Victor Loux — bookmarks tagged “health”

Aromatic plants in nests of blue tits: positive effects on nestlings

sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0003347208005496

“Certaines espèces garnissent leur nid de plantes aromatiques, une fois la construction achevée. C’est le cas de la mésange bleue (Cyanistes caeruleus) en Corse. Des études ont montré que cette habitude, qui a longtemps intrigué les ornithologues, était bénéfique aux poussins, les plantes aromatiques émettant des composés volatiles aux vertus antibactériennes et antiparasitaires.”

Microplastics found in human blood for first time | Plastics | The Guardian

theguardian.com/environment/2022/mar/24/microplastics-found-in-human-blood-for-first-time

Exclusive: The discovery shows the particles can travel around the body and may lodge in organs

It’s Your Friends Who Break Your Heart

theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2022/03/why-we-lose-friends-aging-happiness/621305/

The forgotten medieval habit of 'two sleeps' - BBC Future

bbc.com/future/article/20220107-the-lost-medieval-habit-of-biphasic-sleep

For millennia, people slept in two shifts – once in the evening, and once in the morning. But why? And how did the habit disappear?

The Third Reich Was Addicted to Drugs | The New Republic

newrepublic.com/article/141125/third-reich-addicted-drugs

At the start of the war, Hitler suffered from gas. Soon, he was taking a cocktail of morphine, crystal meth, and laxatives, a new history reveals.

How Fit Can You Get From Just Walking? | GQ

gq.com/story/get-fit-from-just-walking

Walking is good for you, obviously. But can it whip you into shape?

How Doctors Die | The Saturday Evening Post

saturdayeveningpost.com/2013/03/how-doctors-die/

What’s unusual about medical professionals is not how much treatment they get when faced with a terminal illness—but how little.

Shanna Swan: 'Most couples may have to use assisted reproduction by 2045' | Fertility problems | The Guardian

theguardian.com/society/2021/mar/28/shanna-swan-fertility-reproduction-count-down

Beyond Burned Out

hbr.org/2021/02/beyond-burned-out

MuscleWiki

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A Tiny Twist on Street Design: The One-Minute City - Bloomberg

bloomberg.com/news/features/2021-01-05/a-tiny-twist-on-street-design-the-one-minute-city

While the “15-minute city” model promotes neighborhood-level urban planning, Sweden is pursuing a hyper-local twist: a scheme to redesign every street in the nation.

The Curious History of Steam Heat and Pandemics - Bloomberg

bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-08-05/the-curious-history-of-steam-heat-and-pandemics

We Had the COVID-19 Vaccine the Whole Time

nymag.com/intelligencer/2020/12/moderna-covid-19-vaccine-design.html

You may be surprised to learn that of the trio of long-awaited coronavirus vaccines, the most promising, Moderna’s mRNA-1273, which reported a 94.5 percent efficacy rate on November 16, had been designed by January 13.