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Monsoon Health Alert: Symptoms, Prevention and Safety Tips

The monsoon is a need to break from the summer heat while also raising the risk of a number of serious diseases. Rain, soaking and high humidity are all conducive to mosquitoes, bacteria and viruses. Consequently, the incidence of diseases like Dengue, Malaria, Typhoid and Stomach infection increases during these…

MyLifeXP · Jul 13

France shuts down nuclear reactors as heatwave intensifies

France's state-owned energy group EDF has temporarily shut down three nuclear reactors, while seven others could be operating at reduced power. France's largest electricity producer said the move was required to comply with environmental regulations.

Euronews · Jul 13

Hotspots revealed where cancer-linked ‘forever chemicals’ pollute Scotland’s waters

SCOTLAND’s environmental regulator has published a new report detailing how dangerous chemicals have been found in waters across Scotland ...

The National (Scotland) · Jul 13

UK Ministers Urged to Use Minecraft and SimCity to Get Young People Into Construction and City Planning

World-building games like Minecraft may inspire young people to pursue careers in construction, addressing skills shortages.

International Business Times UK · Jul 13

BCCI must scrutinise team management's role: Saba Karim

Former selector Saba Karim wants the BCCI to examine team management's role. He believes the coach, captain, and vice-captain share responsibility for recent losses. Karim suggests the BCCI should investigate the reasons behind the team's poor performance. He also emphasized the need for a secure and fearless playing environment. The…

The Economic Times · Jul 13

Animal Memory Research Is Overturning Everything We Thought We Knew About Cognition

The assumption that crumbled firstThe standard view held that episodic memory, the ability to mentally replay a specific past event, not just respond to a learned cue, was uniquely human. Then came a 1998 study by Nicola Clayton and Anthony Dickinson at Cambridge University, published in Nature, that changed the…

Times Life · Jul 13

Ahmedabad creates Guinness World Record by planting 3.61 lakh saplings in one hour using Miyawaki Method

Ahmedabad achieved a Guinness World Record for planting 3.61 lakh saplings in one hour. Over 25,000 volunteers participated in this extensive plantation drive at Bhadaj. The initiative utilized the Miyawaki method and indigenous plant species to boost urban greenery. This event is part of a larger tree-planting goal for the…

The Economic Times · Jul 13

5 Fasting Mistakes That Slow Your Metabolism and Make You Gain Weight Instead of Losing It

Eating Too Little for Too LongA 2022 study published in the New England Journal of Medicine found that extreme caloric restriction during fasting windows causes the body to down-regulate its resting metabolic rate within days, not weeks. The body reads a severe deficit as a famine signal. Muscle tissue breaks…

Times Life · Jul 13

Quote of the day by Harrison Ford, 'Nature Doesn't Need People – People Need Nature; Nature Would Survive the Extinction of the Human Being and Go on Just Fine, but Human Culture, Human Beings, Cannot Survive Without Nature', shows nature's influence on human health, happiness and human civilization's dependence on nature

Quote of the day by Harrison Ford expresses a profound truth about humanity's place in the world. Nature has sustained life for millions of years and continues to provide the essential resources that make civilization possible. Human health, food security, economic prosperity, and cultural development all depend on healthy ecosystems.…

The Economic Times · Jul 12

Big bees have the most to lose as global CO₂ levels rise: new research

Pollinators – including bees, flies, wasps, moths, butterflies and some nectar-loving birds – are a cornerstone of our natural environment.

The Conversation · Jul 12