Exercise: motivation gets you started, but routine keeps you going
Dec 07, 2016 23:29 pm UTC| Health
Our interactive body map of how a lack of physical activity makes you sick may have got you thinking, but it can be difficult to know how to get started if you dont regularly exercise. Here we review the best science...
Interactive body map: physical inactivity and the risks to your health
Dec 07, 2016 23:27 pm UTC| Health
Physical inactivity has consistently been shown to be one of the most powerful, modifiable risk factors for all causes of death and disease, alongside smoking and obesity. This interactive body map brings together...
Seven essential tips to breaking up with sugar
Dec 07, 2016 23:23 pm UTC| Health
As we come to the end of 2016, many of us start to look back and reflect. The year has been defining even redefining in many ways. Politics, technology and culture have all seen major leaps and in some cases, hurdles....
Sleep deprivation costs the economy billions – and sends workers to an early grave
Dec 06, 2016 20:38 pm UTC| Insights & Views Economy Health
The British economy loses 40 billion a year due to sleep deprivation, according to a new study. Beyond the loss of economic output, sleep-deprived Britons are shortening their lives. The study shows that people who sleep...
Smoking during pregnancy may lead to later substance use in the child
Dec 06, 2016 20:20 pm UTC| Health
Smoking during pregnancy is a well-known risk factor for many health problems in children, including low birth weight, heart defects and asthma. In our latest study, we show that smoking in pregnancy also increases the...
How 'neuroparenting' is sapping the joy out of family life
Dec 06, 2016 07:52 am UTC| Life Health
The concept of neuroparenting is making great waves among parents at the moment, with claims that neuroscience and new knowledge about brain development can help us to know once and for all how children ought to be...
New Insecticide Results In Bloated Mosquitoes Before Dying
Dec 06, 2016 07:49 am UTC| Science Health
Mosquitos are the single deadliest insects in the world, killing millions of people every year through various diseases like dengue, malaria, and most recently, afflicting infants with the devastating effects of the Zika...
Johannesburg in a time of darkness: Ivan Vladislavić’s new memoir reminds us of the city’s fragility
Economist Chris Richardson on an ‘ugly’ inflation result and the coming budget
Biden administration tells employers to stop shackling workers with ‘noncompete agreements’
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects