Recent research reveals that genetics play a significant role in determining whether individuals prefer coffee or tea. Specific bitter taste receptor genes influence how people...
Your dog is ready to run, tail wagging, eyes bright, the moment you reach for the leash. But what feels like a perfect summer afternoon to you can quietly become a dangerous...
Probability plays a crucial role in decision-making across various fields, yet its interpretation remains contentious. By exploring different theories—frequency, propensity,...
A new study reveals that 'patient savers' make quick financial decisions by focusing solely on monetary amounts rather than weighing time delays and other factors. This insight...
Obesity is often blamed on poor diet and lack of exercise, but hormonal imbalances also play a significant role. Key hormones like leptin, cortisol, estrogen, and insulin affect...
The upcoming supermoon on April 26 offers a unique opportunity to observe our natural satellite at its closest approach to Earth. Learn about the Moon's phases, its elliptical...
In a fast-paced world where attention spans are dwindling, mindfulness and meditation offer powerful tools for achieving mental clarity and emotional balance. By integrating...
Most people don't think about balance until the day they grab a wall to keep from going down. That grab is your nervous system waving a flag. The good news is your brain is far...
The origins in the quest for an eight-hour work day highlight the ongoing struggle for a life beyond work. Despite technological advancements and economic theories advocating for...
They have identified the neural networks that connect the cerebral cortex to the adrenal medulla, which is responsible for the body’s rapid response in stressful situations.
If you worry that people today are using social media as a crutch for a real social life, a new study may set you at ease.
Essential organs tasked with keeping us alive and reproducing – such as the heart, brain or uterus – may have evolved better protection against cancer than larger and paired organs, we have proposed.
The most common question I get asked is “Will my child get Alzheimer’s disease?” In my experience, this concern is one of the biggest worries for sufferers, and given the devastating effects of the disease, it is not hard to see why it is a difficult thought to contemplate.
Specific aspects of the Amish environment are associated with changes to immune cells that appear to protect children from developing asthma, report researchers.
As electronic music shape-shifts its way through the early years of the 21st century, the influence of dub – reggae’s stripped-down mutant version – on contemporary production is becoming more apparent. In “Remixology”,
As I became more adept at motivating my horse, focusing her attention, and gaining her respect, relationships at home and work improved. People commented on the change, yet no one could pinpoint what had shifted. The plot thickened as I gained more knowledge about instinctual horse behavior.
Most Eastern styles of medicine pay just as much attention to the patient’s state of mind as to the state of his or her tissues and organs. This insight and acknowledgment of the whole person rather than reducing us to our individual body parts is based on healing methods centuries old that survive because they work.
In late July, an international team of researchers announced that they had identified evidence of cancer in the fossilized remains of a biological relative of human beings who lived about 1.7 million years ago.
The sight of the determined, lycra-clad jogger has become a familiar feature of urban parks around the world. Jogging – defined as “the activity of running at a steady, gentle pace”
Ever wondered what happens inside your brain when you stay awake for a day, a night and another day, before you finally go to sleep? Well, we just found out.
At least 15 percent of people with depression don’t get relief from conventional treatments such as antidepressant medications and psychotherapy.
Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin in 1928 and revolutionised the treatment of bacterial infections. Ever since then we have been searching for new antibiotics to address the myriad of infections humans encounter and the growing risk of resistance to them.
Food, nutrition and human health institutes around the world have been fighting to reduce the risks associated with consuming detrimental fatty acids that are linked to cardiovascular diseases.
For a black film and media student at the University of Cape Town, Spike Lee’s “Do The Right Thing” (1989) was a revelation. I watched it on a DVD one afternoon with my friend Frank in one of the damp tutorial rooms in the Arts Block on Upper Campus, only a few steps away from where Cecil John Rhodes’ statue stood.
The demands of being a presidential candidate take a toll on sleep. And the demands are not likely to lessen for whomever is elected.
Love them or hate them, ring-necked parakeets have invaded Europe and they’re here to stay. Already a staple of many urban parks and gardens around the UK, some of these charismatic bright green birds are now so comfortable in their new surroundings that they will happily sit and feed from your hand.
Recently Sandfire Resources, a gold and copper producer based in Western Australia, announced its new solar power plant will soon start powering its DeGrussa mine. By replacing diesel power, the 10-megawatt power station, with 34,000 panels and lithium storage batteries, is expected to reduce the mine’s carbon emissions by 15%.
A report published in May from researchers at Johns Hopkins claims that medical errors are the third leading cause of death in the U.S., behind only heart disease and cancer.
A new breast cancer study shows that tumors can mutate in response to treatments that reduce estrogen levels in the body.
While Australia’s health system compares well internationally, costs are rising. So are chronic diseases related to unhealthy lifestyles, such as heart disease, diabetes and some cancers.
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