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When an event occurs, we have various means of measuring how long it lasted, which may be improved by moving and hearing sounds during the event

Hearing noise and moving our body helps us gauge the passing of time

1 February 2023

People may be more aware of how much time has passed when they move their body and hear sounds during an event. This improved time perception may help to gauge the effectiveness of treatments for conditions like Parkinson's disease
Trees help to ease the “urban heat island effect”, which sees temperatures in cities climb higher than in nearby rural areas

Doubling trees in European cities could prevent thousands of deaths

31 January 2023

A modelling study of 93 European cities suggests that more than 2600 human heat-related deaths over just three months could have been prevented if these places increased their average tree coverage from 15 per cent to 30 per cent

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