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Want better sleep? Try getting outside
Spending time in nature has been shown to boost children’s cognitive development and improve mental health. One study even showed that just listening to nature is good for your health. Now, further research published in the Journal of Affective Disorders shows that one big aspect of time outdoors Read More...
Arachnophobia? There's an app for that
Spiders are creepy-looking creatures, so it shouldn’t come as a surprise that an estimated five percent of all humans on earth have a serious fear of spindly arachnids. In fact, one 2017 survey found that six-month-old babies often show stress reactions when exposed to spiders, suggesting that Read More...
Wild solutions: Bruce the parrot makes his own prosthetic beak
Bruce, a nine-year-old disabled parrot from New Zealand, has designed and uses his own prosthetic beak to the delight and surprise of wildlife researchers. When wildlife researchers found Bruce, he was only a baby and was already missing his upper beak, which was likely caught in a trap made for Read More...
This state-of-the-art hologram hits you right in the feels
Scientists at the University of Glasgow are making our futuristic science fantasies a reality. They have created a system that allows users to actually feel a hologram. 'Aerophatics' The system uses jets of air known as “aerophatics” to simulate the feeling of holding something. “Those jets Read More...
A team of Irish goats is Dublin’s solution to wildfire mitigation
A new initiative located just outside of the city of Dublin, Ireland is getting creative with conservation and wildfire mitigation by using the country's only indigenous goat species to manage a fire-prone hillside in Howth. Overlooking Dublin city centre, the hillside is now home to 25 Old Read More...
New fabulous fly species named after "Drag Race" host RuPaul
Australian scientist Bryan Lessard, otherwise known as “Bry the Fly Guy,” has discovered a new flashy rainbow fly species and named it after RuPaul, the famous “Drag Race” host, with the hope that it would serve as a positive signal for young LGBTQ individuals who are drawn to Read More...
7 powerful benefits of pomegranates
Pomegranate season is upon us yet again, and to celebrate, we want to explore the many health benefits of this ruby-red jewel of a fruit. “One cup of pomegranate arils contains about seven grams of fiber and three grams of protein,” nutritionist Amy Shapiro, MS, RD, CDN tells Well+Good. Read More...
4 Key strategies to employ in the upcoming UN climate summits
Two important climate summits are coming up as we near the end of 2021. The first, on September 24, will be the first in 40 years to focus specifically on energy. The second, the COP26, will run the first two weeks of November and aims to mobilize countries to step up their climate commitments as Read More...
Climate-resistant coffee of the future may come from this Finnish lab
From meat to milk to chocolate, lab-grown products have increased in popularity in recent years, as people look for alternatives with a minimal impact on the environment as well as the welfare of workers and animals. Now, coffee is about to join in on the lab-grown movement thanks to Finnish Read More...
Plants may literally light the way to sustainable energy sources
Scientists at MIT are in the process of developing a new source of passive lighting that could one day light up our streets. The surprising source? Glow-in-the-dark plants. The relatively new field of “plant nanobionics” involves embedding nanoparticles into plants to enhance the natural Read More...