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A study conducted by the University of Guanajuato in Mexico found that cardiac patients in intensive care who listened to 45 minutes of soft music daily experienced better health outcomes than those who did not. Over five days, the music group...
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A study by the University of Bath found that German students who consumed a modest amount of alcohol performed better when speaking Dutch, compared to those who drank only water. Their pronunciation was smoother, and their confidence higher,...
A team of Japanese researchers won an Ig Nobel Prize for spray-painting cows with zebra stripes to reduce fly bites. Led by Tomoki Kojima, the group taped Japanese beef cows before painting them with black-and-white stripes. The experiment showed...
Prunes and All-Bran might once have been the butt of jokes about old age, but now they’re flying off the shelves - thanks to a Gen Z health craze called “fibremaxxing.” Younger Brits are embracing high-fibre foods in record...
Leigh Murphy, 29, has to keep an eye on her six-year-old son Steven - who she has with her 28-year-old husband Steven - so that he does not munch on dangerous items around the family's three-bedroom, two-storey private rental house in...
ROME :Is the agriculture sector fated to die out? Globally, the average age of farmers has been steadily creeping up, approaching 60 in developed countries. This leaves the sector, which supplies roughly one-quarter of jobs worldwide, in a bind:...
BEIRUT/YAOUNDÉ :Why are low- and lower-middle-income countries’ (LLMICs) external borrowing costs so high? The issue has featured prominently in global debates this year. The Sevilla Commitment (the outcome of the Fourth International...
SANTA BARBARA: US President Donald Trump’s recent meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska was the first encounter between the leaders of the world’s two largest nuclear powers since 2021. Now, if Trump truly wants to put...
REDMOND: My life’s mission has been to create safe, beneficial AI that will make the world a better place. But recently, I’ve been increasingly concerned about people starting to believe so strongly in AIs as conscious entities that...
PORT HARCOURT :This summer, a male patient at Specialist Hospital Damaturu in Nigeria’s Yobe State physically assaulted a female healthcare worker following a dispute over the provision of medical attention. Sadly, this is a relatively...
After six years of delays, the multimillion-dollar fraud case against former Education Minister Ruel Reid and his co-accused will proceed on October 6, despite prosecutors’ request for more time to locate witnesses. Trelawny Parish Judge...
Prime Minister Andrew Holness used his swearing-in speech to call for unity, extending a hand to Opposition Leader-designate Mark Golding to collaborate on constitutional reform and Jamaica’s transition to a republic. Acknowledging the deep...
Newly reinstated Cabinet minister Dr Andrew Wheatley declared that he has been vindicated of past controversies, urging Jamaicans to judge him on his performance rather than “propaganda.” Returning as minister without portfolio in the...
Despite forensic evidence showing no traces of blood on the sofa allegedly linked to Donnalee Donaldson’s disappearance, a former car wash worker insisted in court that what she saw was blood. Under cross-examination, she admitted she could...
Relatives of 20-year-old Rashad Smith, who was killed in Thursday night’s drive-by shooting in Portsmouth, St Catherine, say he was an innocent victim caught in the wrong place at the wrong time. Smith, described as hardworking and about to...
Former Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller, now living with dementia, continues to show her love and recognition through her familiar hugs and kisses. Her husband, Errald Miller, shared that despite the challenges of her illness, these simple...
