Category: Health

Mon 28 December 2020: Britain is set to ban ”buy one get one free” promotions for food which is high in fat, sugar, and salt content. In addition, the country is set to ban free refills of sugary soft drinks in restaurants starting April 2022.  The government on Monday announced that this constitutes its bigger […]

Tue 15 December 2020: The answer is ‘yes,’ with some big ‘if’s. Here are 3 things we must do. The science is in: We don’t have to accept a fate of gloom and doom for the Earth. This is a hopeful wake-up call, but only if we act with great urgency. In recent, published research […]

Fri 11 December 2020: Spending time in nature has long been known as important to human well-being. And now, with people cooped up in their houses due to the pandemic, the allure of natural environments is stronger than ever. In a new study, conducted at Senckenberg Gesellschaft für Naturforschung, the iDiv, and the University of Kiel, […]

Sat 05 December 2020: You might have observed plants competing for sunlight — the way they stretch upwards and outwards to block each other’s access to the sun’s rays — but out of sight, another type of competition is happening underground. In the same way that you might change the way you forage for free […]

Fri 04 December 2020: Each year, billions of pounds of trash and other pollutants enter the ocean. Each year, billions of pounds of trash and other pollutants enter the ocean. Where does this pollution come from? Where does it go? Some of the debris ends up on our beaches, washed in with the waves and […]

Fri 27 November 2020: As Albertans prepare for the cold, dry winter months ahead, many people are using ultrasonic or cool-mist humidifiers in their homes. But using anything other than distilled water may be polluting the air in your home, according to new research by University of Alberta chemists. “Our study showed that operating an […]

Thu 26 November 2020: Aluminum – the material that severely transformed the world around us by solving many problems, from structural engineering to spaceflight or food packaging. Nowadays, we take aluminum for granted, because it has a broad range of applications in almost all parts of our everyday life, from healthcare to transportation. Yet, the […]