From the famed coastline of the Algarve to the storied vineyards of the Douro Valley, these are the best places to visit in ...

Home decor’s got a split personality this year. Call it “city glow” and “cottage flow.” Kim Cook says that at the two ...

More studies are exposing that nature can soothe the mind and body, but new research shows that idyllic outdoor scenes may also soothe a more visceral type of pain. “From past studies we know that ...

These are just a few of the wonders captured in The Americas, the Emmy-contending 11-part nature series from Universal Television Alternative Studio and NBC. Tom Hanks narrates this examination of ...

Fire crews carrying equipment to the scene of the fire on Saturday morning Fire crews had set up structures to hold water at the nature reserve as they continued to dampen the land. Fire crews had ...

The results were clear: when viewing the nature scene, the participants not only reported less pain but also showed reduced activity in brain regions associated with pain processing. By analyzing the ...

Scientists have long suspected that exposure to nature may reduce people’s experience of pain, and now there may be research to prove it. A new study led by a team from the University of Vienna ...

The team discovered that the raw sensory signals the brain receives when something hurts were reduced when watching a carefully designed, high quality, virtual nature scene. The study confirmed ...

Scans monitoring the brains of 49 people showed that pain was reduced in intensity when participants were shown videos of nature rather than a city or office scene. Participants were given minor ...

This response was lower when people were exposed to virtual nature scenes compared to urban or indoor scenes. A new neuroimaging study has revealed that viewing nature can help ease how people ...

The results were clear: when viewing the nature scene, the participants not only reported less pain but also showed reduced activity in brain regions associated with pain processing. By analyzing ...