Meet the members of the Dull Men’s Club: ‘Some of them would bore the ears off you’

An international club where dull people meet online to share the tedium of everyday lives is immensely popular. But for one man it’s a place of poignant connection

How Charlie discovered that time wealth can be the key to a slower, happier life

Feeling tired and out of touch with what really matters to him, a busy father tries a few behavioural experiments

My patient’s cancer was curable but for years she endured painful sex. This story is all too familiar

Many cancer patients suffer sexual health problems but this important quality of life indicator is woefully ignored

Chronic pain sent Jabez into a spiral of despair. Behaviour therapy brought her back

A new study has found that helping sufferers manage their emotions lessens their experience of chronic pain

‘It can break you’: life for parents of autistic children can be exhausting. One podcast is offering hope. Is it real?

A podcast claims to show that autistic children with limited speech may be able to communicate via telepathy. What does the science say about the idea?

Inside the luxury Melbourne retreat where women pay $6,500 to get in touch with their vaginas

Eight participants – most of them ‘lesbian first-timers’ – are invited to shed shame and revel in pleasure

Silence please: how book clubs without the chat help focus the mind

A Silent Book Club is growing in popularity in Melbourne as an antidote to the social pressure of group discussions

Mental health crisis ‘means youth is no longer one of happiest times of life’

UN-commissioned study in UK, US, Ireland, Australia, Canada and New Zealand finds satisfaction rises with age

‘Grounding’ proponents say it helps us realign with the Earth’s electric charge – but the claims don’t land

Experts say the few scientific papers published about grounding – which can include walking barefoot outdoors or lying on the ground – lack scientific rigour

Bacteria transferred during intercourse could help identify sexual assault perpetrators, scientists say

Genital microbiome or ‘sexome’ leaves specific signature even when barrier protection is used, which could be traced in absence of DNA material