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Song lyrics are getting simpler, more repetitive: study

The study found that lyrics have also become angrier and more self-obsessed over the last 40 years. Image for Representation. | Photo Credit: Pexels.com You’re not just getting older. Song lyrics really are becoming simpler and more repetitive, according to a study published on Thursday. Lyrics have also become angrier and more self-obsessed over the last 40 years, the study found, reinforcing the opinions of cranky ageing music fans…

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Chilling out instead of blowing off steam better to manage anger, review of 154 studies says

Anger is a common emotion with potentially destructive consequences. From physical confrontations to road rage incidents, anger is widely seen as a problem and an emotion that people should try to rein in. | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto Some commonly recommended tactics for managing anger, including hitting a punching bag, jogging and cycling, aren’t effective at helping people cool off. That’s the key takeaway of our new review of 154 studies that…

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Astronomers looking for space gas accidentally find 49 new galaxies

Spiral galaxy NGC 1512, located 30 million light-years away from Earth, is seen in an undated image from the James Webb Space Telescope. | Photo Credit: Reuters Stars are born from huge clouds of mostly hydrogen gas floating in space. Astronomers like me study this gas because it helps us understand how stars and galaxies form and grow. Hydrogen gas gives off a faint glow that is invisible to…

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50,000-year-old magnetic fossils found in the Bay of Bengal

Needle, spindle, bullet and spearhead shape-magnetofossils. | Photo Credit: Kadam, N et al/Nature In the depths of the Bay of Bengal, scientists have discovered a 50,000-year-old sediment — a giant magnetofossil and one of the youngest to be found yet.  What are magentofossils? Magnetofossils are the fossilised remains of magnetic particles created by magnetotactic bacteria, also known as magnetobacteria, and found preserved within the geological records. Magnetotactic bacteria are mostly…

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Goa scientists find 50,000-year-old magnetic fossils in Bay of Bengal

Needle, spindle, bullet and spearhead shape-magnetofossils. | Photo Credit: Kadam, N et al/Nature In the depths of the Bay of Bengal, scientists have discovered a 50,000-year-old sediment — a giant magnetofossil and one of the youngest to be found yet.  What are magentofossils? Magnetofossils are the fossilised remains of magnetic particles created by magnetotactic bacteria, also known as magnetobacteria, and found preserved within the geological records. Magnetotactic bacteria are mostly…

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Why spacesuits need a major upgrade for the next phase of exploration

Axiom Space chief engineer Jim Stein demonstrates a prototype spacesuit, Wednesday, March 15, 2023, in Houston. NASA selected Axiom Space to design the spacesuits that its moonwalking astronauts will wear when they step onto the lunar surface later this decade. | Photo Credit: AP Humans have long dreamed of setting foot on the Moon and other planetary bodies such as Mars. Since the 1960s, space travellers have donned suits…

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How a wandering white shark’s epic journey could provide clues for protecting them

In this photo provided by Chip Michalove, LeeBeth, a white shark, is tagged on Dec. 8, 2023, off Hilton Head Island, S.C. Scientists say the animal has been tracked further into the Gulf of Mexico than any white shark they’ve ever tagged before. | Photo Credit: AP As sharks go, LeeBeth is something like a long-haul trucker with gills and giant teeth. Swimmers at the beach might not be…

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Going to Mars? Speak to a psychologist first

Because these communications travel at the speed of light and can’t go any faster, experts are coming up with ways to improve communication efficiency under time-delayed conditions. Source link

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Study reveals how Titanosaurs, earth’s biggest land animals, survived so long

Museum visitors walk beneath the skeleton of Patagotitan mayorum as it goes on display as part of the new ‘Titanosaur: Life as the Biggest Dinosaur’ exhibit at Natural History Museum in London, Britain April 1, 2023. Image for Representation. | Photo Credit: Reuters You’re probably familiar with classic sauropod dinosaurs – the four-legged herbivores famous for their long necks and tails. Animals such as Brachiosaurus, Apatosaurus and Diplodocus have been standard…

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Stone tools in Ukraine offer oldest evidence of humans in Europe

This photo provided by researcher Roman Garba shows a heavily weathered flake artifact at the Korolevo I archaeological site in western Ukraine in August 2023. Stone tools found in the area are the earliest evidence of early human presence in Europe, dating back to 1.4 million years ago, according to research published in the journal Nature on Wednesday, March 6, 2024. | Photo Credit: AP A dating method based…

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Why a tiny gravity measurement may be a leap forward for physics

Just over a week ago, European physicists announced they had measured the strength of gravity on the smallest scale ever. In a clever tabletop experiment, researchers at Leiden University in the Netherlands, the University of Southampton in the UK, and the Institute for Photonics and Nanotechnologies in Italy measured a force of around 30 attonewtons on a particle with just under half a milligram of mass. An attonewton is a billionth…

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What ended the ‘dark ages’ in the early universe? Webb telescope finds clue

Which stars produced the light that ended the dark ages and triggered this so-called “epoch of reionisation”? Image for Representation. | Photo Credit: AP About 400,000 years after the Big Bang, the cosmos was a very dark place. The glow of the universe’s explosive birth had cooled, and space was filled with dense gas – mostly hydrogen – with no sources of light. Slowly, over hundreds of millions of…

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Scientists develop mathematical model to optimise elite athletes’ performance

Lieke Klaver of Team Netherlands runs ahead of Lavial Nielsen of Team Great Britain in the first leg of the women’s 4 X 400 meters relay during the World Athletics Indoor Championships at the Emirates Arena in Glasgow, Scotland, Sunday, March 3, 2024. | Photo Credit: AP Scientists have developed a mathematical model that promises to optimise training for competitors in 400-metre and 1,500-metre athletics events, according to a…

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SpaceX launches eighth long-duration crew for International Space Station orbit

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off in this time-exposure photo, from Launch Pad 39A Sunday, March 3, 2024, at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla. Four astronauts are beginning a mission to the International Space Station. (AP Photo/Chris O’Meara) | Photo Credit: Chris O’Meara A SpaceX rocket safely lifted off from Florida on Sunday night carrying a crew of three U.S. astronauts and a Russian cosmonaut…

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