Medieval eye remedy outperformed modern antibiotics in lab tests
By The Long View · Sep 14, 2026
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Each extra hour daily in a car linked to 6% higher obesity odds
In a cross-sectional study of 10,878 Atlanta-area adults, each extra daily hour in a car was associated with 6% higher odds of obesity. The study did not compare electric and gasoline vehicles.
By The Long View · Sep 15, 2026
Hong Kong now has the world's highest life expectancy at 88.7 years for women
By The Long View · Sep 13, 2026
Bunsen burner sterile zone claim questioned after experiment finds no clear benefit
By Lab Report · Sep 11, 2026
WHO's burnout definition leaves millions without a name for their suffering
By Nato Lagidze · Sep 9, 2026
Over roughly 150 years, Dutch men gained about 20 centimetres in average height, while American men
By The Long View · Sep 6, 2026
One of ageing research’s most counterintuitive findings is that biological-age markers may not move steadily in one direction
By The Long View · Sep 5, 2026
Every breaking wave releases microscopic sea-spray aerosols carrying salts, marine bacteria and organic compounds into coastal air—and…
By The Long View · Sep 4, 2026
In a laboratory experiment, an hour-long immersion in 14°C water increased young men’s plasma noradrenaline by 530% and dopamine by 250%…
By Mind & Matter · Sep 4, 2026
In a small 2025 study, young men running before breakfast used significantly more fat as fuel than when running after breakfast, despite…
By Lab Report · Sep 3, 2026
Reading before bed does help you sleep, but the surprising catch is what you read it on
By Science Blog Editorial Team · Sep 2, 2026
Moving from UMF 5+ to UMF 20+ Manuka honey cut the concentration needed to shut down 95 percent of MRSA growth in a lab dish from 15…
By Science Blog Editorial Team · Aug 29, 2026
A Phase 3 trial found 87 percent fewer hereditary-angioedema attacks with one gene-editing treatment than with placebo
By Lab Report · Aug 27, 2026