Title: Poverty Might Raise Black Kids’ Health Risks as Early as Age 5
Category: Health News
Created: 10/23/2020 12:00:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 10/26/2020 12:00:00 AM
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When it comes to incentivizing individuals to make more environmentally conscious travel decisions, government subsidies have proven quite successful in the past. In a number of European countries, there are subsidies for buying new and used electric cars, installing EV charging points in your home, and even discounted bus tickets for those in low income brackets. Earlier this year in the UK, the government handed out vouchers to help people get their old bikes back on the road in a bid to encourage cycle commuting. In most of these cases, the money set aside to fund the subsidies was used…
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Virtual reality (VR) has the power to take us out of our surroundings and transport us to far-off lands. From a quick round of golf, to fighting monsters or going for a skydive, all of this can be achieved from the comfort of your home. But it’s not just gamers who love VR and see its potential. VR is used a lot in psychology research to investigate areas such as social anxiety, moral decision-making and emotional responses. And in our new research we used VR to explore how people respond emotionally to a potential threat. We knew from earlier work…
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Are women better astronauts than men? This question will become central to the selection of crews to the Moon, Mars, and beyond as we undertake the colonization of space. In the struggle for gender equality, women have already proven they are capable of doing anything — including conquering space, showing that not even the sky is the limit for their success. [Read: Meet Alyssa Carson, the 18-year-old training to become the first human on Mars] “The first all-women spacewalk at the International Space Station was carried out in October of 2019 and many other milestones have already been accomplished by…
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Title: Coffee, Green Tea Might Extend Life for Folks With Type 2 Diabetes
Category: Health News
Created: 10/22/2020 12:00:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 10/23/2020 12:00:00 AM