Category: News

Everyone has inside of him a piece of good news. The good news is that you don’t know how great you can be! How much you can love! What you can accomplish! And what your potential is! – Anne Frank

sleep, thrive

Anxiety, Depression, Sleep: A Lethal Cocktail if the Proportions are Wrong

05/01/2018

People who sleep less than 8 hours a night more likely to suffer from depression, anxiety ...

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lose weight

Lose Weight Without Exercise? Enter the Fat Conversion Patch

04/01/2018

New patch aims to turn energy-storing fats into energy-burning fats ...

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genes in Space

Astronauts Can Now Identify Genes in Space

03/01/2018

First-ever sample-to-sequence process entirely aboard a space station...

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Did You Guess the Winners of Global Warming?

22/12/2017

Climate change may favor large plant eaters over small competitors ...

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Does Being Single Shorten Your Life?

20/12/2017

Couple up for long-term happiness ...

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Dirty turkey

Are You Prepped? Post-Brexit Dirty Turkey Terror

19/12/2017

Risk of 'dirty' turkey after Brexit if UK strikes a US trade deal...

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hot tea

Hot Tea Prevents Glaucoma

18/12/2017

Drinking hot tea every day linked to lower glaucoma risk ...

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The Physics of Coffee and How They’ll Fix Oceans

15/12/2017

Layering in cafe lattes yields insights for engineering, medicine and environment...

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Your Mood Depends on the Food You Eat (and your age)

14/12/2017

Young adults and mature adults require different food to improve their mental health...

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Did You Know the Common Ingredient that May Cause Alzheimers?

13/12/2017

Canola oil linked to worsened memory & learning ability in Alzheimer's ...

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good decisions

Intense Self-Questioning or Going With Gut Feeling – What Makes Good Decisions?

12/12/2017

A good decision is not made in one go ...

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cow, cow avoidance

Greenouse Gases, Atmospheric Methane – Cows Say ‘It Wasn’t Us!’

11/12/2017

Researchers establish long-sought source of ocean methane ...

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protest

Exclusive Colleges Make For More Inclusive Colleges. Whut?!

08/12/2017

Student-led protests for inclusive campuses are more likely at selective universities ...

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Do Mekong River Dams Need to Ruin Villages?

08/12/2017

Towards an algorithm for dam operators that will increase fish harvests and still generate power...

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gut microbiota

Can Your Gut Microbiota Change, Regardless of Diet?

07/12/2017

Exercise changes gut microbial composition independent of diet, team reports ...

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Glycine: Cheap, Readily Available Energy. But From Where?

06/12/2017

Researchers generate electricity from low-cost biomaterial ...

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What’s For Afterbirth? The Benefits, or Not, of Placenta Consumption

05/12/2017

Research finds that consuming placentas has little to no effect on postpartum mood and maternal bonding...

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Adam, ‘Ad ‘Em: Science Asks What Makes Poetry Work

04/12/2017

What gives poetry its aesthetic appeal? ...

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Could Robotic Arms Become Thought-Controlled Limbs?

01/12/2017

Amputees can learn to control a robotic arm with their minds ...

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soft robots

Will Humanity Succumb to Origami-Powered Soft Robots?

30/11/2017

Artificial muscles give soft robots superpowers ...

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Electric Cars, Perpetual Motion and the Home Energy Mobius Strip

29/11/2017

Energy from electric cars could power our lives - but only if we improve the system ...

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mortuary errors

New Methods for Avoiding Mortuary Mixups

27/11/2017

Serious mortuary errors could be reduced by applying common patient safety protocols ...

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Is This a Bad Time? 24-hour Working

23/11/2017

More needs to be done to ensure 24-hour working is not the new norm ...

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Alchemical Ponderings – Where Exactly Does Gold Come From?

22/11/2017

An international group of scientists reveals the mystery about the origin of gold ...

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The Flip Side: Are Blue Whales Left or Right ‘Handed’?

21/11/2017

Scientists discover most blue whales are 'right-handed' - except when they swim upward ...

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touch typists

Less Drudge, More Trudge: Employees Demand More Walking

20/11/2017

Employees want to sit down less and walk more during work days ...

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cow, cow avoidance

Be Nice to Cows, Science Says So

17/11/2017

Brazilian study shows how small changes on farms can lower stress levels of cattle...

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Bubble, bubble, plop! Your Dad Didn’t Invent Homebrew Wine

16/11/2017

Archaeologists find earliest evidence of winemaking...

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Sleeping man, sleep well

Deep Sleep, Deep Effects: The Dangers of Insufficient Sleep

15/11/2017

Studying sleep's profound and extensive effects on brain function ...

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blue light experiment by UGR

Can Coloured Light Calm an Argument?

14/11/2017

Blue lighting is proven to help us relax faster than white lighting after an argument ...

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