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Remember when we were all just jackass kids, and humming was something we did to punish a substitute teacher for the crime of trying to enrich our minds? We may not have known it at the time, but it turns out we may have inadvertently been boosting our health all along – because as weird […]

After much drama and difficulty, the Musk-Twitter takeover appears to be done and dusted. Signaling the $44 billion deal had finally gone through, the multi-billionaire tweeted: “the bird is freed” late on Thursday night.  Musk didn’t take long to start making big changes. The ink must have barely been dry on the contract before he set […]

Wuhan and many other cities across China have gone back into lockdown as the Asian country continues its zero-COVID policy. China has reported 42,419 cases of COVID cases just in the last 24 hours, and to stop another wave becoming more serious, over 200 million people are back in lockdown. Under different degrees of lockdown, […]

Parts of the world are home to communities with above-average life expectancy, with many housing multiple people aged 100 years or older, called centenarians. Some such areas are categorized as “Blue Zones”, and many believe they hold the key to a long and healthy life. The term Blue Zone came from the study of data […]

The average employee reports being productive for only 31 percent of the average eight-hour workday 😳. So if you’re trying to get ahead as an employee, entrepreneur, artist, or anything, it’s evident that working hard throughout the day is a simple strategy for getting a leg up. Unfortunately, if you’re like most of us, staying focused […]

Most stars are formed in dense clusters, but spend the bulk of their lives alone or in pairs. Recently, observations of dissolving clusters have revealed a strange anomaly. The discovery contradicts conventional Newtonian ideas of gravity, but fits with at least one alternative. Still, it takes a lot to overthrow a theory as well founded […]

Scientists have developed a new antidepressant compound that appears to get to work significantly faster than current treatments for depression. The drug has only been tested out in mouse brains so far, but the new research could eventually pave the way for a new fast-acting antidepressant. Most commonly prescribed antidepressants, such as selective serotonin reuptake […]

NASA’s InSight has studied many seismic events on Mars over the last couple of years. These “marsquakes” have given astronomers a better understanding of the interior of the planet but they were really hoping to see events with waves traveling along the surface, too. Luckily, the universe provided that as a Christmas gift in 2021. […]

Video games have been blamed for many societal ills that actually have nothing to do with them. Still, it is undeniable that certain online gaming communities not only allow toxic behaviors, but actually encourage radicalization. Understanding how and why some gamers are likely to fall down this path is important – and researchers believe that […]

Fall, or autumn as it’s known in the UK, is a famously beautiful time of year, as the leaves change color and create a stunning background of orange, red and yellow for all our Instagram pictures. However, what is actually happening to the trees and plants to cause this change? Throughout most of the year, […]

A decoder that can reconstruct people’s thoughts by analyzing their brain scans has been developed by researchers. Unlike other techniques that require the use of surgically implanted electrodes to decipher mental activity, this new approach relies on functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) recordings, therefore offering non-invasive means of decoding continuous language. Speaking to The Scientist, […]

Personal style isn’t only about your wardrobe, nope. It involves everything and anything that you can put your own personal flair onto. For example, your resume style tells potential employers a lot about you. From your approach to life to your mindset, a resume can say so much. For example, are you a creative graphic […]

Nightmares can greatly impact your well-being, but new research may have found a way to help people reshape negative storylines into more positive ones as they sleep. The approach builds on existing therapy by introducing certain sounds which can help a person to mold their nightmare into a dream, all while unconscious. An existing method […]

In Nordic countries, there’s a norm of letting babies take a nap alone outside in their pushchairs. Wander down a street in Denmark, Sweden, Norway, or Finland and there’s a chance you’ll see strollers and prams quietly sitting by themselves with a sleeping baby inside, even on a chilly winter day.  It’s perfectly acceptable for […]

With his Twitter takeover set to be completed this week, Elon Musk has outlined some of his vision for the social media giant. Speaking on Twitter (where else?) Musk claimed that he didn’t buy Twitter for financial gain, but he do so to “try to help humanity.” Addressing his message to advertisers on the platform, […]

Astronomers have announced a pretty cool discovery thanks to JWST, coming all the way from the very early universe. The space observatory has revealed that a far distant known galaxy is not a single object but two. The object is known as MACS0647-JD, and the light we can see today has been travelling since 400 […]

The Tusk Conservation Awards for 2022 are taking place this November, marking their 10th year, and Miguel Gonçalves – a park warden for the National Administration for Conservation Areas, Mozambique – is one of the named nominees. Working at the Maputo National Park since 1999, Goncalves’s efforts over the past 12 years have seen areas […]