13 Aug 2025

Science: Walking for your heart, black carbon underestimated

From Nine To Noon, 11:45 am on 13 August 2025
Close up of woman runner shoes in the park.

Is walking backwards really the key to fast-forwarding your fitness? Photo: 123rf

Science correspondent Laurie Winkless joins Susie with three new studies.

The first has found that taking more steps - even below the recommended 10,000 target - and increasing your walking pace are associated with reducing your risk of a heart event or stroke.

Black carbon emissions in the 'global south' are almost 40 percent higher than previously reported.

And researchers in Japan have developed the strongest underwater adhesive hydrogel to date.

Laurie Winkless is a physicist and science writer