The AIFPS (Physical Activity and Health Promotion) research group of the University of Valencia has carried out a study that has made it possible to develop longitudinal profiles based on real and perceived motor competence (MC), and the physical condition of boys and girls aged four to nine. The study highlights the importance of improving …
Cocaine drives supporters’ aggression in football, study finds
Cocaine use may be associated with aggression between rival football fans, according to a new paper published by Dr. Martha Newson, an expert in group bonding and conflict, with the Universities of Kent and Oxford.
Sterilising pacifiers linked to increased risk of food allergies
A new study has linked sterilising pacifiers (or dummies) with an increased risk of food allergies in babies at age one.
Accelerating cancer treatments with the power of isotopes
Cancer is one of the most dreaded diagnoses most people can imagine receiving.
We may never achieve long-term global herd immunity for COVID. But if we’re all vaccinated, we’ll be safe from the worst
In early 2020, during the first thrashes of the pandemic, we were all talking about herd immunity.
Walking study shows older adults finding ways to be active in COVID lockdowns
Many older adults in Canada don’t regularly walk outdoors, despite limits to the activity impacting mobility, social isolation and other quality of life factors. In 2021, a year into the COVID-19 pandemic, the risks may be even higher than normal.
Are chemicals shrinking your penis and depleting your sperm? Here’s what the evidence really says
A doomsday scenario of an end to human sperm production has been back in the news recently, now with the added threat of shrinking penises.
Treatment for stuttering may be most effective when addressing anxiety as well as speech
Joe Biden’s election as president of the United States rekindled interest in accomplishments by adults who stutter. Biden has struggled with a stutter since childhood.
France kept classrooms open ‘at all costs.’ Some say the price was too high
Grace was full of hope as she entered the final stretch of high school. The 16-year-old was two years away from graduating, and she wanted to make her parents proud — especially her father.
How the Internet Archive Has Digitized More than 250,000 78 R.P.M. Records: See the Painstaking Process Up-Close
In the history of recorded music, no medium has demonstrated quite the staying power of the phonograph record. Hearing those words, most of us envision a twelve-inch disc designed to play at 33 1⁄3 revolutions per minute, the kind still manufactured today. But like every other form of technology, that familiar vinyl LP didn’t appear ex …