The smelly truth about romantic relationships and health

Feb 16, 2020 08:59 am UTC| Insights & Views Health

Having trouble sleeping? Nervous about an important interview? Smelling your partners worn clothing may help improve your sleep and calm your nerves. While it may sound strange to smell your partners clothing, these...

Boris Johnson's cabinet reshuffle: what you need to know

Feb 16, 2020 08:58 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics

Boris Johnson, the UK prime minister, has reshuffled his cabinet. But among all the sackings and appointments, the big news of the day was Sajid Javids resignation as chancellor of the exchequer. Javid was reportedly told...

New tools help communities measure and reduce their emissions locally

Feb 16, 2020 08:57 am UTC| Insights & Views Nature

The slogan What you can measure, you can manage has become a guiding principle for local climate action. Theres an accounting standard made for this purpose: the Global Protocol for Community-scale Greenhouse Gas Emission...

Designing artificial brains can help us learn more about real ones

Feb 16, 2020 08:57 am UTC| Insights & Views Technology

Despite billions of dollars spent and decades of research, computation in the human brain remains largely a mystery. Meanwhile, we have made great strides in the development of artificial neural networks, which are...

A connected world makes this coronavirus scarier, but also helps us deal with it

Feb 15, 2020 07:54 am UTC| Insights & Views Technology Health

The health implications of the Wuhan coronavirus (now called Covid-19) outbreak are, obviously, deeply concerning. At the time of writing, it had infected more than 50,000 people and killed more than 1,300. Cities and...

There's no evidence the new coronavirus spreads through the air – but it's still possible

Feb 15, 2020 07:53 am UTC| Insights & Views Health

A recent announcement by a Chinese health official suggested the new coronavirus might spread more easily than we thought, via an airborne route. The virus is now known as severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2...

Cryptocurrency Derivatives Series: Key Driving Forces of Bitcoin And Hedging Strategy

Feb 13, 2020 08:17 am UTC| Research & Analysis Digital Currency Insights & Views

Is crypto bulls back in 2020? For those who are risk averse and obsessed to say too early to conclude that, the early signs are only good. However, we listed out some significant factors that drive further trend direction...