The scandal of trafficking young boys from Africa to Europe with the lure of fame and fortune as a football star is to be targeted in a new clampdown, The Independent has learnt...

Some may argue that the best way to learn about history is to go back in time. In the absence of an actual time machine, you can make a short — really short — trip to the past through this online time-machine interface.

A generation growing up with social networking websites such as Facebook and MySpace are unable to form lasting relationships and are at increased risk of behaving impulsively, an expert has warned...

He makes an unlikely hero: he's the ultimate know-it-all, has real issues with commitment and is constantly in trouble of one kind or another. Not to mention the fact that he's got two hearts, is almost a millenium old, and comes from another planet.

Eating high levels of some soy products - including tofu - may raise the risk of memory loss, research suggests.

We have lots and lots of ideas and only a limited memory to hold them in before we lose them. The solution is to develop the habit of capturing everything important that crosses your mind, when it crosses your mind.

A Second World War murder mystery featuring Winston Churchill, the British double agent Kim Philby and Joseph Stalin could be solved after the Polish government called for the body of a national hero to be exhumed.

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