The number of people taking their own lives in England has jumped more than a quarter in two years according to provisional figures collated by the Office of National Statistics. The data compares the final three months of 2019 with the same period of 2017. It shows that there were 1,413 deaths attributed to suicide … Read more
The Himalayas are visible 125 miles away in India for the first time in 30 years after coronavirus saw pollution levels drop across the country The Asian mountain range can now be seen more than 125 miles away in the Jalandhar district of Punjab Residents say the air has cleared because of the country’s 21-day lockdown, … Read more
Carbon dioxide levels are on track to reach the same catastrophic level as 200 million years ago when volcanic eruptions drove HALF of all life on Earth to extinction, study finds Amount of CO2 during End-Triassic Event similar to projected 21st century level This event 200 million years ago was caused by huge volcanic activity Led to eventual … Read more
Carbon dioxide levels are on track to reach the same catastrophic level as 200 million years ago when volcanic eruptions drove HALF of all life on Earth to extinction, study finds Amount of CO2 during End-Triassic Event similar to projected 21st century level This event 200 million years ago was caused by huge volcanic activity Led to eventual … Read more
Diabetes drug metformin alleviates anxiety in mice ‘by increasing levels of the feel-good chemical serotonin in their brain’ People with type 2 diabetes are at higher risk of depression but it is unclear why Previous studies suggest the mechanisms for creating serotonin are blocked In a mouse study, scientists released the block with metformin and … Read more
Most of the US is under lockdown to help limit the spread of the coronavirus, resulting in less human activity outside and dramatically decreasing nitrogen dioxide levels by an ‘unprecedented’ amount. A new map, created by Earther, highlights the dramatic drop using data from a European Space Agency satellite and shows snapshots of the country … Read more
Greenland lost 600 BILLION tons of ice last summer raising global sea levels by almost 0.1 inches in two months as the Arctic experienced its hottest year on record Ice volume changes were measured by two pairs of gravity-measuring satellites Greenland shed twice the ice last summer than each year on average since 2002 In the … Read more
When your iron levels become a problem By Dr Clare Bailey for You Magazine Published: 00:02 GMT, 16 February 2020 | Updated: 00:02 GMT, 16 February 2020 A simple blood test to check your ‘iron stores’ and then a genetic test are used to diagnose genetic haemochromatosis Back in the middle ages one of the most … Read more
What is the coronavirus? A coronavirus is a type of virus which can cause illness in animals and people. Viruses break into cells inside their host and use them to reproduce itself and disrupt the body’s normal functions. Coronaviruses are named after the Latin word ‘corona’, which means crown, because they are encased by a … Read more
What is the coronavirus? A coronavirus is a type of virus which can cause illness in animals and people. Viruses break into cells inside their host and use them to reproduce itself and disrupt the body’s normal functions. Coronaviruses are named after the Latin word ‘corona’, which means crown, because they are encased by a … Read more