The Rio Olympics: What is it good for?

My girlfriend always needs to have a few drinks before we have sex. She’s quite insecure in general and I think that must be why. 

A safer version of a potent antibiotic that often causes hearing loss has been developed by scientists.

A treatment programme that has dramatically reduced suicide and self-harm rates in other countries is to be rolled out across Ireland.

US student Amanda Knox’s second appeals trial to determine her role in the murder of her British housemate is under way in Italy in her absence.

Ryder Cup hero Ian Poulter today suffered a disappointing finish to his second round as the weather-delayed US Open resumed at Merion.

A lawyer for Amanda Knox said the US college student was “ready to fight” after Italy’s top criminal court overturned her acquittal and ordered a retrial for the murder of her British room-mate Meredith Kercher.

Italy’s highest criminal court yesterday ordered a new trial for Amanda Knox and her former Italian boyfriend, overturning their acquittals in the gruesome slaying of her British roommate.

Italy’s highest criminal court has today overturned the acquittal of Amanda Knox over the murder of her roommate, and ordered a new trial.

Italy’s highest court will issue a decision today on whether to overturn American student Amanda Knox’s acquittal in the murder of her British room-mate.

Buying prescription drugs online can seriously damage your health and in some instances lead to death, says Rita de Brun

An unborn baby’s whole genetic code has been mapped in the womb using DNA taken from its parents.

A gunman has killed five people in a shooting spree before turning the gun on himself, authorities in Seattle said today.

Gunfire erupted in Seattle in two separate shootings, killing four people, critically wounding two others and setting off a manhunt that forced officials to close nearby schools.

Most people possess an automatic “gaydar” that assesses sexual orientation in less than a blink of an eye, research has shown.

Defective sperm from older fathers may trigger “new” genetic mutations linked to autism, a study has shown.

Lawyers for Amanda Knox, who was cleared of murder on appeal in October by an Italian court, have asked an appeals court there to overturn her slander conviction as well, a spokesman said.

Malaria is killing almost twice as many people around the world than was previously thought, a study has shown.

THE world’s biggest technology trade show will feature razor-thin laptops, powerful smartphones and flat-screen TVs, but talk in the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) halls, which kicked off last night, may focus on whether the show itself has a long-term future.

It kills millions every year, but after a slew of failed treatments scientists say vaccines could hold the key — not just to a cure but to wiping out cancer forever, writes Sharon Begley

When a fresh-faced Amanda Knox arrived in Perugia four years ago, she was one of thousands of American students enjoying being young, free and single away from home.

AMANDA KNOX’S latest legal battle has been delayed until next month.

Amanda Knox spoke today of her battle to prove she did not kill her British flatmate Meredith Kercher.

INFERTILE men have an increased risk of developing high-grade, aggressive prostate cancer that grows and spreads quickly, research suggests.

The droopy-eyed jet lag that comes after a long flight could be caused by two groups of cells at the base of the brain falling out of synch, a new study suggests.

She grins and chats and on Valentine’s Day sported a T-shirt that read All You Need Is Love. One of the first things she said in court was about a rabbit shaped sex toy.

MORE than a year after the death of Meredith Kercher, her American roommate Amanda Knox and Knox’s former Italian boyfriend, Raffaele Sollecito, go on trial today on charges of murder and sexual violence.

An American student slit the throat of her British housemate in a Satanic rite, prosecutors have told an Italian court.

An American student slit the throat of her British house mate in a Satanic rite, prosecutors told an Italian court today.

A second popular vitamin supplement has been found to heighten the likelihood of developing lung cancer, it was disclosed today.

A fourth man wanted in connection with the murder of British student Meredith Kercher in Italy was arrested in Germany today.

POLICE responding to the deadly Virginia Tech shootings may have been using tactics learned after the Columbine killings in Colorado in 1999.

A man who shot and killed his estranged girlfriend at the University of Washington in Seattle used at least three aliases and two passports, according to media reports in the US.

A man and a woman were shot dead at the University of Washington today in what may have been a murder-suicide, university police said.

THE Ethiopian Government and Starbucks have become embroiled in a spat over whether the coffee names Yirgacheffe, Sidamo and Harar belong to the African nation.

British experts say closing international airports will do little to halt a bird flu outbreak, following another computer simulation that shows the folly of travel restrictions in the face of a pandemic.

PRISTINE comet samples returned last weekend by the Stardust spacecraft after a 4.7-billion-kilometre journey wildly exceeded scientists' expectations, project managers said.

FEMALE migraine sufferers who take the Pill are up to eight times more likely to have a stroke than those not using the oral contraceptive, new research has found.

The eyes of geologists, disaster officials and sightseers are today focused on Mount St Helens, where a mix of volcanic gases and low-level earthquakes raised fears the mountain in Washington state might blow its top at any moment.

ROCKS in Antarctica have provided the most direct evidence yet that parts of the ice sheet have been naturally melting for thousands of years, it emerged yesterday.

Astronomers have mapped the galactic ‘‘street’’ where ET is most likely to live.