Song lyrics getting simpler, more repetitive, angry and self-obsessed – study
Researchers analysed the words in more than 12,000 English-language songs across several genres from 1980 to 2020You ’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 everywhere.Continue reading... (Source: Guardian Unlimited Science)
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - March 29, 2024 Category: Science Authors: Agence France-Presse Tags: Music Science Source Type: news
Facebook News tab will soon be unavailable as Meta scales back news and political content
Meta will be sunsetting Facebook News in early April for users in the U.S. and Australia as the platform further deemphasizes news and politics. The feature was shut down in the U.K., France and Germany last year. Launched in 2019, the News tab curated headlines from national and international…#meta #facebooknews #danilever #sarahkreps #techpolicyinstitute #rickedmonds #poynter #pewresearch #pew (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - March 28, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
A muon collider could revolutionize particle physics —if it can be built
Young people supposedly enjoy the luxury of time, but perhaps not if they’re particle physicists. For decades, physicists have peered into the universe’s inner workings by smashing subatomic particles together at ever higher energies. But the next highest energy collider may not be built for 50 years. And Tova Holmes, 34 and a particle physicist at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, worries her career could slip away before she ever sees such a machine. “I will be definitely not still working, possibly not alive,” Holmes says.
That’s one reason she and dozens of her contemporaries are pushing to develo...
Source: ScienceNOW - March 28, 2024 Category: Science Source Type: news
Altice France Rating Cut by S & P After Moody ’s Downgrade
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Source: Reuters: Health - March 28, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Woody allen's'coup de chance' to debut april 5 in u.s. theaters nationwide
NEW YORK, March 28, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Woody Allen's newest film is set for release in select theaters across the United States on April 5, 2024. COUP DE CHANCE, a romantic thriller shot entirely in French and starring an acclaimed international cast including Lou de Laâge (International Emmy…#woodyallen #coupdechance #loudelaâge #madwomenball #valérielemercier #melvilpoupaud #ericrohmer #ataleofsummer #nielsschneider #venicefilmfestival (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - March 28, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
French Cohort Shows Good Prognosis of MSI Colorectal Cancer French Cohort Shows Good Prognosis of MSI Colorectal Cancer
Nonmetastatic microsatellite instability colorectal cancers nevertheless entailed a high risk for recurrence in stage III, especially when not treated with adjuvant chemotherapy.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Pathology Headlines)
Source: Medscape Pathology Headlines - March 28, 2024 Category: Pathology Tags: Hematology-Oncology Source Type: news
Macron and Lula launch submarine built in Brazil with French tech
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Source: Reuters: Health - March 28, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
France's Macron says EU-Mercosur proposal is'very bad deal' on visit to Brazil
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Source: Reuters: Health - March 28, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Harvard Removes Binding of Human Skin From Book in Its Library
Of the roughly 20 million books in Harvard University’s libraries, one has long exerted a unique dark fascination, not for its contents, but for the material it was reputedly bound in: human skin. For years, the volume — a 19th-century French treatise on the human soul — was brought out for show…#harvarduniversitys #jokeynews #harvardlibrary (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - March 27, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
France's Macron tells Brazilian execs that prospective Mercosur-EU deal is'terrible' and outdated
French President Emmanuel Macron told Brazilian executives on Wednesday that a proposed deal between the European Union and the South American trade bloc Mercosur is bad for both parties. Speaking at a forum in Sao Paulo, Macron said the Mercosur-EU deal is outdated and needs reworking to take…#emmanuelmacron #brazilian #southamerican #mercosur #saopaulo #mercosureu #portuguese #europeans #brazil #argentina (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - March 27, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
France's Macron says proposed EU-Mercosur agreement is'very bad deal '
French President Emmanuel Macron said on Wednesday during his visit to Brazil that a potential trade agreement between the European Union and the South American Mercosur bloc as it currently stands is a "very bad deal" and more work on climate is needed. "As it is negotiated today, it is a very…#emmanuelmacron #brazil #saopaulo #latinamerica #mercosur #brazilian #fernandohaddad #luizinacio #luladasilva #africa (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - March 27, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Hormone medication could increase risk of brain tumours, French study finds
Patients taking certain progestogens as a contraceptive or for gynaecological conditions may be more likely to develop growths, researchers sayMillions of women around the world who use certain hormone drugs for contraception and to manage conditions such as endometriosis may have a raised risk of rare, usually benign, brain tumours, researchers say.Scientists found that prolonged use of certain progestogen medications was linked to a greater risk of meningioma, which are tumours (usually noncancerous) that form in tissues around the brain.Continue reading... (Source: Guardian Unlimited Science)
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - March 27, 2024 Category: Science Authors: Ian Sample Science editor Tags: Women's health Contraception and family planning Menopause Medical research Cancer Science Source Type: news
Why So Many Dogs Have Allergies Now
Every day, itchy dogs shuffle into Elizabeth Falk’s veterinary office. Some can’t stop chewing their feet or scratching their bellies. Others have red, smelly ears, or rashes on their skin. All are intensely uncomfortable because of environmental allergies. “They’re sitting in the waiting room, and everyone else is backing away out of fear that it’s contagious,” she says. “It’s super busy helping as many as we can.” Until recently, Falk was a veterinary dermatologist at Cornell University Veterinary Specialists, where she saw about 15 allergic pets a day and was booked ...
Source: TIME: Health - March 27, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Angela Haupt Tags: Uncategorized healthscienceclimate Source Type: news
The Newest Aircraft Carriers in U.S. Navy History
After the First World War, the development and production of aircraft carriers were put on hold with the Washington Naval Treaty of 1922. Also known as the Five-Power Treaty, signed by the United States, France, Japan, the United Kingdom, and Italy, it intended to prevent an arms race and limited…#firstworldwar #unitedkingdom #secondworldwar #unitedstatesnavy #navy #worldwarii #usnavy #ussenterprise #pearlharbor #pacificwar (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - March 27, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
France Delays New EU-Canada Trade Deal Vote After Senate Setback
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Source: Reuters: Health - March 27, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
