Psychology & Psychiatry

No magic number for time it takes to form habits, finds new study

Putting on your workout clothes and getting to the gym can feel like a slog at first. Eventually, you might get in the habit of going to the gym and readily pop over to your Zumba class or for a run on the treadmill. A new ...

Psychology & Psychiatry

Digital content could be altering your visual perception

So much of modern life is spent on screens: Zoom meetings and websites, smartphones and video games, televisions and social media. How are all those pixels and rectangles affecting how we see?

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Harmful pollution boosting superbug 'silent pandemic'

Containing and cleaning up environmental pollution, especially in waterways, is crucial to controlling increasingly bullet-proof superbugs which could kill tens of millions by mid-century, a new UN report said Tuesday.

Obstetrics & gynaecology

Residential green space is associated with higher birth weight

There is scientific evidence that maternal exposure to natural environments supports healthy fetal growth. However, study results up to date had been heterogeneous across regions and there is very little research on the effects ...

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