Why do we like what we like? The neuroscience behind the objects that please us

Dec 19, 2022 16:41 pm UTC| Health

We humans, like other cognitive systems, are sensitive to our environment. We use sensory information to guide our behaviour. To be in the world. We decide how to act based on the hedonic value we assign to objects,...

Festive bulge: scientists offer advice on how to beat overeating

Dec 19, 2022 16:38 pm UTC| Health

Christmas and New Year are holidays with dietary excesses that many of us cannot control. This often leads to the festive bulge. As the holidays approach, could there be a recipe to contain this weight gain and pave the...

Asahi to boost sales of non-alcoholic, low-alcohol beverages

Dec 14, 2022 23:26 pm UTC| Economy Business Investing Life Health

Asahi Group Holdings would begin making minority investments in US start-ups from January 2023 through its Asahi Group Beverages Innovation Fund which will open up new markets for low-alcohol and non-alcohol...

Luxury skincare brand Cha Ling shuts stores in China due to COVID-19 disruptions

Dec 13, 2022 22:52 pm UTC| Life Economy Business Health

Luxury skincare brand Cha Ling has closed all its physical stores in China to optimize its retail strategy as Covid-19 disruptions continue The LVMH-owned Cha Ling, which operated stores in China for five years, also...

Canadian university identifies low carbon foods in student meals

Dec 13, 2022 22:50 pm UTC| Health Nature Science Economy Business

Polytechnique Montreal grades cafeteria dishes from A to F corresponding to equivalent CO2 emissions in kilograms, according to Patrick Cigana of the schools Office of Sustainable Development. This allows students to...

China could face a catastrophic COVID surge as it lifts restrictions – here’s how it might play out

Dec 08, 2022 10:48 am UTC| Insights & Views Health

China is the only major country which, until now, has continued to enforce a zero-COVID strategy. Other countries, including Australia, New Zealand and Singapore, also sought to eliminate COVID entirely earlier in the...

As homelessness grows, its stark impact on health is becoming clearer across Europe

Dec 08, 2022 10:46 am UTC| Health

The latest data compiled by the Spanish National Institute of Statistics show that the number of homeless people has grown by 25% in Spain in the last ten years. This social problem has gone from affecting 22,900 people in...