What happens to your brain when you watch videos online at faster speeds than normal: 'Hare speed, please.' Pressmaster Many of us have got into the habit of listening to podcasts, audiobooks and other online content at increased playback speeds. For younger people, it might even be the norm. One survey of students in California, …
Lucy Letby: it is not being ‘beige’, ‘average’ or ‘normal’ that makes her crimes so hard to understand: In seeking to understand the crimes of Lucy Letby, the neonatal nurse who murdered seven babies in her care, a fixation about how “ordinary” she appears to be has emerged. At times like this, we seek answers, …
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What is ‘normal’ baby sleep? How evolutionary clues, not cultural expectations, can help new parents: Monkey Business Images/Shutterstock The sleep disruption of new parenthood is both well known yet unexpected. While new parents are aware that babies need frequent night time care, the reality is often a cruel surprise. “What’s wrong with my baby?” new …
Seven reasons Nordic walking is better for you than the normal kind: Nordic walking may be a great way to boost the benefits of your regular strolls. Jacek Chabraszewski/ Shutterstock Have you ever noticed people out walking with poles even on flat surfaces and wondered why they are doing it? This is known as Nordic …
Shanghai: world’s biggest port is returning to normal, but supply chains will get worse before they get better: Shanghai is slowly emerging from a gruelling COVID lockdown that has all but immobilised the city since March. Although Shanghai’s port, which handles one-fifth of China’s shipping volumes, has been operating throughout, it has been running at …
South Africa needs to take the new normal seriously!: The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted everyone’s life in a way that has changed most people’s lives for the worst. We all know of someone who has lost a family member or a job or has had to close a business. However, the devastating pandemic has provided …
Southern Africa’s summer has been wetter than normal: here’s why: Southern Africa’s summer rainfall regions currently experiencing the wet-season will likely continue having wetter than normal conditions. SimpleImages/Getty Images March marks the end of southern Africa’s 2021/2022 summer wet-season. Since its onset in October, most summer rainfall zone regions have experienced wetter than normal conditions. …
Life after COVID: most people don’t want a return to normal – they want a fairer, more sustainable future: Jacob Lund/Shutterstock We are in a crisis now – and omicron has made it harder to imagine the pandemic ending. But it will not last forever. When the COVID outbreak is over, what do we want …
Polar bears eating reindeer: normal behaviour or result of climate change?: Alexey Seafarer/shutterstock Recently, scientists in Hornsund, Svalbard – a Norwegian archipelago in the Arctic ocean – witnessed a polar bear pursuing a reindeer into the sea before killing it, dragging it ashore and eating it. The video that they captured was widely shared on …
‘Please continue’ – did this simple two-word phrase lead normal people to ‘torture’ strangers?: Participant in Milgram's obedience to authority experiments. Yale University Library Would you electrocute an innocent stranger if you were told to do so by someone in a position of authority? This is the dilemma hundreds of US adults were presented with …
When will life return to normal after the pandemic?: Jacob Lund/Shutterstock No one can ever know for sure when life will return to normal after a particular event, not least because what’s normal keeps on changing, even in normal times. Nevertheless, it’s a question we can’t help pondering – particularly when new COVID developments, such …
New study shows that normal breathing is a major spreader of TB: Study implies that TB transmission might happen by other means that don't involve coughing. Shammi Mehra/AFP via Getty Image Tuberculosis (TB) is an infectious disease transmitted via droplet aerosols. Humans constantly produce aerosols, even during normal breathing. Since Mycobacterium tuberculosis was identified as …
IN THE NEW NORMAL, HOME IS NO LONGER JUST A PLACE FOR RELAXATION: With people spending more time at home than ever before, an HVAC system that can ensure fresh indoor air under any circumstances is a wise investment Google’s COVID-19 Community Mobility Report, which tracks the frequency of visits to, and length of stay …
Eco-fusion is the new normal, as native and non-native species mix together: Parakeets – in the UK. Sandra Standbridge / shutterstock The ruddy duck, originally from North America, was introduced to Britain as an ornamental wildfowl in the 1940s and soon spread throughout the country. Only after a decade or more of expensive culling, has this …
Your Guide to a Safe, New Normal Valentine’s Day: Here’s a list of how you can celebrate the day of love safely in the pandemic era Valentine’s Day is just around the corner, and fanfare and frivolities aside, the essence of Valentine’s Day is to express true love, which can be done without going out …
COVID vaccine: some waste is normal – but here’s how it is being kept to a minimum: shutterstock Now that COVID-19 vaccination campaigns are underway in many countries, concerns have emerged about the availability of stock, the timing of deliveries, and the potential for thousands of vaccines to be wasted at each stage of the …
Coronavirus vaccines: how will we know when life can go back to normal?: The first people have begun to receive vaccines in the UK and US as part of mass vaccination campaigns to immunise people against COVID-19. Excitement is building – finally, the end of the coronavirus crisis is in sight. Since early December, elderly …