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Juanae Simmons didn’t expect sinus cancer. It was Valentine’s Day, 2014. Tissue from a polyp in her right nostril had been sent away for testing and she was in specialist Wesley Miller’s office for the results. “When I had the surgery, he told me tha...

You can find Rosheena Shamsid Deen’s jaw wrapped in gauze, in a plastic bag she keeps in her closet. Her purpose-built replacement is made entirely of metal, crafted after a near-fatal accident last year. She keeps the original as a reminder not to ...

There’s a shark in Bermuda’s waters. The 17-foot, 1,400lb seabreacher is a semi-submersible watercraft that mimics the predators as they dive in and out of the ocean. Owner Antwan Albuoy describes it as “a roller coaster on the water”. The entrepren...

The hole in Ryan Flood’s leg? A little accident with a blowtorch as he developed his line of handmade custom chef’s knives. Most people would have then called it quits. Not Mr Flood. The 28-year-old shrugged the mishap off as no worse than “a really...

The bark of an endangered African tree might prove a salvation for men with enlarged prostates. Bermudian Quincy Burgess has certainly bought into the theory. He started shipping the herbal remedy pygeum to the island from Africa two months ago. He ...

Every so often I post a photo on Instagram or Facebook of a yoga pose that I’ve been working on. Behind every photo, there are about 15 photos that don’t make the cut, mostly of me falling on my face. I add a filter before it makes its way on to so...

After poring through episodes of Project Runway it was a wedding dress that grabbed Michelle Laylor’s attention. Made entirely of Hallmark cards, it was striking in its simplicity, but it was the designer’s back story that reeled her in. “That made m...

Many youngsters grumble when they have to study, but Vikashni Ragunathan loves it. The eight-year-old memorised the world’s flags last month — for fun. She might now be on her way into the Guinness Book of World Records. The current record for the mo...

Hit the club, don’t like the music? If you’re at Pier 6 on Friday, all you have to do is switch stations. DJs will be given a frequency and a colour; partygoers receive headphones which light up to show who they’re listening to. It’s clubbing, but w...

Your body, your choice. According to Michael Vallis, it’s what more doctors should be telling their patients. “Too many people go to the doctor and say, ‘I’m sorry’. I’m sorry I haven’t been taking my medication the way I should. I’m sorry I haven’t ...