https://phys.org/ en-us Phys.org internet news portal provides the latest news on science including: Physics, Nanotechnology, Life Sciences, Space Science, Earth Science, Environment, Health and Medicine. Academics from the University of Sheffield are warning that current gambling advertising rules may be insufficient after new research revealed that television gambling ads significantly influenced betting activity during the 2022 FIFA World Cup. The study examined betting behavior among men aged 18–45 in England during the tournament in Qatar, to see how exposure to gambling advertising on television influenced the likelihood of placing bets. https://phys.org/news/2026-02-gambling-advertising-world-cup.html Social Sciences Mon, 09 Feb 2026 13:23:47 EST news689865782 Although women have always been part of the mapping landscape, their contributions to cartography have long been overlooked. https://phys.org/news/2026-02-women-world-centuries-theyre-people.html Social Sciences Wed, 04 Feb 2026 12:06:20 EST news689429162 Using detailed surveys and machine learning computation, new research co-authored at UC Berkeley's Center for Effective Global Action finds that eradicating extreme poverty would be surprisingly affordable. https://phys.org/news/2026-02-bold-extreme-poverty-worldwide.html Economics & Business Wed, 04 Feb 2026 09:51:43 EST news689421062 International labor migration plays a vital role in supporting families across low- and middle-income countries, often providing a critical source of income for families back home. However, when mothers migrate abroad for work, young children may be left without steady parental care during important developmental stages. While this concern is widely discussed, there has been limited real-world evidence showing how policies that restrict maternal migration affect children's outcomes. https://phys.org/news/2026-02-policy-restricting-mothers-overseas-migration.html Social Sciences Tue, 03 Feb 2026 07:32:17 EST news689326321 Some tropical land regions may warm more dramatically than previously predicted, as climate change progresses, according to a new CU Boulder study that looks millions of years into Earth's past. Using lake sediments from the Colombian Andes, researchers reveal that when the planet warmed millions of years ago under carbon dioxide levels similar to today's, tropical land heated up nearly twice as much as the ocean. https://phys.org/news/2026-02-tropical-oceans-climate-sediment.html Earth Sciences Mon, 02 Feb 2026 15:00:12 EST news689266441 New research looks at carbon dioxide removal—where carbon is absorbed from the atmosphere and stored—and finds that large-scale reliance on land-based methods, such as planting forests or bioenergy with carbon capture and storage (BECCS), can protect biodiversity by avoiding climate impacts, but could also compete with biodiversity protection unless site selection criteria are refined. https://phys.org/news/2026-01-intensive-carbon-requires-siting-biodiversity.html Environment Fri, 30 Jan 2026 05:00:02 EST news688927261 Who grows our food? This seemingly simple question is getting harder to answer in a world where our food crosses borders to get to our plate. https://phys.org/news/2026-01-small-scale-farmers-rich-world.html Agriculture Wed, 28 Jan 2026 15:22:30 EST news688836121 Estimates of unlicensed online gambling in the Nordic countries vary widely and are often based on non-transparent data sources. This is shown by a new scoping review published in PLOS ONE. Led by researchers from, among others, Karolinska Institutet, the study reviews 32 reports and finds that figures describing the "black market" are frequently used as political arguments, despite unclear underlying methodologies. https://phys.org/news/2026-01-shaky-unlicensed-online-gambling-policymakers.html Political science Tue, 27 Jan 2026 16:10:03 EST news688751870 The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) crowdsourcing platform Did You Feel It? (DYFI) rapidly transforms people's earthquake shaking intensity experiences into detailed maps of damage extent. While the tool's reach is global, language and technology barriers prevent participation in certain areas, according to a USGS and University of Michigan Engineering study published in Seismological Research Letters. https://phys.org/news/2026-01-earthquake-crowdsourcing-tool.html Earth Sciences Tue, 27 Jan 2026 13:50:02 EST news688744176 Artificial intelligence is rapidly changing our society and economy. A new study shows that the majority of people believe that artificial intelligence is displacing more human labor than it is creating new opportunities. Scientists at the University of Vienna and Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (LMU) demonstrated a causal link: the stronger this perception, the more dissatisfied people are with democracy—and the less they participate in political debates about future technological developments. These effects occur even though artificial intelligence has had only a limited impact on the labor market so far. https://phys.org/news/2026-01-ai-job-killer-negatively-attitudes.html Economics & Business Mon, 26 Jan 2026 14:18:37 EST news688659481 Nearly 3.8 billion people could face extreme heat by 2050 and while tropical countries will bear the brunt cooler regions will also need to adapt, scientists said Monday. https://phys.org/news/2026-01-world-ready-extreme-scientists.html Environment Mon, 26 Jan 2026 13:50:04 EST news688657642 Global average temperature increases could pass the 1.5 degrees Celsius threshold outlined in the Paris Agreement by the end of the decade, according to the EU's Copernicus Climate Change Service, putting the world at greater risk of never-seen-before extreme weather events. https://phys.org/news/2026-01-world-track-breach-15c.html Earth Sciences Wed, 21 Jan 2026 23:10:02 EST news688230544 As part of its ongoing efforts to combat brucellosis, a serious and often neglected disease endemic to many low- and middle-income countries around the world, a team of researchers from the Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences (VMBS) has identified the specific species of the Brucella bacteria that causes illness in animals in Cameroon. https://phys.org/news/2026-01-brucella-species-livestock-infections-cameroon.html Cell & Microbiology Wed, 21 Jan 2026 16:30:18 EST news688235401 As the US administration led by Donald Trump has continued to reassert its interest in owning Greenland, Europe has become more and more concerned about the security situation in the Arctic. https://phys.org/news/2026-01-stoking-greenland-debate-states.html Political science Tue, 20 Jan 2026 21:50:01 EST news688146203 Faced with exploding global demand for protein and the growing environmental impact of animal farming, insects are emerging as an attractive alternative: they are rich in nutrients, resource-efficient and have already been tested by researchers, businesses and chefs. https://phys.org/news/2026-01-insects-sustainable-solution-overhyped-idea.html Ecology Mon, 19 Jan 2026 19:30:01 EST news688042408 For many women in Ethiopia, getting their first formal job doesn't just change their income; it can change how they describe who they are in everyday public interactions. https://phys.org/news/2026-01-ethiopian-women-safety-ethnic-identity.html Economics & Business Mon, 19 Jan 2026 12:02:20 EST news688046522 For much of the 20th century, Sweden enjoyed a justifiable reputation as one of Europe's most egalitarian countries. Yet over the past two decades, it has transformed into what journalist and author Andreas Cervenka calls a "paradise for the super-rich." https://phys.org/news/2026-01-lazy-complacent-swedish-pensioners-abolishing.html Economics & Business Mon, 19 Jan 2026 11:59:17 EST news688046342 Statutory gender quotas on the boards of public companies increase the number of women CEOs in private firms, research from Bayes Business School (formerly Cass) suggests. https://phys.org/news/2026-01-gender-quotas-company-boards-spur.html Economics & Business Mon, 19 Jan 2026 10:15:15 EST news688040041 Once the world's most populous nation, China is now among the many Asian countries struggling with anemic fertility rates. In an attempt to double the country's rate of 1.0 children per woman, Beijing is reaching for a new tool: taxes on condoms, birth control pills and other contraceptives. https://phys.org/news/2026-01-opinion-china-condom-tax-effective.html Social Sciences Fri, 16 Jan 2026 08:54:19 EST news687776041 Oceans shape everyday life in powerful ways. They cover 70% of the planet, carry 90% of global trade, and support millions of jobs and the diets of billions of people. As global competition intensifies and climate change accelerates, the world's oceans are also becoming the front line of 21st-century geopolitics. https://phys.org/news/2026-01-global-power-struggles-ocean-finite.html Economics & Business Fri, 16 Jan 2026 08:52:41 EST news687775922 Michel Tama Sadiakhou's future dramatically changed course some 15 years ago thanks to a clan of spear-wielding apes: instead of the dangerous work in informal gold mines that is the fate of many in Senegal's far southeast, he now researches rare chimpanzees. https://phys.org/news/2026-01-remote-senegal-chimp-gold-perils.html Plants & Animals Thu, 15 Jan 2026 10:10:07 EST news687693748 When indoor air pollution makes the news in western countries, it often feels like a local issue. One week it focuses on wood-burning stoves. Another it is gas cookers or the question of whether people should open their windows more often in winter. https://phys.org/news/2026-01-indoor-air-pollution-global-health.html Environment Tue, 13 Jan 2026 20:30:03 EST news687533086 A new study into one of the world's most popular tobacco leaf production processes has revealed its particularly damaging harms to the environment and how it impacts farmers' lives in Zimbabwe. https://phys.org/news/2026-01-deforestation-economic-flue-tobacco-zimbabwe.html Economics & Business Tue, 13 Jan 2026 12:42:20 EST news687530522 The agricultural industry may be producing more food than ever before, but it is also damaging the climate, harming the soil and eroding biodiversity. https://phys.org/news/2026-01-urge-approach-sustainable-agriculture-policy.html Biotechnology Tue, 13 Jan 2026 12:41:24 EST news687530461 The Group of Twenty (G20) emerged from the financial turmoil that followed the collapse of the Thai currency in 1997, which rapidly spread financial instability from Thailand to the rest of Asia. https://phys.org/news/2026-01-g20-built-stabilize-world-economy.html Political science Mon, 12 Jan 2026 10:02:30 EST news687434522 Growing up in rural India, my grandmother would feed the village dog half a chapati and a bowl of milk each afternoon, surely insufficient for its needs. The dog survived by scavenging from nearby homes. Years later, living in Delhi, I encountered street dogs refusing biscuits, overfed by households competing to care for them. https://phys.org/news/2026-01-india-million-street-dogs-village.html Veterinary medicine Mon, 12 Jan 2026 09:46:22 EST news687433561 For more than three decades, DHS provided vital demographic and health data on population, health, HIV, and nutrition in over 90 countries. Its termination leaves major gaps in tracking the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), particularly in low- and middle-income countries. https://phys.org/news/2026-01-global-gaps-highlight-citizen-science.html Education Sat, 10 Jan 2026 15:00:01 EST news687106817 Many Australian parents of school-age children will be looking forward to a break from the routine of packing school lunch boxes over the summer holidays. But in some other countries, lunch boxes are increasingly being replaced by school lunch programs. https://phys.org/news/2026-01-australia-school-lunch-high-income.html Economics & Business Tue, 06 Jan 2026 09:36:30 EST news686914562 While the spread of raccoons in Europe is often discussed, their companion tends to remain unnoticed: The raccoon roundworm Baylisascaris procyonis arrived in Europe at the beginning of the 20th century with the first raccoons from North America. https://phys.org/news/2025-12-raccoon-roundworm-european-countries.html Plants & Animals Fri, 19 Dec 2025 09:12:19 EST news685357921 For people living in the EU, the price of their next car, home renovation and even local produce may soon reflect a climate policy that many have never even heard of. This new regulation, which comes fully into force on New Year's Day, does not just target heavy industry—it affects everyday goods which now face an added carbon cost when they enter Europe. https://phys.org/news/2025-12-europe-carbon-tax-imported-goods.html Environment Thu, 18 Dec 2025 20:40:02 EST news685276824