S. Koreans' processed food consumption increases 18.4% during pandemic
Aug 31, 2022 20:44 pm UTC| Health Economy Business Life
South Koreas expenditure on processed food went up 18.4 percent to 47.1 trillion won amid the COVID-19 pandemic last year from 39.8 trillion won in 2019. According to the state-run Rural Development Administration...
USDA puts up $300 million initiative to encourage farmers to go organic
Aug 30, 2022 22:20 pm UTC| Health Economy Business
The US Department of Agriculture announced several eight- and nine-figure funding initiatives to advance policy promises, including the Organic Transition Initiative. The $300 million investment, described as a way to...
Wendy’s cuts out lettuce from sandwiches in 3 states after illnesses
Aug 29, 2022 23:06 pm UTC| Health Economy Business Life
Wendys has removed lettuce from sandwiches it serves in the states of Michigan, Ohio, and Pennsylvania after an E. coli contamination sickened at least 37 people. The illness in the three states has been tied to a...
S. Korean gov't to impose stronger health warnings on cigarette packaging
Aug 29, 2022 22:28 pm UTC| Health Economy Business
The South Korean government has introduced regulations requiring cigarette manufacturers to strengthen health warnings on cigarette packaging starting in late December. The Ministry of Health and Welfare will distribute...
Tiredness can change how generous you are – new research
Aug 24, 2022 10:57 am UTC| Health
What determines how generous a person you are? Could it be how much money you have? How kind you are? Or maybe it comes down to your values. These all seem reasonable assumptions, but a new study from Berkeley University...
Chemical imbalance theory of depression: clearing up some misconceptions
Aug 24, 2022 10:56 am UTC| Health
The scale of the response to our recent study finding that there was no support for the idea that low serotonin causes depression the so-called chemical imbalance theory of depression was enormous. Our paper is one of...
S. Korea's beauty giant Amorepacific develops wireless electronic skin
Aug 23, 2022 23:51 pm UTC| Science Life Health Economy Business
Amorepacific Group has developed a chipless wireless electronic skin that accurately analyzes and measures skin conditions in collaboration with professor Kim Jeehwan of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology...
South Africa’s plan to move away from coal: 8 steps to make it succeed
Germany lowers voting age to 16 for the European elections
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects