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Invasive species from the past can help present conservation efforts: Stud
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 13 (ANI): Non-native species that invade and firmly establish themselves in new regions have staggering economic and ecological consequences. Recent studies estimate that, in the United States alone, invasive species now cause more than US$120 billion in monetary dam
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Healthy ageing requires an understanding of personality types: Study
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 12 (ANI): New research shows that older adults may be better supported as they age when their personalities are considered, for example, are they more like orchids or dandelions? Researchers examined the potential effects of lifestyle activities on the cognitive heal
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Study finds no adverse effects of early fluoride exposure found on childho
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 12 (ANI): A new study has provided evidence that exposure to fluoridated water by young children was not negatively associated with child emotional, behavioural development and executive functioning in their adolescent years.
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Exposure to accents helps children learn words: Study
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 12 (ANI): Children of primary school age can benefit from long-term experience with multiple accents when learning words in unfamiliar accents from other children Bilingualism, on the other hand, did not lead to corresponding effects in vocabulary learning.
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50 pc of world's poorest need debt relief to avert major development crisi
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New York [US], October 12 (ANI): Fifty-four developing economies accounting for more than half of the world's poorest people need urgent debt relief as a result of cascading global crises, according to the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).
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91 per cent Indian women experience perinatal or postpartum depression, ho
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Gurugram (Haryana) [India], October 10 (ANI/PRNewswire): Mylo, an ITC-backed leading full-stack D2C platform for new and expecting mothers, recently conducted a survey around the awareness and prevalence of perinatal (during pregnancy) and postpartum (after delivery) depression amongst women
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Extreme ocean warming near Japan now at least twice more likely due to glo
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], October 10 (ANI): According to the Japan Meteorological Agency, SSTs in August 2020 in the southern region of Japan and the northwest Pacific Ocean reached previously unheard-of heights (JMA).
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Due to climate change, trees are becoming gluttons: Study
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 9 (ANI): Trees guard humans from the most severe effects of climate change by absorbing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere; nevertheless, new research shows just how much carbon the woods have been storing.
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What causes ecosystems to become unstable?
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Massachusetts [US], October 7 (ANI): It might be difficult to sort through all the variables that affect how complex ecological groups behave. The number of species present in the community and how strongly they interact with one another have been found to be the only two factors that can ac
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Study looks at why late-night eating increases obesity risk
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 5 (ANI): Obesity afflicts approximately 42 percent of the U.S. adult population and contributes to the onset of chronic diseases, including diabetes, cancer, and other conditions. While popular healthy diet mantras advise against midnight snacking, few studies have c
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83 per cent of women have visited a doctor at least once to rule out heart
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 3 (ANI/BusinessWire India): Momspresso.com, India's largest content and influencer platform for women, marked World Heart Day 2022 by conducting an insightful survey on women's health and well-being. The data collated by Momspresso HerSights, the platform's researc
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Climate change causing trees to become gluttons
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 2 (ANI): Trees protect humans from the harshest effects of climate change by removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere; but, new research indicates just how much carbon the woods have been stockpiling.
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