Deep Antarctic drilling will reveal climate secrets trapped in 1.5 million-year-old ice
by Richard Gray An ambitious mission to drill into the Antarctic ice sheet to extract … more
Combined prenatal smoking and drinking greatly increases SIDS risk
Children born to mothers who both drank and smoked beyond the first trimester of pregnancy … more
Researchers uncover strong link between sadness and smoking
What drives a person to smoke cigarettes—and keeps one out of six U.S. adults addicted … more
Scientists Target Link Between Chronic Pain, Cognitive Impairments
Chronic pain patients often suffer from impaired cognitive function as a side effect of their … more
New Study Finds AI as Viable Tool to Detect Changes in Patients’ Mental Health
Software detects changes in clinical states in voice data for patients with bipolar, schizophrenia and … more
We know exercise is good for your skin. This protein mimics those effects in mice.
If I cut myself while chopping vegetables, the cells in my skin would repair the … more
Study traces evolution of acoustic communication
Imagine taking a hike through a forest or a stroll through a zoo and not … more
Becoming less active and gaining weight: Downsides of becoming an adult
Leaving school and getting a job both lead to a drop in the amount of … more
Want to know what climate change will do in your back yard? There’s a dataset for that
What the global climate emergency has in store may vary from one back yard to … more
Far-right violence in Portugal draws strength from skinhead roots – study
Far-right agitators in Portugal now have different reasons to their 1970s predecessors for becoming radicalised … more
Prolonged breath-holding could help radiotherapy treatment of cardiac arrhythmias
A technique that enables patients suffering from heart conditions to hold their breath safely for … more
