IBT Staff

The condom maker Durex is in brand crisis mode after it was forced to issue a recall of some of its products over fears they could split.

Could your child be addicted to playing video games? Maybe. If you’re a parent looking for tips on moderating your child’s gaming habits, read on.

For those contemplating a healthier diet, research suggests that veganism can have many benefits if well planned, and can be part of a healthy lifestyle for most people.

The history of math is murky, predating any written records. When did humans first grasp the basic concept of a number? What about size and magnitude, or form and shape?

The increasing level of Indonesia’s government debt has become a hot topic ahead of the 2019 presidential election.

One of the most striking findings from this year’s HILDA report is the large gender divide in financial literacy. Women exhibit much lower levels of financial literacy than men.

Serena Williams is a well-known advocate for “clean sport”. For any athlete to be effective in such a role, it is important to comprehend how anti-doping programs work. Misunderstandings of the drug-testing process can lead to misperceptions about fairness between different athletes or across sports.

Millennials, the generation born between 1981 and 1996, see America’s role in the 21st century world in ways that, as a recently released study shows, are an intriguing mix of continuity and change compared to prior generations.

When it comes to digital privacy, there are plenty of organisations making money out of using your data – Google and Facebook are just two examples. But what if you were the one making the money?

Consider, for a moment, the paper cut. It happens suddenly and entirely unexpectedly, usually just as you are finally getting somewhere on that task you had been putting off.

Australia has nearly five million dogs, with nearly 40% of Australian households owning one. But it seems that 40% of Australian dogs are not walked enough and that a similar percentage of dogs are overweight or obese.

It’s easy to think that everyone knows what “fake news” means. But to think it stops there is mistaken – and politically dangerous.

Papa John’s recently forced founder and former Chairman John Schnatter to resign over allegations he made a racial slur. It’s taking advantage of a corporate strategy often used to fend off hostile takeover attempts: the “poison pill.”

Those looking for signs before Saturday that Labor was on track for government might have found one, beyond the polls, in what could seem an unexpected quarter.

Ikea is now Australia’s leading furniture and electrical retailer with a customer satisfaction rating of 91.6% in June up an impressive 7.4% on a year ago.

British comedian Sacha Baron Cohen is back – just in time – with his new show: Who is America? Filmed secretly over the past year, this satirical comedy series “explores the diverse individuals.

There are several other options of cheating at dice too, and I’ll talk you through some of them here.

While 1 in 4 women will undergo abortion in her lifetime, stigma keeps their stories untold.

Lunar eclipses have fascinated cultures across the globe, and inspired several striking myths and legends, many of which portray the event as an omen.

What is it about roller coasters that some love so much, and is it an experience we tend to like less as we get older?

The 2016 marine heatwave that killed vast amounts of coral on the Great Barrier Reef also caused significant changes to fishes and other animals that live on these reefs.

In less than a decade, worldwide sales of tequila have doubled, while sales of premium and ultra-premium brands have shot up by 292 percent and 706 percent, respectively.

SBS’s new crime miniseries "Dead Lucky" reminds me of these Rizzoli and Isles binging sessions, where the investigation of the crime and the discovery of clues are done in an unexacting manner that left me quite underwhelmed.

Why do batteries die? This same question has probably crossed the mind of every cellphone user trying to send one last text before the screen blinks off.

The Abba-inspired sequel of "Mamma Mia" is filling cinemas around the world. But the film’s location – the small Croatian island of Vis – should now also expect to attract high numbers of visitors.

One of the biggest transformations we have seen in advanced economies is the increased participation of women in the paid workforce.

Employees at a New Zealand company behind an innovative trial of a four-day working week have declared it a resounding success, with 78% saying they were better able to manage their work-life balance.

The bidding war between Comcast and Disney for European pay-TV giant Sky’s operations seems to have paused at Comcast’s latest bid but not before reaching astronomical heights.

This summer, 45 million pounds of marshmallows will be toasted over a fire in America. Many will be used as an ingredient in the quintessential summer snack: the s’more.