Urban gardens are perfect spaces for communing with nature and building social bonds. Such places can also be important for climate change mitigation. Does urban gardening in Warsaw have potential and how to develop related initiatives? Researchers from the SWPS University, Warsaw University of Technology and the Warsaw University of Life Sciences investigated this issue.

From Chile to China, cultures vary greatly around the globe, but people in at least a dozen countries agree about what it means to be cool, according to research published by the American Psychological Association.   

The infectious and multi-resistant cattle disease Salmonella Dublin can be fatal to both humans and animals and causes significant losses for farmers. Although Denmark has attempted to eradicate the disease since 2008, it has not yet succeeded. A study from the University of Copenhagen points to possible reasons – and the necessary solutions.

A new study by the University of Vienna shows that particularly long periods of parental leave around the birth of a child are associated with a higher risk of unhealthy behaviour – specifically smoking – in the long term. The research team around Sonja Spitzer analysed the effects of maternity and parental leave on the smoking behaviour of mothers in 14 European countries. The study was recently published in the renowned Journal of Health Economics and is based on a collaboration with the Hertie School Berlin and the TU Vienna.

A new Australian study is shining a spotlight on the healing power of horses, revealing that equine-assisted therapy could help address the growing mental health crisis among children.