New research has found that allotment gardening promotes positive body image, which measures someone’s appreciation of their own body and its functions, and an acceptance of bodily imperfections.
Gardening Helps to Grow Positive Body Image
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Climate Disasters Increase Risks of Armed Conflicts: New Evidence
The risk for violent clashes increases after weather extremes such as droughts or floods hit people in vulnerable countries, an international team of scientists finds.
Scientists Develop “Backpack” Computers to Track Wild Animals in Hard-To-Reach Habitats
To truly understand an animal species is to observe its behavior and social networks in the wild. With new technology described today (April 2) in PLOS Biology, researchers are able to track tiny animals that divide their time between flying around in the sky and huddling together in caves and hollow trees – by attaching little backpacks to them with glue.
Want to Stop Consumer Hoarding in Times of Crisis? New Research May Provide the Answer
Consumer stockpiling and hoarding took center stage in recent months as the COVID-19 virus has spread around the world, and with it, panic buying on the part of millions.
Smaller Scale Solutions Needed for Rapid Progress Towards Emissions Targets
Low-carbon technologies that are smaller scale, more affordable, and can be mass deployed are more likely to enable a faster transition to net-zero emissions, according to a new study by an international team of researchers.
Drugs Considered for COVID-19 Can Raise Risk for Dangerous Abnormal Heart Rhythms
As some consider treating coronavirus patients with a combination of the malaria drug hydroxychloroquine and the antibiotic azithromycin, cardiologists are advising caution because both medications can increase the risk for dangerous abnormal heart rhythms.
