New Research Links Air Pollution to Alzheimer’s Disease Development: Study Shows Impact of Magnetite Pollution on Brain Health

New Research Links Air Pollution to Alzheimer’s Disease Development: Study Shows Impact of Magnetite Pollution on Brain Health

Air pollution in urban environments has long been strongly associated with poor health: it provokes cancer, immunodeficiency, osteoporosis, heart problems and dementia. At the same time, understanding the mechanisms of development of diseases due to poor air quality caused difficulties for specialists. © Aliaksei Marozau / Shutterstock/FOTODOM The presence of a link between the occurrence … Read more

How to Prevent Age-Related Kyphosis and Osteoporosis: Tips for Maintaining a Strong and Healthy Spine

How to Prevent Age-Related Kyphosis and Osteoporosis: Tips for Maintaining a Strong and Healthy Spine

‌Age-related slouching, also known as kyphosis, occurs when muscle fibers age and become wasted. This causes the muscles around the spine to weaken, making us less able to stand upright and resist gravity. © Shutterstock/FOTODOM Kyphosis can be prevented by maintaining an active lifestyle and regular exercise. It is important to strive for this throughout … Read more

95% of Southern Elephant Seal Pups Wiped Out by Bird Flu in Catastrophic Mass Death

95% of Southern Elephant Seal Pups Wiped Out by Bird Flu in Catastrophic Mass Death

More than 17,000 southern elephant seal pups, about 95% of the total number of seals born last year, died on Argentina’s Valdez Peninsula from a highly contagious strain of the virus. H5N1, or bird flu. According to publications V Live Sciencean outbreak of avian influenza has been confirmed by the Argentine Government Animal Health Service … Read more

NASA’s Groundbreaking Laser Experiment on the Moon: Vikram Module Targeted and Located

NASA’s Groundbreaking Laser Experiment on the Moon: Vikram Module Targeted and Located

‌Apparatus NASA successfully sent a laser beam from lunar orbit to the Indian module Vikram on the Moon. This was a scientific experiment. The laser traveled about hundreds of kilometers to the lunar surface and hit the target, which was only 5 cm in size. Photo of Vikram from lunar orbit © NASA’s Goddard Space … Read more

Benefits of Aromatic Chicken Broth for Colds: Fact or Placebo?

Benefits of Aromatic Chicken Broth for Colds: Fact or Placebo?

Aromatic chicken broth is often recommended for colds. However, is it really that useful? © Shutterstock/FOTODOM In the 21st century, it may seem that this is just a placebo that makes the process of fighting infection a little more comfortable. However, this is only partly true. In 1998, doctors proved that chicken broth helps improve … Read more

Study Reveals 15 Factors Linked to Increased Risk of Early-Onset Dementia, According to JAMA Neurology

Study Reveals 15 Factors Linked to Increased Risk of Early-Onset Dementia, According to JAMA Neurology

Fresh publication V JAMA Neurology says, scientists from the University of Maastricht in the Netherlands, with the assistance of British colleagues, analyzed data from more than 350 thousand participants in the UK biobank, during which they identified 15 factors that are directly related to an increased risk of dementia under the age of 65, which … Read more

GISMETEO: The therapist listed 5 key mistakes in the treatment of colds – Science and Space

GISMETEO: The therapist listed 5 key mistakes in the treatment of colds – Science and Space

The opinion that colds are caused by hypothermia is found even today, and its treatment is surrounded by many myths. Therapist A. Lavrishchev spoke about the mistakes people make when treating colds in an interview with “Evening Moscow». © Shutterstock/FOTODOM Common people call a cold a disease of the respiratory tract, caused, as was previously … Read more

What does winter look like on Mars?

What does winter look like on Mars?

Thanks to spaceships and rovers on Mars, scientists now know that the Red Planet also experiences winter, which is accompanied by frost (down to −123 °C at the poles), snow and ice. But, as befits an alien winter, the Martian winter has its own characteristics. Sand dunes covered with frost © NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Arizona 1. … Read more

Is it possible to idle without harming the vehicle?

Is it possible to idle without harming the vehicle?

Many believe that prolonged operation of the engine at idle turns out to be harmful from the point of view of both the environment and wear of parts. Is this true, and if so, what is the reason? © Shutterstock/FOTODOM Parking with the engine running does not cause any particular harm to the engine elements, … Read more

GISMETEO: Scientists have named an effective way to overcome the fear of aging – Science and Space

GISMETEO: Scientists have named an effective way to overcome the fear of aging – Science and Space

Po calculations American experts, since 2011 in the United States every day 10 thousand people cross the 65-year-old threshold. According to forecasts, by 2035 this age group will become more numerous than children. By that time, the healthcare system will be so overloaded that it will not be able to cope with the treatment of … Read more