Shedding pounds might benefit your heart even if some weight is regained – new study: Rostislav Sedlacek/Shutterstock Programmes to help people lose weight through changes to their diet, exercise or both, are mainstays of weight management. Despite their widespread use, many people worry that after the programmes end they will regain the weight they lost …
South Sudan’s oil and water give it bargaining power – but will it benefit the people?: Anton Petrus/Getty Images South Sudan has long been one of east Africa’s most unstable states. But surging external interest in its resources and the diplomatic agility of its rulers are again underlining how pivotal the country remains to regional …
Cornwall space launch: why launching rockets from UK soil can benefit industry and security: Virgin Orbit is launching satellites using a rocket slung under the wing of an aircraft. Virgin Orbit, Author provided Having the capability to launch satellites from UK soil has been a long time coming. The recent attempted launch from Cornwall did …
Royal warrants are good for business – and benefit the British monarchy too: Shutterstock/chrisdorney When Queen Elizabeth II died on September 8 2022, so too did 686 royal brand endorsements she had granted over the 70 years of her reign. Famous British products including Colman’s mustard, Twining’s tea and Weetabix all lost a valuable part …
How Ireland’s ‘great reshuffle’ could benefit women and older workers: Dublin's 'Silicon Docks'. Faina Gurevich / Shutterstock Recent global tech sector layoffs have hit Ireland’s workforce hard. Prior to these job cuts, the Irish digital sector directly employed more than 270,000 people, as well as creating many more ancillary jobs. Tech jobs pay an average …
COVID vaccines don’t just benefit physical health – they improve mental health too: Dusan Petkovic/Shutterstock The considerable physical health benefits of COVID vaccines, in particular, the significantly reduced risk of serious illness, hospitalisation and death from the virus, are well known. But what about the benefits of vaccination for mental health? Does vaccination help to …
Solar farms a ‘blight on the landscape’? Research shows they can benefit wildlife: Liz Truss, the new UK prime minister, isn’t a fan of solar farms. In 2014, when she was environment secretary, she described rows of panels arranged in a field to capture energy from the sun as a “blight on the landscape”. Eight …
Ukraine war: China’s lukewarm support for Russia is likely to benefit Kyiv – here’s why: Things are not going well for the Russian president, Vladimir Putin. On September 30 he announced the annexation of four Ukrainian regions that are partially controlled by Russia. Yet less than a day later, Ukrainian troops captured the strategic town …
Pilates: research shows how this low-impact workout can benefit your health: Pilates can be performed using minimal equipment – even just a yoga mat will do. Krakenimages.com/ Shutterstock Pilates has seen a jump in popularity recently thanks to a spate of celebrity endorsements, including the Kardashians, model Hailey Bieber and actress Kate Hudson. Even elite …
Coronary artery stents show no benefit in treating heart failure – landmark trial: Photo Oz/Shutterstock Every year, 60,000 people in the UK are diagnosed with heart failure, and many are treated with stents. In a large new study published in the New England Journal of Medicine, my colleagues and I discovered that these procedures are …
Castlefield Viaduct: Manchester’s new park in the sky could transform the city – but who will benefit?: In July 2022, Manchester welcomed the newest addition to its roster of urban parks. Owned by the National Trust, the Castlefield Viaduct is a Grade II-listed, 19th-century railway bridge that has been redevelopped into a new 330m-long sky …
Unions fight to secure better pay and conditions for workers, but they can also benefit employers: Employees and their organisations can gain from union membership, research shows. SFIO CRACHO/Shutterstock Over the past century, unions have successfully campaigned for a minimum wage, holiday and sickness pay, equal opportunity rights, maternity and paternity rights and a two-day …
Roe v Wade: men benefit from abortion rights too – and should speak about them more: It’s striking that, as with many other gender equality issues, the positions of men in relation to abortion are rarely discussed. In some regards, this is for good reasons. Abortion is a healthcare issue for women (and trans and …
World’s protected natural areas too small and isolated to benefit wildlife – new study: SimonTheSorcerer / shutterstock The world’s governments will this year negotiate a series of targets in response to the global biodiversity crisis that has already led to a massive loss of the planet’s wildlife. While none of the previous round of targets …
Conservation science still rests on how animals can benefit humans: Anatoliy Lukich / shutterstock The accelerating loss of other species around the globe is so extensive that many experts now refer to it as the sixth mass extinction. It’s driven in large part by an unprecedented loss of vital ecosystems such as forests and wetlands, …
How businesses can benefit from the Industrial Internet of Things: How businesses can benefit from the Industrial Internet of Things The industrial internet of things, or IIoT, is a term used to describe the connectivity of devices and machines in an industrial setting. IIoT has the potential to revolutionise the way businesses operate, by …
Climate change: radical activists benefit social movements – history shows why: Wynn Bruce set himself on fire on April 22 2022 – Earth Day. His self-immolation in front of the US supreme court was a protest against inadequate action on the climate crisis. He later died of his injuries. Two days earlier in the UK, …
Primary school children get little academic benefit from homework: Dragon Images/Shutterstock Homework: a word that can cause despair not just in children, but also in parents and even teachers. And for primary school children at least, it may be that schools setting homework is more trouble than it’s worth. There is evidence that homework can …