Revealed: The bombshell new drug that could delay the menopause for years - or even eliminate it forever... but are you willing to put up with these side effects?
Menopause occurs around midlife, when the ovaries run out of functioning eggs – this leads to a natural decline in oestrogen levels, which starts a few years before the menopause during the perimenopausal period.
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- BBC News
Animals react to secret sounds from plants, say scientists
Animals react to sounds being made by plants, new research suggests, opening up the possibility that an invisible ecosystem might exist between the first ever such evidence, a team at Tel Aviv University found that female moths avoided laying their eggs on tomato plants if they made noises they associated with distress, indicating that they may be team was the first to show two years ago that plants scream when they are distressed or sounds are outside the range of human hearing, but can be perceived by many insects, bats and some mammals. "This is the first demonstration ever of an animal responding to sounds produced by a plant," said Prof Yossi Yovel of Tel Aviv University."This is speculation at this stage, but it could be that all sorts of animals will make decisions based on the sounds they hear from plants, such as whether to pollinate or hide inside them or eat the plant."The researchers did a series of carefully controlled experiments to ensure that the moths were responding to the sound and not the appearance of the will now investigate the sounds different plants make and whether other species make decisions based on them, such as whether to pollinate or hide inside them or eat the plant."You can think that there could be many complicated interactions, and this is the first step," says Prof area of investigation is whether plants can pass information to each other through sound and act in response, such as conserving their water in drought conditions, according to Prof Lilach Hadany, also of Tel Aviv University."This is an exciting question," she told BBC News."If a plant is stressed the organism most concerned about it is other plants and they can respond in many ways." The researchers stress that plants are not sentient. They sounds are produced through physical effects caused by a change in their local conditions. What today's discovery shows is that these sounds can be useful to other animals, and possibly plants, able to perceive these that is the case, then plants and animals have coevolved the ability to produce and listen to the sounds for their mutual benefit, according to Prof Hadany."Plants could evolve to make more sounds or louder ones if they were of benefit to it and the hearing of animals may evolve accordingly so they can take in this huge amount of information."This is a vast, unexplored field - an entire world waiting to be discovered."In the experiment the researchers focused on female moths, which typically lay their eggs on tomato plants so that the larvae can feed on them once hatched. The assumption was that the moths seek the best possible site to lay their eggs - a healthy plant that can properly nourish the larvae. So, when the plant signals that it is dehydrated and under stress, the question was whether the moths would heed the warning and avoid laying eggs on it?The answer was that they didn't lay eggs, because of the sound the plants were research has been published in the journal eLife.
Daily Mail
6 hours ago
- Daily Mail
Revealed: The bombshell new drug that could delay the menopause for years - or even eliminate it forever... but are you willing to put up with these side effects?
Whether women want it or not, they have little choice but to go through the menopause. Or do they? What if the menopause was something that could be delayed – or even eliminated altogether? That's what a handful of scientists believe could become a reality, with research teams worldwide exploring the various ways to achieve this. Menopause occurs around midlife, when the ovaries run out of functioning eggs – this leads to a natural decline in oestrogen levels, which starts a few years before the menopause during the perimenopausal period.
The Independent
6 hours ago
- The Independent
Nicotine pouch poisonings in children surged by 763% in recent years
A new study found over 134,000 nicotine poisonings among children younger than six were reported to poison centers in a study published by the American Academy of Pediatrics from 2010 to 2023. Most of the poisoned children were under two years old, with nearly all incidents occurring at home. While overall nicotine poisoning rates decreased due to a reduction in liquid nicotine incidents, poisonings from nicotine pouches surged by approximately 763 percent between 2020 and 2023. Nicotine pouch ingestions were more likely to result in serious medical outcomes or hospital admissions compared to other nicotine products. Although most poisonings had minor or no effects, there were 39 cases with major effects, such as trouble breathing and seizures, and two deaths attributed to liquid nicotine.
