Great Lakes farms have become a hot spot for bird flu, killing millions of birds and raising fears of a human pandemic.

Researchers found that geographic and socioeconomic differences in inequality, pollution levels, gender bias, and disease burden can accelerate brain aging.

A study of more than 45,000 Norwegian university students has shown that using screens in bed is strongly associated with insomnia symptoms and lower sleep duration. Researchers suspect that this is because screen time displaces sleep by taking up time when people would otherwise be resting. However, using social media was not found to be more harmful than other forms of screen use.

Untold numbers of embryos are sitting in storage and studied in labs around the world.

Untold numbers of embryos are sitting in storage and studied in labs around the world.

Even at work, our phones are usually within reach. But does removing them from our desks help us be less distracted by them? A researcher, asking people to place their phones just out of their reach, put it to the test. The results showed that participants didn’t spend any less time pursuing leisure activities when their phones were further away from them, and that they switched between work and leisure tasks just as often.

Even at work, our phones are usually within reach. But does removing them from our desks help us be less distracted by them? A researcher, asking people to place their phones just out of their reach, put it to the test. The results showed that participants didn’t spend any less time pursuing leisure activities when their phones were further away from them, and that they switched between work and leisure tasks just as often.