2-Jan-2025 A snowstorm’s a-brewing — be careful out there to stay heart-healthy American Heart Association Research shows that the exertion of shoveling snow may lead to an increased risk of a heart attack or sudden cardiac arrest.
2-Jan-2025 HKU researchers document chestnut tiger butterfly's new record 3,000 km flight from Japan to Hong Kong The University of Hong Kong On 21 December 2024, Dr Yuet Fung LING, a postdoctoral fellow at The University of Hong Kong's (HKU) School of Biological Sciences (SBS), made an unexpected discovery. While catching butterflies at Repulse Bay, he noticed a male Chestnut Tiger (Parantica sita) – a rare species in Hong Kong – with a sticker on its wing. Intriguingly, the tag bore Japanese characters and the date ‘18 Aug’, revealing that this butterfly had been tagged and released in Fukushima four months earlier.
2-Jan-2025 The culprit behind many broken New Year’s resolutions Mayo Clinic There is a common culprit behind many broken New Year's resolutions and other unrealized goals, and it can influence your thoughts and actions without your awareness, says Safia Debar, M.B.B.S., a general practitioner and resiliency expert at Mayo Clinic Healthcare in London.
31-Dec-2024 Ready to take the plunge? University of Washington School of Medicine/UW Medicine New Year’s Day will see gatherings large and small stepping out from the heated comfort of their cars, shedding their heavy coats, shirts and pants, and wearing only bathing suits and towels to fight off the cold. Some come to wash away the old year and jump or splash into the new. Others come to take advantage of reported health benefits of a cold plunge, which range from reducing blood sugar to easing depression.
30-Dec-2024 Of climate change and human development: The Eifel maar lakes represent a unique geoarchive for all of Central Europe Johannes Gutenberg Universitaet Mainz The Eifel Laminated Sediment Archive (ELSA) was launched in 1999. Today it provides an internationally valuable geoarchive providing us with insights into climate, environment, volcanism, and human behavior in the distant past.
