activity

If you’ve been working out this year – whether with your iPhone as a companion or with an Apple Watch – there’s a beautiful Activity Recap waiting for you. Before you ask: No, it’s…

The study, supported by the British Heart Foundation (BHF) and published in the European Heart Journal, is the first to assess how different movement patterns throughout the 24-hour day are…

The slowdown of physical activity during adolescence is not likely caused by lifestyle and environment but by energy demands placed on the body as it grows and sexually matures, according to…

The number of change-sensitive blocks (circle area) by geolocation (in a 2 × 2 ◦ gridcell). Dataset: 2020m1. Credit:…

Those who huffed and puffed for at least 10 seconds per minute, or 15 per cent of one physical activity bout or slot, saw the greatest benefit, they found. NEW DELHI: Short bouts of…

The climate-driven advance of beavers into the Arctic tundra is causing the release of more methane -- a greenhouse gas -- into the atmosphere. Beavers, as everyone knows, like to make dams.…

“If you haven’t got anything nice to say about anyone, come and sit here by me.” So read Alice Roosevelt’s favourite embroidered cushion.And I agree. Life without gossip would be as…

Researchers have modified a commercial virtual reality headset, giving it the ability to measure brain activity and examine how we react to hints, stressors and other outside forces. The…

A study led by the University of Eastern Finland suggests that adolescents who engage in active school transport and leisure-time physical activity perform better at secondary school than…

When you interact with the world around you, your experiences are recorded as changes in the connection strengths between neurons in your brain. This process, called synaptic plasticity,…