Speed-of-processing cognitive training in older adults significantly reduced dementia risk over 20 years, outperforming memory and reasoning training. Its adaptive, implicit learning approach may explain the benefit. Adults ages 65 and older who completed five to six weeks of cognitive speed training, known as speed of processing training, were less likely to develop dementia, including […]
A Simple Injection Could Help the Heart Heal Itself After a Heart Attack
A new RNA-based therapy aims to address one of cardiology’s most persistent challenges: the heart’s inability to regenerate after injury. After a heart attack, restoring blood flow is often only part of the battle. Even when blocked arteries are reopened, the heart is left with permanent damage because lost muscle cells do not grow back. […]
These Unusual Glaciers Don’t Behave Like Others – and Scientists Say They Are Incredibly Dangerous
A global analysis of more than 3,100 surging glaciers reveals a dynamic and unevenly distributed phenomenon that challenges conventional expectations about glacier retreat. While most of the world’s glaciers are steadily shrinking as temperatures rise, a small subset behaves in a very different way. These glaciers can suddenly accelerate, surge forward, and reshape entire landscapes […]
These Unusual Glaciers Don’t Behave Like Others – and Scientists Say They Are Incredibly Dangerous
A global analysis of more than 3,100 surging glaciers reveals a dynamic and unevenly distributed phenomenon that challenges conventional expectations about glacier retreat. While most of the world’s glaciers are steadily shrinking as temperatures rise, a small subset behaves in a very different way. These glaciers can suddenly accelerate, surge forward, and reshape entire landscapes […]
These Unusual Glaciers Don’t Behave Like Others – and Scientists Say They Are Incredibly Dangerous
A global analysis of more than 3,100 surging glaciers reveals a dynamic and unevenly distributed phenomenon that challenges conventional expectations about glacier retreat. While most of the world’s glaciers are steadily shrinking as temperatures rise, a small subset behaves in a very different way. These glaciers can suddenly accelerate, surge forward, and reshape entire landscapes […]
These Unusual Glaciers Don’t Behave Like Others – and Scientists Say They Are Incredibly Dangerous
A global analysis of more than 3,100 surging glaciers reveals a dynamic and unevenly distributed phenomenon that challenges conventional expectations about glacier retreat. While most of the world’s glaciers are steadily shrinking as temperatures rise, a small subset behaves in a very different way. These glaciers can suddenly accelerate, surge forward, and reshape entire landscapes […]
Why Your Daily Shower Could Be Worsening the Water Crisis
Household habits drive water use, and changing them through behavioral insights and real-time feedback is key to reducing shortages. Changing everyday habits, such as how people shower, report leaks, and flush toilets, could help reduce England’s projected daily water shortfall of five billion liters (about 1.32 billion gallons), according to a new University of Surrey-led […]
Scientists Find Surprising Way To Protect Hedgehogs From Roads
Scientists found hedgehogs hear ultrasound, raising hopes for repellents to reduce road deaths. Researchers at the University of Oxford suggest that ultrasonic repellers could help lower the number of hedgehogs killed by cars. Their idea builds on new research published in Biology Letters, which shows for the first time that hedgehogs can detect high-frequency ultrasound. […]
Scientists Find Surprising Way To Protect Hedgehogs From Roads
Scientists found hedgehogs hear ultrasound, raising hopes for repellents to reduce road deaths. Researchers at the University of Oxford suggest that ultrasonic repellers could help lower the number of hedgehogs killed by cars. Their idea builds on new research published in Biology Letters, which shows for the first time that hedgehogs can detect high-frequency ultrasound. […]
Penguins in Zoos Age Faster Than Their Wild Counterparts
Zoo penguins live longer but age faster, suggesting that comfort and abundance can harm long-term health despite increasing lifespan. In many Western countries, longer life expectancy is often assumed to mean better health in later years. In reality, aging is influenced by a wide range of factors, including medical care, diet, poverty, alcohol use, and […]