Urban dwellers who live near nature less likely to die early. Researchers tracked the millions of people across seven countries, including the US, throughout their lives, and found that no matter the location on Earth or type of "green," living near nature yielded similar health benefits globally
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Study: Urban dwellers who live near nature less likely to die early
Nature does the body good. And a sprawling new analysis of more than 8 million people suggests that to boost residents' longevity, cities should get a lot less gray and a lot more green.
Humans across cultures may share the same universal musical grammar, suggests a new study of 60 human societies in the journal Science. Whether it’s a love song, dance song or lullaby, music shares similar underlying structural elements, suggesting humans might have an innate “grammar” for music.
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New Scientist
Humans across cultures may share the same universal musical grammar
Music appears to be made from the same simple building blocks of pitches and chords around the world, upending the prevailing view that universals don’t exist
Human-driven N₂O emissions have been growing unabated for many decades, but we may have been seriously underestimating by just how much
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The Conversation
Nitrogen fertilisers are incredibly efficient, but they make climate change a lot worse
Measurements and modelling have found nitrous oxide emissions, a greenhouse gas 265 times more potent than carbon dioxide, are significantly higher than previously reported.
A PhD student has proposed a novel idea of building a Mars base with bacteria, who will mine iron from Martian soil for the later construction of useful materials and structures by the human colonisers.
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TU Delft
Building a Mars base with bacteria
Excellent mental health for 2/3 of Indigenous people off reserve. Findings show that despite stark economic inequalities and a history of residential schools, the majority of Indigenous people are free of addictions, suicidal thoughts and mental illness
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Excellent mental health for 2/3 of Indigenous people off reserve
Two-thirds of Indigenous people living off reserve in Canada have excellent mental health, according to a nationally representative study conducted by the University of Toronto and Algoma University. These findings show that, despite stark economic inequalities…
Over 80% of school-going adolescents worldwide get less than one hour of physical activity per day – leaving children at risk of poorer cardiorespiratory and muscular fitness, bone and metabolic health, and slower cognitive development than their more active peers
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New WHO-led study says majority of adolescents worldwide are not sufficiently physically active, putting their current and future…
The first ever global trends for adolescent insufficient physical activity show that urgent action is needed to increase physical activity levels in girls and boys aged 11 to 17 years. The study, published in The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health journal and…
Scientists discover brain circuit in mice that controls compulsive drinking of alcohol. This can potentially have implications for understanding human binge drinking and addiction in the future.
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Salk Institute for Biological Studies
Brain biomarker predicts compulsive drinking - Salk Institute for Biological Studies
LA JOLLA—Although alcohol use is ubiquitous in modern society, only a portion of individuals develop alcohol use disorders or addiction. Yet, scientists have not understood why some individuals are prone to develop drinking problems, while others are not.…
Increased use of antibiotics may predispose to Parkinson's disease, suggests new study (n=13,976), which may be explained by their disruptive effects on the gut microbiome. In the gut, pathological changes typical of Parkinson's disease have been observed up to 20 years before diagnosis.
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University of Helsinki
Increased use of antibiotics may predispose to Parkinson's disease | University of Helsinki
Higher exposure to commonly used oral antibiotics is linked to an increased risk of Parkinson's disease.
Humans often have false beliefs about how much they can affect the world around them. A new paper suggests these false beliefs may actually be justified.
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PsyArXiv
Illusions of control without delusions of grandeur
We frequently experience feelings of agency over events we do not objectively influence – so-called ‘illusions of control’. These illusions have prompted widespread claims that we can be insensitive to objective relationships between actions and outcomes…
Studies show that yoga may help improve heart health and reduce several risk factors for heart disease. One study found that participants over 40 years of age who practiced yoga for five years had a lower blood pressure and pulse rate than those who didn't
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12 Benefits of Yoga That Are Supported by Science
Yoga combines breathing exercises, meditation, and poses that are proven to benefit mental and physical health. Here are 12 evidence-based benefits of yoga.
Two-thirds (65%) of child abuse survivors thrive as adults, finds a new Canadian study (n=651), although this is still substantially less than that found in the general population (77%). Having a confidante increased odds of good mental health nearly sevenfold, but chronic pain reduced it by half.
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Two-thirds of child abuse survivors thrive as adults
Nov. 22 -- Two in three survivors of childhood sexual abuse have good mental health, but a new study suggests that social isolation, chronic pain, substance abuse and depression can hinder recovery.
Freakonomics Podcast discusses how vaping can improve public health through reduced cancer risk, helping people quit smoking, and when regulated properly (like the UK) will not cause a Youth Vaping Epidemic
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The Truth About the Vaping Crisis (Ep. 398) - Freakonomics
A recent outbreak of illness and death has gotten everyone’s attention — including late-to-the-game regulators. But would a ban on e-cigarettes do more harm than good? We smoke out the facts.
Social Cognition May Rely Heavily on a Healthy Cerebellum,Damage to specific regions of the "little brain" may impair social perceptions.
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Social Cognition May Rely Heavily on a Healthy Cerebellum
New research suggests that the human cerebellum plays a previously unrecognized role in social cognition and interpreting body language.
A recent study that found no general decline in the numbers of species in individual ecosystems has sparked controversy. Some scientists see it as evidence of how species adapt, while others see it as a sign that common invasive species, such as rats and mosquitoes, are the real winners.
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Yale Environment 360
Are Numbers of Species a True Measure of Ecosystem Health?
A recent study that found no general decline in the numbers of species in individual ecosystems has sparked controversy. Some scientists see it as evidence of how species adapt, while others see it as a sign that common invasive species, such as rats and…
Research has found for the first known time that enough physical evidence spanning millennia has come together to allow researchers to say definitively that: El Ninos, La Ninas, and the climate phenomenon that drives them have become more extreme in the times of human-induced climate change.
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El Nino swings more violently in the industrial age, compelling hard evidence says
El Ninos, La Ninas, and the climate phenomenon that drives them have become more extreme in the times of human-induced climate change, says hard physical evidence spanning millennia that has recently come together.
Study suggests young people’s views may conflict with older Americans on bathroom policies affecting trans people. Eight in ten people aged 14-24 years polled, say that bathroom use by trans people should not be restricted, which differs from the narratives often represented in public debates.
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Youth: Transgender People Should Use Bathroom They’re Most Comfortable In
Transgender rights continue to be under threat in several states, but a new study reveals that young people’s views may conflict with older Americans when it comes to bathroom policies affecting transgender individuals.
While studying a mouse model that replicates key features of early-stage human breast cancer, researchers found that blocking the activity of a single enzyme can prevent a common type of breast cancer from spreading to distant organs.
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Researchers halt spread of some metastatic breast cancers by blocking enzyme
Findings in mice point to new approach that may help make some metastatic breast cancers susceptible to immunotherapy.
A study reveals that living within 50 metres of a busy road may increase the risk of lung cancer by 10%, and stunt lung growth in children by 3–14%. The analysis compared 13 different health conditions, including heart disease, stroke and bronchitis, across 13 cities in the UK and Poland.
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Scientists Create a Device that Mimics Human Synapses to 'Forget' Memories. The smart design imitates a human brain synapse in a way it remembers information, and gradually drops that data if it's not accessed for a more extended period.
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MIPT physicists create device for imitating biological memory
Researchers from the MIPT have created a device that acts like a synapse in the living brain, storing information and gradually forgetting it when not accessed for a long time. Known as a second-order memristor, the new device is based on hafnium oxide and…