Planning a Year You’ll Stick To
Telematics: Transmitting data over long distances
Telematics. It’s a field you don’t often hear about, but it’s there. And you likely have a touch of it in your life whether you realise it or not. You definitely do if you have a navigation board in your car. What is telematics? What can it do for you? Is it intrusive to your …
Does Exercising More Frequently Really Extend Your Lifespan?
It can be difficult to find time to exercise on a regular basis, but research suggests that doing so can reduce your risk of premature death. That being said, what happens to those who exceed exercise requirements, as stated by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)? Do they have an even greater chance …
‘Vampire’ Child Discovered in a Grave in Italy
We’ve all heard the legends of vampires, and thanks to Bram Stoker’s “Dracula,” we’re usually given the creeps when we think of the undead menace. But while most of us assume that the legends are nothing more than child’s play, this wasn’t always the case. In fact, there are still many cultures around the world …
The Reality of the Relationship Between Mental Health and Global Warming
Editor’s Note: Due to the nature of the research being incomplete with data, we have identified this as an example of bad science. What would have made this better science is if the original researchers could have isolated the “problems with emotions” to specifically the weather without any other militating factors. Mental health challenges arise …
Bradford Pear: A Lesson in Toying with Invasive Species
Today, we know that introducing a foreign species into a habitat, no matter how benign it seems to be, is a really bad idea. The Bradford pear is one prime example of this. The small and decorative tree was a staple of the thousands of new subdivisions that sprung up across the country between the …
More Younger People are Being Diagnosed with Dementia
Many people associate dementia — the degenerative brain disease that causes memory loss, confusion and speech problems — with the elderly. However, the fact of the matter is that the disease does not discriminate according to age. This is at least what doctors are seeing in the UK. According to the Alzheimer’s Society, about 850,000 …
Pluto….The Planet? The Debate Rages On
Back in 2006, the International Astronomic Union passed a resolution to adopt a new, formal definition of a “planet.” According to their standards, bodies that orbit the Sun, are spherical, do not orbit other bodies and have cleared their orbits can be deemed “planets.” It was when this ruling was made that Pluto became known …
Carlos Finlay: Mosquitoes, Yellow Fever, and a Big Case of “I Told You So”
Pop Quiz – What animal is responsible for the most human deaths every year? If you said “shark” or “alligator” or “snake”, you would be wrong. Sure, these animals are dangerous, but they actually result in very few human deaths each year. The animal that poses the biggest threat to humans is the mosquito. Mosquitoes …
Baby Walker Injuries are on the Rise: Is It Time for a Ban?
Baby walkers are seemingly harmless devices that offer fun to little ones and their parents alike. However, hospital emergency rooms treat more than 2,000 babies a year for injuries stemming from these walkers, and now, American pediatricians are calling for a ban (Cohen, 2018). “I view infant walkers as inherently dangerous objects that have no …