Skywatchers hoping to see the northern lights may have a special opportunity this month. Experts say that a rare combination of the March equinox and the peak of the Sun's solar activity cycle could ...

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2 RIVM (National Institute for Public Health and Environmental Hygiene), Bilthoven, The Netherlands 3 Department of Public and Occupational Health, Institute for Research in Extramural Medicine, VU ...

Background Next to the school environment, the family and community environment are key for young people's behaviour and for promoting physical activity (PA). Methods A review of reviews was conducted ...

Psst, have you heard that mushrooms can "gossip" and spread information to their neighbors? Underneath the umbrella-like ...

Swapping sedentary behavior (SB) or sleep with light physical activity (LPA) — even in small amounts — is linked to better physical and mental health in Chinese older adults. That is according to a ...

A UCR researcher worked years into retirement to uncover the biology behind plants' response to environmental stress. Her ...

Walberg, C. B., Ph.D. dissertation, Univ. of Southern California (1957). Seneca, H., Lattimer, J. K., Zinsser, H. H., Donovan, J. T., Peer, P., and Stuart, P., J ...

What causes sudden aggression? A new study identifies the LH-DRN brain circuit that triggers physical attacks in mice.

Large DNA viruses (LDVs) are unique members of the Earth’s biosphere but remain poorly understood in many ecosystems. In this study, the authors uncovered the diversity, ecological patterns and ...

UNESCO and the Advisory Bodies to the World Heritage Committee have issued new guidance for assessing impacts from projects that could potentially affect the planet’s most precious heritage places.