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Waves crashing and water churning are typical sounds humans may hear from the ocean, but creatures that call it home are being objectified to noises from ships, drilling and even surfing – and it is becoming unbearable. A team of 25 international scientists analyzed more than 10,000 papers of marine acoustics starting back to the … Read more
UK faces double-dip recession as business activity PLUNGES in January with brutal lockdown sending the economy back into the red Closely-watched PMI data showed a dramatic slowdown in business activity The downturn in January underlined fears economy has gone into reverse The UK is struggling to recover from the worst recession in 300 years last … Read more
Smartphone fitness apps and wearable activity trackers really boost physical activity levels, a new study reveals. After analysing data of 7,454 people, researchers found smartphone apps or activity trackers increased physical activity by an average of 1,850 steps a day. Apps and tracker programmes that included text-messaging involving prompts and cues, and more tailored and … Read more
Physical activity levels in England has plummeted during the coronavirus pandemic, with sports clubs and gyms forced to close and large swathes of the population left working from home on never-ending Zoom calls. The alarming decline has seen the proportion of adults in England engaged in 150 minutes of physical activity each week fall from … Read more
The Equality and Human Right Commission today outlined numerous examples of anti-Semitism within Labour ranks and the failure of the party leadership to deal with it. The 130-page report by the Equality and Human Rights Commission found ‘significant failings in the way the Labour Party has handled anti-Semitism complaints over the last four years’ with ‘specific … Read more
Motivation to learn new things and engage with life declines with age due to falling activity in a brain circuit that weighs costs and benefits, a study on mice suggested. US experts have been studying ‘striosomes’ — clusters of cells in the basal ganglia, a brain area linked to habit formation, movement control, emotion and … Read more
A ‘haunted’ mansion once home to a millionaire businessman who fled after claiming the estate was full of ghosts has went on the market for £2.7million. The South Wing at Clifton Hall, in Nottinghamshire, was occupied for only eight months by Anwar Rashid and his family before they handed the property to his bank. It boasts … Read more
The upcoming reboot of the 1996 hit The Craft released its official trailer on Tuesday. The clip follows a new student, who befriends three other teenage girls dabbling in witchcraft. After a few of her male classmates crudely prank Hannah (Cailee Spaeny) on her first day in Catholic school, she is approached by three girls, who find … Read more
North Korea’s nuclear activity is a ‘cause for serious concern’ with some facilities continuing to operate, UN watchdog warns UN fears Pyongyang is breaching international law with nuclear operations International Atomic Energy Agency voices warning in report issued this week Concerns raised over Yongbyon nuclear site in secretive country US warns sellers not to supply … Read more
Slowing down brain activity during the ‘dreaming’ stage of sleep can help people lose weight and beat addictions, study finds During the REM phase of sleep, parts of the brain are active as if it was awake One such region is the hypothalamus, which is involved in feeding and appetite Experts from Switzerland turned off hypothalamic … Read more