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LONDON, Feb. 16, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — New research has been published that finds that shared sauna rituals significantly boost wellbeing by enhancing social connectedness, belonging, and emotional synchrony. Across the UK, sauna use is booming, with the British Sauna Society now counting over 600 public saunas via its UK Sauna Map. Its popularity can be explained by the physical and mental health benefits it delivers, which has decades of empirical studies to support it. Until recently, the social factors of collective sweat bathing and their associated rituals have received little attention from scientists. New collaborative research from Dr Martha Newson…

In today’s fast-moving world, pressure has become a near-constant presence. From demanding jobs and financial responsibilities to social expectations and digital overload, prolonged stress is increasingly shaping daily life. While short-term pressure can enhance performance, sustained stress carries serious consequences that extend beyond temporary discomfort, quietly evolving into a significant public health concern.Chronic stress — persistent pressure without adequate recovery — disrupts both physical and psychological well-being. Unlike sudden crises, it develops gradually and often goes unnoticed until symptoms become pronounced.“Many people do not realise they are living under chronic stress until clear physical or psychological symptoms appear,” said Dr…

Distributed by EIN PresswireIn Partnership with the NARSSA, RSSA® Joins the Lineup of Designations and Certifications Available Through The College KING OF PRUSSIA, PA, UNITED STATES, February 9, 2026 /EINPresswire.com/ — The American College of Financial Services, an accredited institution with the profession’s preeminent end-to-end learning platform, announces a partnership with the National Association of Registered Social Security Analysts (NARSSA) to distribute its RSSA® Social Security designation program. This program aims to address the Social Security knowledge gap among financial professionals and strengthen their retirement planning expertise. As a leading authority in Social Security education, NARSSA brings immense expertise and…

The most powerful changes happen when we decide to take control of what we do have power over, instead of craving control over what we do not. Holding on is hard. Holding on contributes to stress, unhappiness, relationship issues, and so much more. Yet, as human beings, we cling desperately to almost everything… We don’t like change, so we hold on tight to the past. We want life to be the way we think it “should” be. We get attached to our ideals even when they hurt us. Over the past 15 years, as Marc and I have gradually worked…

Hank and John Green’s annual charity livestream, Project for Awesome, is a beacon of hope and engagement for the duo’s dedicated online community: The Nerdfighters. This year, the event raised over $4,133,000 in a single weekend — its largest sum of all time.Hank and John — who are known for projects ranging from authoring best-selling books and creating educational YouTube videos to launching VidCon and selling socks, soap, and coffee for charity — have been leading Project For Awesome since 2007.During the annual 48-hour livestream, the pair collaborates with influencers, scientists, philanthropists, and more to entertain viewers, and most importantly, raise…

Students sit inside the atrium of the Frank Melville Jr. Library. As the spring semester intensifies, college students may experience highs levels of academic burnout and neglect self-care. STANLEY ZHENG/THE STATESMANAs the spring semester progresses and academic demands intensify, many Stony Brook University students are finding themselves pushing through burnout and exhaustion rather than addressing it. For some, chronic stress has become so normalized that self-care feels like a luxury rather than a necessity, even as pressure begins to take a toll on their mental and physical well-being.Burnout, caused by chronic and severe stress, is characterized by mental, emotional and…

Getty Images for Unsplash + Over the last 25 years, Californian fishing regulations have seen the dramatic recovery of various game fish like sea bass and rockfish to the point where they can be fished sustainably again. Collectively known as groundfish, these stocks were serially depleted in the 1990s and early 2000s. Fish like ocean perch and bocaccio live close to the sea bed, and fishermen adopted bottom trawling nets that depleted the fish and destroyed their habitat. By 2000, it was declared a “fisheries disaster.” “Fishery managers at the time didn’t fully understand how slowly groundfish grow, how long…

A compositional analysis of cement (overlayed to right) in Pompeii – credit Archaeological Park of Pompeii A scientist who figured out the secret behind ancient Rome’s self-repairing concrete has recently confirmed his theory at a Pompeii building site where such concrete was in use. This marriage of theoretical and historical knowledge combined with hard evidence has inspired the very same scientist now 3 years later to open a concrete business selling the world’s most popular building material the way the Romans made it: built to last. Concrete was the foundation of the classical Roman empire. It enabled Rome’s storied architectural…

Tens of thousands of people living with severe mental health conditions are being invited to take part in a major new NHS-backed research project that could usher in a “new era” of personalised treatment for serious mental illness. As part of GlobalMinds, the world’s largest mental health study of its kind, researchers will analyse the DNA of volunteers alongside comprehensive questionnaire responses and NHS medical records. The goal is to understand how genes, biology and background influence the onset and severity of conditions such as schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, psychosis and major depression. Beginning this week, almost 50,000 patients in England…

Uncertain market performance—specifically, big losses early in retirement—tends to dominate the conversation about risks that can imperil a retirement plan. And for good reason: We found in our 2025 retirement spending research that hypothetical retirees whose portfolios incurred losses in the first five years of retirement were much more likely to run out of money over a 30-year horizon than retirees who enjoyed better returns early on, assuming the same spending patterns for both sets of retirees.Although they get less play than market shocks, spending shocks can also curb a retirement portfolio’s longevity. In our research, we examined the implications…