My phone is on me at all times to make sure I don’t miss a step (my goal is 11,000). And I’m not alone in my pursuit of a daily step goal. Step counters are built into all iPhones (check out the “Health” app), #10000steps is a popular Instagram hashtag, and watches with pedometers and… Read More: The 10,000-step goal is a decent idea, even if it… »
Do you gravitate towards people that will casually drop the word ‘superfluous’ into a sentence? Do you find those with endless streams of seemingly irrelevant knowledge intriguing? Well, there’s a reason why! And a scientific reason at that. Recent research from Western Sydney University to be published as an upcoming paper in the Journal of… Read More: Being Intelligent Makes You More Attractive, Says Science »
Hair of the dog? Wine before beer? Why everything you know about hangovers, and how to cure them, is wrong – or unproven Jason Raish By Richard Webb Why do I feel so bad? Alcohol. Undoubtedly alcohol. Your headache, nausea, sweats, tiredness, apathy, that nebulous sense of guilt – they indubitably come from drinking too… Read More: Hung over: What science says about why you feel so… »
November 28, 2018 Posted By Categories This guest post is by Earle Holland, a member of our editorial team for the past four years. For almost 35 years, he was the senior science and medical communications officer at Ohio State University. He is a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Earlier this week,… Read More: A veteran science communicator’s guidelines for PR news releases on… »