About 6,241 individuals [aged 15 to 24 years] committed suicide in 2017. Increase in social media use, depression, anxiety, and self-inflicted injuries are the main reason behind this sharp surge. In teenagers aged 15 to 19 years, the suicide rate...
The annual power consumption of Bitcoin mining sits between 45 and 46 Terawatt-hour. The corresponding CO2 emission goes up 22 megatons per year. This can be compared to the total emissions of cities like Las Vegas or Hamburg. Released as open...
New study analyzes how irregular sleeping patterns affect future metabolic abnormalities. Every 1-hour increase in sleep variability can double the odds of hypertension, obesity high blood sugar, and high cholesterol. Modern lifestyle and...
Researchers for the first time have analyzed whether changes in red meat intake over time influence the risk of early death. They found that increasing processed red meat consumption is associated with higher risks of early death due to...
The new study investigates how reading with toddlers affects parenting style. People who frequently read with their children are less likely to involve in harsh parenting. It also leaves a positive impact on children as they are less likely to...
Frequent internet use could alter the brain’s structure and cognitive development. It may affect our memory process, attentional capacities, and social interactions. Extensive internet usage is more harmful in early adolescence as it reduces...
An average person consumes at least 72,000 particles of plastic every year. When inhalation is included, these estimates rise up to 121,000. The estimates are based on 402 data points from 26 different studies. In 2015, about 4.9 billion metric...
There is absolutely no doubt that without Thomas Edison’s inventions our lives would be completely different if not difficult. Often described as America’s greatest investor, Edison was granted a total of 1,093 U.S patents in his...
A volcano is basically an opening in the earth’s (or any celestial body) crust through which magma, ash, and volcanic gases are ejected. Typically, volcanoes are located along the fault lines between the tectonic plates. Perhaps the most...
Do you know that Antarctica was once the part of Gondwana super-continent which consisted of modern-day Africa, Australia, South Africa, South America, and the Indian Subcontinent? That’s right, the Antarctica we see today is a result of a...
In humans, most mammals and even birds, sleep occur in repetitive cycles, in which the body fluctuates between two different phases; REM sleep and non-REM sleep. REM sleep (or rapid eye movement sleep) is a distinctive sleep phase which is...
Uranium is known to humanity since at least 79 AD when it was used in the ceramic industry (natural oxide form) in several parts of Europe. The chemical element was formally discovered only in 1789, when Martin Heinrich Klaproth, a German chemist...