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Happy songs: these are the musical elements that make us feel good

Music has a unique power to affect the way people feel and many people use music to enhance or change ...

Hay fever: why some people suffer from it and others don't

While the arrival of spring brings blooming flowers and trees, it also marks the beginning of allergy season for many ...

Surrogacy shake up in UK would create uneven treatment for birth mothers

Surrogacy, where a woman agrees to carry and give birth to a child for another person or couple to raise, ...

Cuban election: high turnout despite opposition call for boycott

Results of the five-yearly Cuban national assembly elections on March 26 will have disappointed opposition figures, who had called for ...

Why some people lose their accents but others don't - linguistic expert

The way a person speaks is an intrinsic part of their identity. It's tribal, marking a speaker as being from ...

Lily Savage: how Paul O'Grady helped embed drag in the British mainstream

Many among the British public will mourn Paul O'Grady, the beloved television host, philanthropist and drag queen, who has died ...

What to know about tax-free savings before the April 5 ISA deadline

The window for making the most of your savings this tax year is closing. As the final day of the ...

This course uses science fiction to understand politics

Uncommon Courses is an occasional series from The Conversation U.S. highlighting unconventional approaches to teaching.Title of course:"Politics and Science Fiction"What ...

Chinese propaganda in Italy's top economic paper busted by Journalists: Report

Rome [Italy], March 30 (ANI): 24 Ore System's editorial staff denounced the repeated publication of advertorials, disguised as legitimate articles ...

Don't listen to Gwyneth Paltrow - IVs are not a shortcut to good health

Actor and businesswoman Gwyneth Paltrow declared "I love an IV!" recently, calling herself an "early adoptor" of intravenous infusion during ...

International students face exploitation in Canada and abroad

Up to 700 Indian international students were recently found to have allegedly arrived in Canada with fraudulent admission letters from ...

How 'TeachTok' is helping teachers connect with their students on TikTok

Before social media, students rarely knew their teachers beyond their professional position in the classroom. Perhaps we might bump into ...

Fear and Wonder podcast: how scientists know the sea is rising

Last week, the United Nations' Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released its Synthesis Report of the Sixth Assessment Report, ...

Does democracy fuel corruption? Most Ghanaians don't think so

Does democracy breed corruption - particularly in developing countries?There are strong advocates of the theory. And strong detractors.Some studies conclude ...

Sex education review: controversial proposals risk failing young people

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has brought forward a planned review into sex education in English schools.This is in response to ...

Great Mysteries of Physics: does objective reality exist?

It is hard to shake the intuition that there's a real and objective physical world out there. If I see ...

Losing weight may be beneficial to your heart, even if some weight is regained: Study

Washington [US], March 29 (ANI): A systematic review of research published in Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes, a peer-reviewed American ...

Against baseball's new pitch clock

Baseball moves very fast. That's how it seems to me, anyway.Just try coaching a Little League game; decisions pile up ...

Journalists denounce Beijing's efforts to influence perception of Italians through media

Rome [Italy], March 29 (ANI): Journalists blasted Chinese propaganda in Italy's top economic paper after it praised China's economic health ...

An introduction to the work of Kenzaburō Ōe in five books

Kenzaburō Ōe, the last of Japan's great post second world war Japanese writers, died in early March. When he was ...

Cooperation between India, Russia payment systems to boost tourism: Russian minister Sergey Cheryomin

By Sahil PandeyNew Delhi [India], March 29 (ANI): Sergey Cheryomin, Minister of the Moscow City Government and Head of the ...

The world is hooked on junk food: how big companies pull it off

It is almost impossible nowadays to listen to the radio, watch TV or scroll through social media without being exposed ...

Great Mysteries of Physics 4: does objective reality exist?

It is hard to shake the intuition that there's a real and objective physical world out there. If I see ...

Safeguard deal shows Bandt's Greens party has come of age

It is understandable if observers have struggled to neatly categorise the agreement struck on Monday between the Albanese Labor Government ...

Fears AUKUS will undermine Australia's defence sovereignty are misplaced

The AUKUS submarine announcement earlier this month reignited a long-running debate about how to best preserve Australia's sovereignty.The announcement addressed ...

NSW Labor unlikely to win majority after flopping on pre-poll votes

Labor is unlikely to win more than 46 of the 93 lower house seats at Saturday's New South Wales state ...

Suicide prevention: Protective factors can build hope and mitigate risks

Globally, an estimated 700,000 people take their own life every year - a statistic that underscores the importance of suicide ...

Our new study provides a potential breakthrough on school bullying

Your child comes home from school and tells you three classmates are teasing her constantly. One even put chewed gum ...

The Voice: what is it, where did it come from, and what can it achieve?

This is the first article in our three-part series explaining Voice, Treaty and Truth.This week, the government will introduce a ...

The pressures on mental health and wellbeing faced by teachers in the UK

According to the 2022 Teacher Wellbeing Index - a survey carried out by the charity Education Support - 78% of ...

Body language books get it wrong: the truth about reading nonverbal cues

Most of us have heard the one about if you cross your arms over your chest you're feeling defensive or ...

It's time to rethink what citizen science really is

Citizen science is a popular method of gathering data for natural and social scientists, with the number of projects and ...

Harris to Highlight US Partnership With Africain Accra Speech

Accra - U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris is expected to pledge a new era of partnership with Africa as she ...

Is 'climate anxiety' a clinical diagnosis? Should it be?

Last week the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, comprised of the world's most esteemed climate experts, delivered its sixth report ...

Germany's DW to Close Office in Turkey

Madrid - Germany's public broadcaster Deutsche Welle is set to close its Turkey office Tuesday after Ankara declined to extend ...

Harris Pledges Security Assistance, Partnership in Ghana Visit

Accra, Ghana - Vice President Kamala Harris on Monday pledged more than $100 million in U.S. assistance to Ghana and ...

What does 'secularism' mean in the Iran protests?

Since the death of Mahsa (Jina) Amini in September 2022, much has been said and written about the protests in ...

What causes hiccups and how can you get rid of them?

We all get hiccups from time to time, and sometimes they just won't seem to go away.Hiccups are involuntary contractions ...

Profit versus health: 4 ways big global industries make people sick

It's now more commonly known that alcohol and tobacco use make us ill. Less known is that just four industries ...

BJP MP from Aligarh has shown Parliament to about 12,000 residents of his constituency, says part of citizen engagement

By Payal MehtaNew Delhi [India], March 27 (ANI): BJP MP Satish Kumar Gautam can often be seen accompanied by people ...

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Techs lead American stock markets higher

NEW YORK, New York - U.S. stocks posted a decent rally on Thursday with all the major indices making good ...

Brain implant company Neuralink weighs human trials

FREMONT, California: Neuralink, Elon Musk's brain implant company, has approached the Barrow Neurological Institute, one of the largest US neurosurgery ...

Some EU countries not sold on law banning CO2-emitting cars by 2035

BRUSSELS, Belgium: The energy ministers of European Union member countries have approved a landmark law to end sales of new ...

Following self-exile, entrepreneur Jack Ma returns to China

BEIJING, China: After more than a year of self-imposed exile overseas, Alibaba founder Jack Ma has returned to China, allegedly ...

U.S. stocks rise sharply, Nasdaq Composite surges 210 points

NEW YORK, New York - U.S. stocks and the dollar made solid gains on Wednesday as banking sector fears continued ...

Twitter: Parts of source code leaked online

NEW YORK CITY, New York: In a legal filing, Twitter announced that parts of its source code - the fundamental ...

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