Living close to nature and spending time outside has significant and wide-ranging health benefits – according to new research from the University of East Anglia.
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Scientists developing guidebook for finding life beyond earth
RIVERSIDE, Calif. (http://www.ucr.edu) — If you’re looking for a manual on the hunt for alien life, you’re in luck. Some of the leading experts in
Why plants are so sensitive to gravity: The lowdown
If you tilt a plant, it will alter its growth to bend back upwards. But how does it detect the inclination? With cellular clinometers:
US public companies have increasingly shorter lifespans, IU research says
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — At a time when more Americans are living longer, the companies where many people spend their working lives have increasingly shorter lifespans,
3 fascinating facts about guitars
If you are an audiophile and you like rock, blues, or country music, you probably have several favorite guitar players. There are hundreds of thousands
New study finds world’s largest desert, the Sahara, has grown by 10 percent since 1920
The Sahara Desert has expanded by about 10 percent since 1920, according to a new study by National Science Foundation (NSF)-funded scientists at the
Tips for yoga beginners
If you’re thinking of taking up yoga either to lose some pounds or because it might relax you, you’ve ended up in the right place.
More accurate estimates of methane emissions from dairy cattle developed
Leading the worldwide effort to get a better handle on methane emissions from animals, an international consortium of researchers devised more accurate models to estimate
‘Oumuamua likely came from a binary star system
New research finds that ‘Oumuamua, the rocky object identified as the first confirmed interstellar asteroid, very likely came from a binary star system. “It’s remarkable
Would you pay for an Ebola vaccine? Most say yes.
The 2014-2016 West African Ebola outbreak was the deadliest in history, infecting more than 28,000 people and killing more than 11,000. While the number of