Stanford University scientists have found that when recreational runners are left to their own devices and outfitted with a wearable fitness tracker, they prefer to run at the same calorie-saving pace, regardless of the distance ...
Other
Apr 28, 2022
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Organized play and sporting opportunities for children have finally started to resume after having just passed the two-year mark of the pandemic.
Social Sciences
Apr 13, 2022
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A team led by UTSW researchers has identified a molecule produced by male parasitic worms called schistosomes that prompts sexual maturity in females of these species. The findings, reported in Cell, help answer a century-old ...
Molecular & Computational biology
Apr 6, 2022
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For several years in a row, Finland has topped the prestigious World Happiness Report, bringing a lot of attention to the modest Nordic country of 5.5 million people. What's the recipe for a content and healthy city in a ...
Social Sciences
Mar 16, 2022
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Sufficient physical activity is vital to staying healthy. But for office workers whose job means spending most of the day at their desks, staying active is difficult. Researchers in Japan shed light on how office workers ...
Economics & Business
Feb 24, 2022
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As parents and schools seek to support students' social and emotional needs—and teach them what they need to learn—some education leaders are missing one particularly effective opportunity.
Education
Feb 15, 2022
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New Leicester space research has revealed, for the first time, a complex 'tug-of-war' lights up aurorae in Jupiter's upper atmosphere, using a combination of data from NASA's Juno probe and the Hubble Space Telescope.
Planetary Sciences
Feb 3, 2022
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Children need help to recover from the disruption COVID has brought to their schooling. Much of the focus—and government funding—has been on academic catch-up. Some schools are beginning to trial adding an hour to the ...
Social Sciences
Jan 11, 2022
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Lockdown affected people's sex lives in a variety of ways, with young people and those not living with a partner reporting the greatest changes, according to researchers from UCL, the University of Glasgow and the National ...
Social Sciences
Dec 17, 2021
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Just about everyone knows that exercise is good for you. Some people can even rattle off reasons it keeps your muscles and joints strong, and how it fights off certain diseases. But how many people can tell you the story ...
Plants & Animals
Nov 22, 2021
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