Mindfulness training helps build resilience in university students and improve their mental health, particularly during stressful periods of exams, according to research from the University of Cambridge. The study, which...
I haven’t been to the gym for two weeks, but it’s fine: I just need to watch sport on television. A study from the University of Montreal has found that...
In a corner of south London, a group of young people are taking it in turns to smell the leaves of a rose geranium plant in the gardens of Roots...
For a dramatic display, choose plants that contrast with the background — bright plants against light siding or wood, pale flowers against dark brick walls. Here’s a brief rundown of...
His celebrated essay, available to its first readers in December 1689, though formally dated 1690, is still of great interest today. It is an examination of the nature of the...
Sir Thomas Browne is a writer whose afterlife vindicates the power of an enchanted, idiosyncratic, and – the gift that holds one key to the success of the writing life...
Something is stirring in the world of mental health and for once the news is positive. This month, British scientists began testing a radically new approach to treating schizophrenia based...
In 1953, Dr. John Clements realized something fundamental about the way the lung functions — an insight that would ultimately save the lives of millions of premature babies. The story...
“You never see ‘air pollution’ written as the cause on death certificates,” an expert once told Damian Carrington, Environment Editor at the Guardian. If it was, she suggested, the enormous...
Man’s best friends make us less stressed, more active and more content at work, owners believe. Dog walking could be key to keeping older people more active, a new study...
