Claire Toureille

Slow TV - showing real-time events with minimal editing - is becoming increasingly popular and has finally reached Australia with this train footage. Viewers got on board.

A study looking at the physical effects smelling their partners' t-shirt had on women that were about to be confronted with stressful scenarios found it helped fight the stress.

Spiders are scary in themselves, but a huge spider shedding its skin? Some might not recover. A 7-minute-long video documents the creepy phenomenon

A teacher asked a simple riddle to his 6 year-old pupils expecting a simple answer. But a kid replied "death" and threw the whole class - and Twitter - into an existential crisis

A ready-to-wear fashion designer created a line of matching outfits for dogs called Dog a Porter. This photo gallery offers a close look at the work behind the pretty coats.

Royal Mail is releasing 15 Game of Thrones stamps to honour the British contribution to HBO's smash hit. Here's where to get them.

A man was ordered to pay his mother almost $1m for the sacrifices she made while raising him. She had made him sign a contract when he was 20 to make sure he'd give her money.

The city of Tel Aviv spent a year building a 36m high toy brick tower to honour the memory of an 8-year-old boy who died of cancer in 2014.

Contrary to what some people assume, members of the working-class are wiser than their counterparts from wealthier backgrounds, and have less difficulty reaching compromise.

Titanic was released 20 years ago on 19 December. So how well do you remember Rose and Jack's epic love story? Find out in our quiz.

Archaeologists have studied burial of the elderly in three different Anglo-Saxon burial sites dating back to 600 AD. They found older women's burials were "careless" and modest.

Excavations at ancient Roman site give insight on how sex workers lived and worked, the sex trade of the city, and the sexual norms and practices.

An Italian court ruled that liking a propaganda video on Facebook could be considered apology for terrorism. A man who liked videos and Isis imagery on the platform was deported.

Scientists successfully manage to sequence DNA of baby Tasmanian tiger raising hopes of bringing extinct species back from the dead.

The University of Birmingham and the Big Bang Fair have teamed up to create 8 new constellations inspired by modern personalities, including Olympic champion Usain Bolt.

Spain's Congress is about to vote on whether pets should be considered living beings with their own emotions. This will recognise pets have feelings and their own rights.

The French mayor of Beziers is under fire after launching a poster campaign ad depicting a woman tied to train tracks in front of a speeding train. Many French MPs want them removed.

A plane from Berlin to London was stranded for five hours on 10 December. When it finally took off, it ended up making a U-turn only one hour away from its destination.

The Good Country Index released an updated version of its global ranking of countries' contribution to the common good of humanity. UK's ranking drops second year in a row.

13 feet have washed up on Canadian beaches since 2007 reveals the Coroners Service of British Columbia - and no one knows why the they keep appearing.

In Kenya, the Local Ocean Trust has created a "hospital" that treats turtles that have swallowed plastic waste. Sea turtles often confuse plastic for food.

A National Geographic photographer captured a dying polar bear struggling to find food. He shared it on social media to bring attention to the effects of climate change.

It snowed in Houston, Texas for the first time in 8 years. While the snow isn't that rare in the north of the state, the South just enjoyed a rare occasion to have a bit of fun.

A Redditor discovered that an "old lady" had knitted about 20 scarves and left them by trees and poles in University Park in Indianapolis for the homeless to use.

Exclusive Allbright club aims to boost networking opportunities for women and banks on female camaraderie to make it a success.

Metal cast of Christ sleeping on a bench and showing crucifixion wounds arouses controversy but Glasgow church presses ahead with display.

Change.org petition for some of Manchester's rough sleepers to be housed over Christmas period rejected by university staff.

Otis Redding recorded Sittin' on the Dock of the Bay on 7 December 1967 and speculation is still rife about the identity of whistler on the song.

Clinical trial looks at effects of extreme weight loss programmes on reversing type 2 Diabetes. 86% of participants who lost 15kg or more were in remission after a year.