Bullied at workplace? It can change behaviour for worse
If you are bullied at the workplace, it may lead to counterproductive behaviour besides harming your health, warn researchers. The study showed that in some cases this is characterised by a lack of problem-solving and high avoidance coping strategies like drinking alcohol when having a problem and experiencing very frequent negative emotions. "Overall, our results show the need to consider not...
World Hypertension Day 2019: These Spices May Help In Regulating Blood Pressure
The recent wave of modern, sedentary lifestyle has given rise to a number of health and lifestyle issues. Hypertension that stems from stressful and fast-paced living is one such problem that people are struggling with these days. Hypertension is caused when the blood pressure shoots up beyond the top range, which is placed at 140/90. High blood pressure does not show...
The Best Foods for Maintaining Good Gut Health
Most people think of exercise or clean eating when it comes to their health. Many forget to care for their gut. No, we’re not talking about sit-ups; we’re talking about the bacteria inside your digestive tract. Improving your health may be a matter of the good versus bad bacteria inside you. 1. Sauerkraut People enjoy this fermented cabbage dish as a side...
Ultraprocessed foods cause people to gain weight, study finds
Such people also tend to eat more quickly and consume more fats and carbohydrates, researchers say. "It's not just the extra salt and fat in processed food that causes people to gain weight. It's the processed food itself." People who eat a lot of highly processed food take in more calories and gain more weight than those who stick to...
As Planet Discoveries Pile Up, a Gap Appears in the Pattern
After the sun formed, the dust and gas left over from its natal cloud slowly swirled into the eight planets we have today. Small, rocky things clung close to the sun. Gigantic gas worlds floated in the system’s distant reaches. And around countless stars in the galaxy, a version of this process repeated itself, forging plentiful planets in a...
Smog-ridden Mexico City suspends school classes due to pollution
Mexico’s government ordered schools in and around Mexico City to be closed on Thursday in an extraordinary step taken due to elevated levels of pollution in the smog-wreathed capital. The education ministry said in a statement on Wednesday that the measure applies to public and private schools in the Mexico City metropolitan area, which is home to well over 20...
Instability spreading in West Antarctic ice sheet
Almost a quarter of the West Antarctic ice sheet is now affected by ice thinning, according to a new study. It found that the ice sheet has thinned by as much as 122 meters in some places, and thinning has left glaciers unstable, according to scientists at the University of Leeds in England. Affected glaciers are unstable because melting and calving...
ATMOSPHERIC METHANE LEVELS ARE GOING UP—AND NO ONE KNOWS WHY
This story originally appeared on Undark and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Every week dozens of metal flasks arrive at NOAA’s Earth System Research Laboratory in Boulder, Colorado, each one loaded with air from a distant corner of the world. Research chemist Ed Dlugokencky and his colleagues in the Global Monitoring Division catalog the canisters and then use a series of high-precision...
Artificial life form given ‘synthetic DNA’
UK scientists have created an artificial version of the stomach bug E. coli that is based on an entirely synthetic form of DNA. At the same time, Syn61 as they are calling it, has had its genetic code significantly redesigned. It's been done in a manner that will pave the way for designer bacteria that could manufacture new catalysts, drugs, proteins...
Google clarifies Works with Nest shutdown, provides extension on existing connections
Google has issued a response to criticisms of its recent announcement to close the Works with Nest program, a set of connections and controls that link third-party smart home devices with Nest thermostats, cameras, and other products. The company had originally announced that the Works with Nest program would be shutting down on August 31st, 2019, and all existing connections...
