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Aquellos de ustedes que pasan horas en el gimnasio con el objetivo de quemar tantas calorías como sea posible, podrían estar decepcionados al saber que su sistema nervioso está subconscientemente trabajando en contra de usted. Los investigadores informan en la Revista Cell Press Current Biology, haber encontrado que nuestros sistemas nerviosos son muy hábiles para cambiar la forma en que nos movemos con el fin de gastar la menor cantidad de energía posible. En otras palabras, los seres humanos están programados para la pereza.

Every major car manufacturer is selling diesel cars that fail to meet EU air pollution limits on the road in Europe, according to data obtained by sustainable transport group Transport & Environment (T&E). 

All new diesel cars should have met the Euro 6 autoemissions standard from 1 September – but just one in 10 tested complied with the legal limit. 

On average new EU diesel cars produce emissions about five times higher than the allowed limit. The results are compiled in a new report, Don’t Breathe Here, in which T&E analyses the reasons for and solutions to air pollution caused by diesel machines and cars – the worst of which, an Audi, emitted 22 times the allowed EU limit.

Prolonged sitting time as well as reduced physical activity contribute to the prevalence of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) in a study of middle-aged Koreans. These findings support the importance of both reducing time spent sitting and increasing physical activity, say researchers. Their results are published in the Journal of Hepatology.

Physical activity is known to reduce the incidence and mortality of various chronic diseases. However, more than one half of the average person's waking day involves sedentary activities associated with prolonged sitting such as watching TV and using the computer and other devices. 

Los investigadores del Programa de Investigación del Ártico, gestionado por British Antarctic Survey, han demostrado por primera vez que el fitoplancton (vegetales) en las regiones oceánicas remotas puede contribuir a la formación de raras partículas en el aire que desencadenan la formación de hielo en las nubes.

Los resultados publicados hoy en la revista Nature muestran que los residuos orgánicos de la vida en los océanos, que se expulsa a la atmósfera junto con...

Aviation history has just been made. Earlier this summer I told you about the record breaking solar plane flight, and now the solar eagle has landed again—this time at an airport in India that just became the first airport in the world to completely operate on solar power.

Go India!