Experts have identified a diet that could slash dementia risk by up to 25 per cent One key lifestyle change ‘may prevent Alzheimer’s and related dementias’, experts say(Image: Getty Images) It’s not too late to start eating better for your brain, new research suggests. A new study found that the benefits of a “brain-healthy” diet…
Scientists have discovered a pesticide linked to cancer at very high levels in tampons in the UK An alarming report found a toxic pesticide in the tampons tested(Image: Getty Images) Scientists have issued a warning to Brits after discovering toxic pesticides in tampons at levels 40 times the drinking water limit. Experts have tested 15…
Participant characterization In total, 627 participants (394 women/233 men) were included in this study (Table 1 and Supplementary Table S2 in the Electronic Supplementary Material). The median age was 52.0 (43.0, 62.5) years, and men were significantly older than women (padjust < 0.001). Women had a significantly higher BMI than men (padjust = 0.006). Participants had…
Dataset collection and experimental environment This study employs an online experiment to investigate the impact of eco-positioning strategies on consumer behavior. For participant recruitment, the research team collected data through the SoJump platform. To ensure sample representativeness and experimental validity, random sampling was used to recruit participants from the platform’s user pool. Additionally, the following…
Japan has strict building codes to minimize damage from earthquakes. Unfounded online rumors warning that a huge earthquake will soon strike Japan are taking a toll on travel firms and airlines who report less demand from worried Hong Kongers. People from Hong Kong made nearly 2.7 million trips to Japan in 2024. Although it is…
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain “Vegan” and “plant-based” are not just food labels anymore; they are fashion’s latest buzzwords. Imagine walking into a high-street fashion store, drawn to a stylish bomber jacket labeled “100% vegan.” You flip the tag, looking for material details, only to find none. Nearby, a luxury handbag proudly announces it’s made from…
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain As fast fashion continues to fill wardrobes and landfills at a staggering pace, new research from the University of Portsmouth suggests that the future of fashion might lie not in fabric, but in pixels. In a multi-study paper published in the International Journal of Retail and Distribution Management, a team of…
Tim regularly exposed himself to poison so deadly it would kill a horse (Picture: AP) A scientist injected himself with poisonous venom over 850 times to create an ‘unparalleled’ anti-venom in his blood. Tim Friede let dangerous snakes bite him over 200 times in 18 years, even falling into a coma after two cobra bites….
An astronaut who missed out on the first all-female spacewalk because of a spacesuit sizing issue got her chance six years later on Thursday. NASA’s Anne McClain emerged from the International Space Station alongside Nichole Ayers. Both military officers and pilots, they launched to the orbiting lab in March to replace NASA’s two stuck…