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Fruits and vegetables give you the feel-good factor
University of Warwick research indicates that eating more fruit and vegetables can substantially increase people’s later happiness levels.
To be published shortly in the prestigious...
Report identifies ways to boost children’s quality of life through outdoor learning
Outdoor learning can have a significant and positive impact on children's quality of life but needs to be introduced more formally into global school...
Poor sleep health could contribute to inflammatory disease
A new meta-analysis in Biological Psychiatryreports that sleep disturbances and long sleep duration are associated with increases in markers of inflammation.
"It is important to...
Dawn maps Ceres craters where ice can accumulate
At the poles of Ceres, scientists have found craters that are permanently in shadow (indicated by blue markings). Such craters are called "cold traps"...
New record in microwave detection
Aalto University scientists have broken the world record by fourteen fold in the energy resolution of thermal photodetection.
The record was made using a partially...
Noctilucent Clouds Tour France
Bright noctilucent or night shining clouds are not familiar sights from northern France. But these electric-blue waves coursed through skies over the small town...
Massive open-access database on human cultures created
Norms of domestic organization vary substantially among the world's cultural groups. For the global sample of societies in D-PLACE, a nearly equal number tend...
Where did it all go wrong? Scientists identify ‘cell of origin’ in skin cancers
The green-labelled cells show a basal cell carcinoma in mouse tail epidermis derived from a single mutant stem cell and expanding out of the...
Mars Canyons Study Adds Clues about Possible Water
Blue dots on this map indicate sites of recurring slope lineae (RSL) in part of the Valles Marineris canyon network on Mars. RSL are...
When red evokes mischief
The color red is usually associated with inducing compliant behavior with stop signs, warning lights and corrections on a graded assignment.
What if this color...
Research reveals why males outnumber females in bird world
Female birds 'fly the nest' from sparsely populated breeding sites leaving behind small groups of lonely males -- according to new research from the...
