Summary: Scientists used mathematics to explain the social phenomenon of six degrees of separation. Their work suggests that the balance between the cost and benefit of maintaining social connections shapes…
Category: Humans
Being born in a city no longer increases their chances of survival
by Peter Macharia, Andrea Barnabas Pembe, Claudia Hanson and Lenka Benova, The Conversation Each dot on this map represents a group of households surveyed during the 2016 Tanzania Demographic and…
Remains of 400-year-old wooden ship found in Mexico |
Archaeologists from the National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH) have uncovered the remains of a 400-year-old wooden ship during a rescue excavation in the city of Chalco de Díaz…
BMI alone will no longer be treated as the go-to measure for weight management – an obesity medicine physician explains the seismic shift taking place
Amid the buzz around weight loss drugs and rising rates of obesity worldwide, many health care professionals are questioning one of the key measures that has long been used to…
Global study shows loneliness can shorten life spans
There is an epidemic of loneliness and isolation today, and the consequences can be deadly, researchers say. Folks who reported that they were socially isolated or felt lonely were more…
Guidelines to help clinicians on safer opioid deprescribing
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Australian and international experts have released 11 recommendations on when, how, and in what situation it may be appropriate for clinicians to reduce opioid use, by…
Certain gut microbes may warn of Alzheimer’s disease long before the first symptoms begin
Credit: sfam_photo/Shutterstock What if the microbes in your gut could act as an early warning system, alerting you that you could be developing Alzheimer’s disease? This might sound improbable, but…
Face of Anglo-Saxon teen VIP revealed with new evidence about her life |
The face of a 16-year-old woman buried near Cambridge (UK) in the 7th century with an incredibly rare gold and garnet cross (the ‘Trumpington Cross’) has been reconstructed following analysis of…
Expanded Child Tax Credit led to improved health and nutrition among adults
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain The Child Tax Credit expansion, which expired at the end of 2021, has not been renewed due to concerns among legislators over the credit being overly…
