Risks and advantages of raising chickens in your backyard
When it comes to backyard poultry farming, there are some basic do’s and don’ts for keeping both you and your animals safe.
Backyard poultry farming is a likely source of...
Eating a diet of high-fat foods immediately changes the brain
Eating a diet of high-fat foods contributes to irregularities in the hypothalamus region of the brain, according to new research.
The hypothalamus regulates body weight homeostasis and metabolism. While research...
Why consumers try to avoid awkwardness but want to feel special at supermarket?
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Optimism could be good for your lifespan
Optimism could boost our chances of living 85 years or more by over 50%, according to a new study based on decades of research.
Although research has identified many risk...
Wildfire emissions are just as bad for our health as vehicle and industrial emissions
Fire emissions from wildfires can contribute to cardiovascular disease hundreds of miles from the flames, according to new research.
The researchers say the risks are greater and more widespread than...
Could self-driving cars end with motion sickness?
A new project aims to identify and quantify motion sickness in passenger vehicles to help more people eventually enjoy self-driving cars.
Up to one-third of Americans experience motion sickness, according...
Intelligent robot creates basic tools with what’s on hand (that’s “MacGyvering”) :-)
Researchers have successfully trained an intelligent agent to create basic tools by combining objects.
The work, which uses a new capability to reason about shape, function, and attachment of unrelated...
If you use your phone on break, your brain doesn’t recharge
Using your phone on break during mentally challenging tasks doesn’t allow your brain to recharge effectively and may result in poorer performance, according to new research.
For the study, researchers...
What years of playing football do to brain’s white matter
Scientists have discovered a link between dementia, white matter in the brain, and the neurodegenerative disease CTE in former American football players.
When it comes to our brain health, both...
Quicker method to track outbreaks from poo in the pool
Whole genome sequencing technology may give scientists and health care workers a powerful weapon in tracking—and possibly controlling—outbreaks of serious diseases, researchers say.
In a new study, researchers discovered that...
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