Peer pressure could nudge people towards sustainable diets
Modelling suggests it would be more effective than facts.
Experts propose a framework to promote mental health with greenery
Evidence that nature can improve mental health and wellbeing has been germinating slowly but surely.
Diabetes increases risk of heart failure, study shows
Diabetes, an epidemic that is sweeping the world, has been linked to increased risk of heart failure in a global study of 12 million people.
Shifting stereotypes favour women – but not if they want to be leaders
An analysis of social attitudes in the US has found that women are now perceived to be as competent as men, if not more so.
Global farming trends a ‘threat to food security’
Study finds too little diversity and too great a dependence on pollinators.
Pointing originates from touch
Study sheds new light on how babies start to communicate.
Electricity and water can be a good combination
Saudi researchers hope they can bring them together in one system.
Arctic ice reveals 1500 years of progress and pollution
Lead concentrations tell a story of humans and their environment.
Male elephants stick together when humans are around
Behavioural adaption is creating a new social order, research suggests.
Isolation makes spiders aggressive
Research shows they are a lot happier staying in groups.
Racial bias has its roots in sensory perception
Research shows neurons respond differently to white and black faces.
Higher body weight connected with lower risk of Lou Gehrig’s disease
Carrying excess weight is linked to a plethora of chronic health conditions, but ALS is not one of them.
Killing with kindness: captive-bred migratory butterflies don’t migrate
Crowd-sourced conservation plan for Monarchs appears to be backfiring.
For food production, diversity brings strength
Higher crop diversity could have a substantial impact on stabilising national food harvests and mitigating sharp declines in yields.
Elephant poaching spikes in Botswana, endangering the species
Poaching of African elephants for ivory has escalated in northern Botswana, a region that was previously one of the safest for the animals.
Bird species, a French delicacy, being eaten to death
Illegal and unregulated hunting of a tiny migratory songbird, the ortolan bunting (Emberiza hortulana), a coveted French delicacy, has been confirmed as unsustainable by an extensive pan-European study.
For Antarctic food webs, penguin poo is the gift that keeps on giving
Nitrogen-rich droppings from penguins and seals along the Antarctic Peninsula fuel biodiversity hotspots that stretch several kilometers inland
