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Healthy older adults experienced measurable improvements in memory, physical performance, and stress after taking placebo pills for just three weeks. The most surprising finding was that the placebo often worked even when participants knew the pills were completely inactive.

According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics, around 63,300 Australians age 16 and older—0.3% of the overall population—know they were born with variations of sex characteristics. This means their bodies don't fit medical norms about how female or male bodies should look or f

From checking on older neighbours to greening spaces, some cities are stepping up efforts to keep people safeEurope live – latest updatesExtreme heat has seared Europe this week, with the UK smashing its top heat record for June for three days in a row, and France sweltering thro

One year ago, on July 1, 2025, astronomers discovered a fascinating new object moving through the solar system. Detected by the Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS), the object was quickly recognized as something special.

As climate change warms rivers across British Columbia, young salmon are facing increasing heat stress at vulnerable stages of their lives. Two studies from UBC's Pacific Salmon Ecology and Conservation Lab have found that younger fish cope with heat differently than older fish a

Over 70 million people in the U.S. are impacted by hearing loss, and age-related hearing loss is the second most common health problem in older adults, according to the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health. However, scientists still do not fully understand how the cochlea

In 1562, Cardinal Giovanni de Medici, a scion of the dynastic family that dominated politics and banking in Tuscany during the Renaissance, died of malaria. Twenty-five years later, his older brother, Grand Duke Francesco de Medici, succumbed to the same disease.

Could something as simple as vitamin C help support a healthier aging brain? In a study of more than 2,000 older adults in Japan, researchers found that people with lower vitamin C levels in their blood also tended to have less gray matter and weaker connections in a key brain ne

Contrary to common stereotypes, seniors' digital savvy is surging. New research from Rutgers University-New Brunswick suggests one reason: Digital tools are essential for the development and maintenance of age-friendly initiatives—programs and policies designed to support and inc

Astronomers have used the European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope (ESO's VLT) to study the composition of 3I/ATLAS, the brightest interstellar object ever seen, in detail. By measuring specific chemical fingerprints—the first observations of this kind for a comet tha

Five years ago, British Columbia's heat dome became one of the deadliest weather disasters in Canadian history. O recorte ajuda a contextualizar a pauta dentro de Agro.

Teachers call for schools to be urgently adapted for hot weather amid reports of nausea, fainting and heatstrokeThe extreme heat that has hit the UK twice in the past few weeks has left teachers struggling to cope as temperatures in some classrooms climb above 40C, with pupils an