Planets & Transits
New Moon in Leo August 12, 2026
The New Moon arrives in Leo August 12 at 8:36 PM UTC, and with it comes a singular...
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- Written by: Brian Consiglio, University of Missouri
A new motion-sensor video game can help patients recovering from a stroke improve their motor skills and affected arm movements at home while checking in periodically with a therapist via telehealth.
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- Written by: Maria Hornbek, University of Copenhagen
A Nordic diet has positive health benefits, regardless of whether you lose weight or not, new research shows.
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- Written by: Rachel Cramer, Iowa State University
If people are concerned about their sleep and have a limited amount of time to exercise, they may want to consider prioritizing resistance workouts
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- Written by: Beth Ann Malow, Vanderbilt University
As people in the U.S. prepare to turn their clocks ahead one hour in mid-March, I find myself bracing for the annual ritual of media stories about the disruptions to daily routines caused by switching from standard time to daylight saving time.
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- Written by: Candice Covington
The Golden Rule, “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you,” refers to treating others the way you want to be treated. This applies to our food, those living beings—vegetable, animal, and mineral—that provide us with nourishment and sustain our physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual energy.
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- Written by: Maria Hornbek, University of Copenhagen
Even though our fatty tissue loses important function with age, a high volume of exercise can have a significant impact for the better, according to a new study.
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- Written by: Sarah Avery, Duke University
About one in seven breast cancers detected by mammogram screening in the United States are over-diagnosed, according to a new study.
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- Written by: Joyce Vissell
We are all wishing that we could do something to help. Yes, we could send money and that is good, but not all people have the means to send money. But there is a powerful way in which each one of us can help on a daily basis...
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- Written by: Joyce Vissell
We are all wishing that we could do something to help. Yes, we could send money and that is good, but not all people have the means to send money. But there is a powerful way in which each one of us can help on a daily basis...
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- Written by: Jeff Mulhollem, Penn State University
A chocolate maker doesn't have many other options to influence the flavor quality of 100% chocolate except to vary how he or she roasts the beans, and our results show optimal roasting can adequately reduce bitterness
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- Written by: Clare Collins, University of Newcastle et al
These days, low-carb diets are promoted as a weight-loss solution, to beat heart disease and as better for diabetes. But how do these claims match up with the latest research?
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- Written by: Maria Hornbek, University of Copenhagen
The most toxic substances that we identified actually came after the bottle had been in the dishwasher—presumably because washing wears down the plastic and thereby increases leaching
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- Written by: Marisol Martinez, Johns Hopkins University
Psilocybin not only produces significant and immediate effects, it also has a long duration, which suggests that it may be a uniquely useful new treatment for depression
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- Written by: Marie T. Russell, InnerSelf.com
We are all in need of healing in one form or another. Whether that healing is emotional, physical, financial, or spiritual depends on each one of us, and probably even on what day or time it is, or even on how we look at it. We are a work in progress, and we continue to build and refine what is already there.
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- Written by: Elissa H. Pattersonand Hans Schroder, University of Michigan
Did you ever feel your own shoulders relax when you saw a friend receive a shoulder massage? For those of you who said “yes,” congratulations, your brain is using its power to create a “placebo effect.”
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- Written by: Pat Harriman, University of California, Irvine
Patients tell us they wish more than anything that they could work and do the most basic activities they used to before they got sick with long COVID. They are desperately searching for something to help them get back on their feet
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- Written by: James Urton, University of Washington
Beating the bite of mosquitoes this spring and summer could hinge on your attire and your skin, a new study shows.
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- Written by: Marie T. Russell, InnerSelf.com
We are all in need of healing in one form or another. Whether that healing is emotional, physical, financial, or spiritual depends on each one of us, and probably even on what day or time it is, or even on how we look at it. We are a work in progress, and we continue to build and refine what is already there.
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- Written by: Patti Verbanas, Rutgers University
Our indoor air sampling data clearly demonstrated that measurable airborne SARS-CoV2 RNA was present in the air in the homes of most infected people, not only in the isolation room, but, importantly, elsewhere in the home
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- Written by: Phyllida Anam-Áire
We talk about resonance with other organisms, but for me it is important to have resonance with my own internal states of being.
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- Written by: Phyllida Anam-Áire
We talk about resonance with other organisms, but for me it is important to have resonance with my own internal states of being.
