Everyone has felt the exhaustion and dehydration that comes with spending too much time in the heat. But research shows that the impact of being exposed to extreme heat goes beyond heat waves: consistent exposure to high temperatures might also be making you age more quickly. A new study, published Aug. 26 in the journal … Read more
Air conditioners may help prevent heatwaves from causing accelerated ageing Sajjad HUSSAIN/AFP via Getty Images Sweltering heatwaves can have lasting health impacts – accumulated exposure to hot-weather days appears to accelerate people’s biological ageing. “We now have at least two prominent studies showing an impact of heatwave exposure on ageing, with these examining populations from … Read more
COVID-19 is leaving all kinds of legacies on our health, both on our bodies and our brains. In a study published July 22 in Nature Communicationsresearchers report that living through the pandemic aged our brains—whether or not you were infected with COVID-19. To investigate COVID-19’s impact on the brain, researchers looked at brain scans from … Read more
There are things we can do to prevent nightmares, such as not watching scary movies Andrii Lysenko/Getty Images Having nightmares on a weekly basis seems to accelerate ageing – and could even triple the risk of early death. “People who have more frequent nightmares age faster and die earlier,” says Abide Otice at Imperial College … Read more
Why are dementia cases soaring in China? Hanohikirf / Alamy Dementia rates are increasing more rapidly in China than almost anywhere else in the world, with cases more than quadrupling in the country over the past few decades. Daoying Geng at Fudan University in China and her colleagues analysed dementia rates in 204 countries and … Read more
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The Nintendo Switch 2 is less than a month away from its big reveal on April 2. Details about the new portable console are slowly trickling out, and the latest info gives some good news for collectors of the interactive action figures, the Amiibo. Nintendo newest FCC filings (for what appears to be the Switch … Read more
It’s been nearly four years since Cricut refreshed its central products, but today you can buy its newly updated Maker and Explore cutting machines. The new Cricut Explore 4 and Cricut Maker 4 get big upgrades, focused almost exclusively on improving what the previous versions do well. You won’t get far in the home crafting … Read more
If you have ever found yourself struggling to fall asleep with thousands of thoughts running through your mind, you are not alone. More than 50 million people in the United States face trouble falling asleep. Sleep disturbances can adversely impact your health, making you prone to serious diseases. In response, new sleep hacks on social … Read more
