Giving people information about how much gas or electricity their neighbours use encourages them to use less energy, research shows.
Knowing Your Neighbor Cares About the Environment Encourages People to Use Less Energy
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Wildfire season: is this the new normal?
More than 500 wildfires were still burning in B.C. in September, with the Yukon, Alberta, Ontario, Quebec, and parts of the Atlantic provinces all experiencing one of the worst fire seasons in history.
World’s First Passive Anti-Frosting Surface Fights Ice With Ice
Nothing foretells the coming of winter like frost on windshields.
While the inconvenience of scraping or defrosting car windows may define cold mornings for many drivers, the toll frost takes on the larger economy is more than just a nuisance. From delayed flights to power outages, ice buildup can cost consumers and companies billions of dollars every year in lost efficiency and mechanical breakdown.
Household cleaners may cause obesity in young children
Killing germs around the house may have a surprisingly negative impact on young children’s waistlines.
First Evidence That Soot from Polluted Air Is Reaching Placenta
Evidence of tiny particles of carbon, typically created by burning fossil fuels, has been found in placentas for the first time, in new research presented today (Sunday) at the European Respiratory Society International Congress.
Aspirin Found Not to Prolong Healthy Aging
Taking a low-dose aspirin daily does not prolong healthy living in older adults, according to findings from the ASPirin in Reducing Events in the Elderly (ASPREE) trial published online Sept. 16 in three papers in The New England Journal of Medicine.
