Month: February 2020
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When You Eat Can Determine if Your Body Burns or Stores Fat
The timing of WHEN you eat can determine how much calories your body burns. Subjects who eat a late evening snack in place of breakfast actually burned less fat. The results were from a study by researchers at Vanderbilt University and published in the January 27, 2020 edition of the journal PLOS Biology. Your body…
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Eat Less and You’ll Live Long, Be Healthier
Eating less food helps you live longer, decrease inflammation in your body and delay the onset of age-related diseases, according to a study published in the journal Cell on February 27, 2020 by researchers of the Salk Institute. Low calorie diets have been shown to increase the life span of lab animals in multiple previous…
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Diamond Princess Cruise Ship Quarantine Caused More COVID-19 Infections
More COVID-19 infections occurred because the cruise ship Diamond Princess was quarantined for two weeks, compared to if the passengers were allowed to disembark immediately. The quarantine, in effect, had the opposite and resulted in more infections. The conclusion came from a study by researchers at Umeå University in Sweden. The researchers said because the…
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Slot Machines Can Entice You to Gamble With Sounds and Visual Effects
Those familiar sounds and visuals on slot machines can increase your desire to play them, and also increase your memories of winning big, according to a recent psychology study. University of Alberta scientists published these recent findings in the journal Addiction. The researchers found that virtual slot machines with cues such as the sound of…
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Biggest Explosion Ever in the Universe Detected
The biggest explosion ever detected since the Big Bang, the beginning of our universe, was detected by researchers in a distant galaxy cluster. The energy from the explosion was over five times bigger than any previously recorded celestial explosion. The source of the humongous explosion was a supermassive black hole residing at the center of…
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Researchers Understanding How the Drug Remdesivir Can Treat COVID-19 Patients
Researchers are reporting their findings on how the drug remdesivir works to treat patients who have contracted the COVID-19 virus that is running rampant in China and spreading to other countries. The National Institutes of Health also announced that remdesivir is being used in the first clinical trial of an experimental treatment for COVID-19 in…
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Sunny and Snowy Days Make People Want to Buy Outdoor Products
Consumers tend to visualize using products related to being outdoors during sunny and snowy days, according to a study by the UBC Sauder School of Business. In other words, people are likely to buy products that can be used outdoors on sunny or snowy days if they are appropriately stimulated by images of those products…
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Pedestrians: Beware of Drivers of Expensive Cars
UNLV researchers have found that drivers of expensive cars are less likely to yield for pedestrians. They also found that motorists, in general, are less likely to yield for men and non-whites. There is a social sentiment that “BMW drivers are jerks” and this study may add to that notion. Every $1,000 Price Increase Drops…
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CT Scan Most Effective in Detecting COVID-19
A study recently published in the journal Radiology showed that chest CT scan was the most effective screening method in detecting 2019 novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19). The study involved 1,000 patients. Based on the data, CT should be used as the primary diagnosis method to screen for COVID-19. The Chinese government has been screening its…
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Just Ten Minutes of Nature Time Can Reduce Your Stress Level
Spending just ten minutes a day in a natural setting can make college students happier and decrease their level of both physical and mental stress, Cornell researchers announced in their study. The study was recently published in the journal Frontiers in Psychology and is part of a larger research into “nature therapy.” The goal of…