It could take weeks - or even a month - before we know who won elections in California and Los Angeles.

The K-pop band say accepting their flaws and embracing humour took them to a new level of success.

Instead of throwing away byproducts of food processing, fermentation is making them valuable.

A Virgin Media O2 report suggests an average of 36% of time spent on phones is without a clear purpose.

Ollie Robinson was exiled from the England team for 24 Tests - on the first day against New Zealand, he showed them what they had been missing.

Cats and dogs can be allergic to pollen, but getting a diagnosis is a lengthy process.

How much attention did you pay to what happened in the world over the past seven days?

From a Soviet-era sanatorium to a floating market in Bangladesh, this year's World Food Photography Awards capture the many ways food shapes daily life around the world.

From a darkly comic tale of revenge to a beautiful contemplation on friendship, here are the year's most acclaimed works of fiction so far.

All-female species have been long thought of as evolutionary dead ends – but one fish has defied the odds to live without males, revealing new clues to how genomes stay healthy.

In the Great Barrier Reef, a venomous snail catches and devours its prey in a silent, lethal game of ambush.

Rooted in Buddhist teachings, Sri Lanka's roadside dansal offer free food and drinks to strangers – and this year, the tradition feels especially relevant.