In addition to affecting respiratory and eye health, especially among children, the elderly and vulnerable people, fires can cause significant impacts on mental health, including cases of stress, anxiety and outbreaks of fear.
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New information regarding the formation of supermassive dark holes answers the question of how they were able to form at the beginning of time. The study has been published by UCLA astrophysicists in Physical Review Letters.
Greenland is warming at a worrying rate due to several atmospheric and climatic factors. This accelerated ice melting has great implications for our livelihood.
A new study on how the incompleteness of the fossil record affects how we reconstruct evolutionary history proves that Darwin’s fears for his theory of evolution are unjustified.
A number of records, including global temperatures, were broken in 2023 according to analysis of Earth’s key climate indicators.
A new interpretation of the runic inscription on the Forsa Ring (Forsaringen in Swedish), provides new insights into the monetary system used during the Viking Age. These findings represent the oldest documented value in Scandinavia. Find out what the inscription means here!
A new fossil penguin discovered in the Hakataramea Valley, South Canterbury had helped palaeontologists understand how penguins’ wings have evolved throughout geological time and the evolutionary history of the bird.
Using a mindfulness smartphone app for as little as 10 minutes a day can improve your mental health and promote healthy behaviour, new research finds.
Inspired by the famous Climate Warming Stripes, researchers create Air Quality Strips to demonstrate how air quality has changed since the beginning of the Industrial Revolution.
The extreme El Niño conditions of 2015-2016 caused a significant loss of carbon that was locked away in the Amazon basin. Now it has been shown that these effects may be longer lasting in the carbon cycle.
Microgravity has unimaginable effects on the human body, including increasing height. Why this happens and why it is not always good news.
A new dinosaur from Kyrgyzstan has been named after multiple excavations during 2006 and 2023. This is the first large, predatory dinosaur discovered in the region and the fossil displays some unique characteristics, such as a large protruding “eyebrow”.