Stress Balls And Sensory Items To Calm You Down, According To Therapists
Amazon, AnniLizYarnCreation on Etsy A lavender stress ball, sensory cube and octopus sensory toy. Don’t be fooled by their fun colors or whimsical packaging. Fidget and sensory toys aren’t just for kids. In fact, according to psychotherapist Grace Huntley, keeping a stress ball, fidget toy or other sensory items around can help you stay calm […]
Chemists Say This Acne-Fighting Essential Oil Is Actually Effective
Dermstore, Amazon, Sephora Dermalogica conditioning body wash, 100% tea tree oil and Briogeo scalp revival. If you give a skeptical side-eye to any essential oil, you may have written tea tree oil off as a gimmick. But cosmetic chemist Jane Tsui says the ingredient actually has some scientifically-backed uses. “This essential oil is known to […]
Amazon Ends Virtual Health Care Service Over Fear It’d Fail In The Long Term
NEW YORK (AP) — Amazon is shutting down the hybrid virtual, in-home care service it’s spent years developing, a surprising move that underscores the challenges it faces as it moves into health care. The service, called Amazon Care, will end by Dec. 31, according to an email sent to staff by Neil Lindsay, senior vice […]
Scientists provide more than 50K camera trap images for massive study on Amazon wildlife
WCS scientists working in the vast Amazon Basin have contributed more than 57,000 camera trap images for a new study published in the journal Ecology by an international team of 120 research institutions. The study consists of 120,000-plus images taken in eight countries, representing the largest photo database to date of the Amazon’s staggering array […]
Dynamic rivers contributed to Amazon’s rich bird diversity: Genome-based study also finds new bird species at high risk of imminent extinction
One of the most contentious questions in evolutionary biology is, how did the Amazon become so rich in species? A new study focused on birds examines how the movements of rivers in the Amazon have contributed to that area’s exceptional biological diversity. The research team, led by the American Museum of Natural History, found that […]
Trees are biggest methane ‘vents’ in wetland areas – even when they’re dry
Most of the methane gas emitted from Amazon wetlands regions is vented into the atmosphere via tree root systems — with significant emissions occurring even when the ground is not flooded, say researchers at the University of Birmingham. In a study published in the Royal Society journal, Philosophical Transactions A, the researchers have found evidence […]
Amazon Rainforest birds’ bodies transform due to climate change
The most pristine parts of the Amazon rainforest devoid of direct human contact are being impacted by human-induced climate change, according to new research by LSU scientists. New analyses of data collected over the past four decades show that not only has the number of sensitive resident birds throughout the Amazon rainforest declined, but the […]
Epicenter of major Amazon droughts and fires saw 2.5 billion trees and vines killed
A major drought and forest fires in the Amazon rainforest killed billions of trees and plants and turned one of the world’s largest carbon sinks into one of its biggest polluters. Triggered by the 2015-16 El Niño, extreme drought and associated mega-wildfires caused the death of around 2.5 billion trees and plants and emitted 495 […]