Which countries have already passed peak population, and when will the rest do so?
Many countries around the world are in a unique position in human history: rather than having a constant or growing population, their populations are...
Spontane Frühgeburt: Womöglich bereits Monate vorher im Immunsystem der Mutter erkennbar
Hamburg – Spontane Frühgeburten kündigen sich möglicherweise bereits Wochen bis Monate vor ihrem Auftreten im Immunsystem der Mutter an. Darauf deutet eine Studie des...
Why women with ADHD feel overwhelmingly ‘controlled’ by their hormones
People with ADHD are unusually sensitive to hormone shifts. Psychiatrists have started to pay attention, creating strategies to address the intense emotions and cognitive...
Ebola deaths top 2,000 as scientists race to develop vaccine
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Local officials in the DR Congo (DRC) reported on Tuesday that deaths from the Ebola virus disease have surpassed 2,000, with half of that...
For 15,000 years, humans and dogs have been changing each other
Dogs have been shaping—and being shaped by—humans for about 15,000 years, evolving from early partners of hunter-gatherers into an astonishing range of specialized companions....
A unifying framework for the evolution of metazoa and social insects, two major evolutionary transitions
The evolution of life is characterized by major transitions, i.e., the evolution of new targets of selection (e.g., prokaryotes, eukaryotes, multicellular organisms, social insect...
138 million children are in child labor. What does this actually mean?
138 million children in the world are in child labor: that was the headline estimate in a report from the United Nations last year....
The shock revelation that light bulbs are wrecking your metabolism
Since the 2000s, our light exposure has changed drastically as we make our buildings more energy-efficient. Now, we’re discovering how this may mess with...
Strengthening El Niño to push 49 million more people into acute hunger
Nearly 50 million more people in highly vulnerable communities globally are set to be pushed into acute hunger because of the strengthening El Niño...
IGAV: Achtung Unwetter
PRESSEMELDUNG - Hohe Temperaturen, wie wir sie derzeit erleben, bringen oft Gewitter mit sich. Menschen mit allergischem Asthma sind dann einem ganzen Cocktail an...
