and environment correspondent, LondonImage source, Getty ImagesImage caption, The Ulez is expanding to cover all of London from 29 August1 hour agoI'm getting asked a lot of questions on Ulez expansion - many of…

During skin development, the transcription factor SOX9 guides stem cells to become either epidermal cells or hair follicle cells, a process that can also lead to certain cancers when SOX9 is misregulated. Rockefeller researchers have…