Long-term relationship with owner reduces horses’ stress reactions in new situations
A new study shows that horses can be more reluctant in new situations if they have multiple riders, have had several owners or the horse...
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Climate extremes: The energy required for adaptation calls for stronger mitigation efforts
A new study published today in Nature Communications by researchers from the Euro-Mediterranean Center on Climate Change, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, the European Institute on Economics and the Environment and the London...
New report highlights opportunities for conservation of ladybirds globally
A report into the global status of ladybirds reveals the threats they face and lays out a roadmap for conservation. These vital pest controllers for...
Apply for free Capture the Fracture assessment and recognition for your Fracture Liaison Service
The International Osteoporosis Foundation’s (IOF) Capture the Fracture® program recently launched a new, enhanced online platform to enable coordinated post-fracture care (PFC) services (commonly known as...
Feeling anxious or blue? Ultra-processed foods may be to blame
Do you love those sugary-sweet beverages, reconstituted meat products and packaged snacks? You may want to reconsider based on a new study that explored whether...
The talking dead: burials inform migrations in Indonesia
The discovery by researchers from The Australian National University (ANU) of three bodies on Indonesia’s Alor Island, dating from 7,500 to 13,000 years ago, sheds...
Mechanism behind deadly fungal infection on top of influenza or Covid-19 deciphered
Over 15 per cent of all critically ill patients who end up in intensive care with severe influenza or Covid-19 additionally develop aspergillosis, a pulmonary...
Hospitalizations for unintentional cannabis poisonings among Canadian children surged after legalization, particularly in jurisdictions where the sale of cannabis edibles was allowed
Canada has seen a 6.3 fold increase in hospitalizations for unintentional cannabis poisoning among children under the age of 10 since the legalization of recreational...
NIH experts review monkeypox challenges
WHAT: Lessons learned from the public health responses to the HIV and COVID-19 pandemics should help guide the response to the current outbreak of monkeypox,...
Experiment on YouTube reveals potential to ‘inoculate’ millions of users against misinformation
Short animations giving viewers a taste of the tactics behind misinformation can help to “inoculate” people against harmful content on social media when deployed in...
How near-death experiences and psychedelics alter attitudes about death
A new study compares how people’s attitudes about death may change after a psychedelic drug experience versus a non-drug-related near-death experience or similar event, finding...
Twitter shows lower-to-middle income countries have higher unemployment post pandemic
TORONTO, Aug. 24, 2022 – Lower-to-middle-income countries still struggle with high unemployment rates after COVID-19 lockdowns and economic restrictions, unlike higher-income countries such as Canada, finds...
Researchers discover fossils of giant sea lizard that ruled the oceans 66 million years ago
Researchers have discovered a huge new mosasaur from Morocco, named Thalassotitan atrox, which filled the apex predator niche. With massive jaws and teeth like those...
New method of examining the brain’s electrical signals could hold the key to better treatment of epilepsy and schizophrenia
A new method of examining the brain’s electrical signals could hold the key to better treatment and understanding of conditions like epilepsy and schizophrenia.Credit: Aston...
Sawfish fossils suggest teeth likely evolved from body scales in ancient fish
ERIE, Pa. — Scientists have long debated the origins of teeth. Did they evolve from body scales that migrated into the mouths of ancient vertebrates...
