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Politics
Pantone’s 2025 colour of the year is…. brown, which, yeah, sounds about right
The results are in, and the highly anticipated Pantone colour of the year — seen by many as capturing the current…
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Cinema
Original Score Race Finds Eclectic Sounds From Wide Array of Composers
The Academy music branch has expanded its Oscar original-score shortlist from 15 to 20 films this year, widening the field…
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Discoveries & Research
R sounds are rough, and L sounds are smooth, according to cross-cultural study
People around the world associate a trilled R sound with a rough texture and a jagged shape, and an L…
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Politics
U.S. House Speaker sounds support for barring trans congressional rep from women’s bathrooms in U.S. Capitol
U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson signalled support Tuesday for a Republican effort to ban Democrat Sarah McBride — the first…
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Discoveries & Research
AI headphones create a ‘sound bubble,’ quieting all sounds more than a few feet away
Imagine this: You’re at an office job, wearing noise-canceling headphones to dampen the ambient chatter. A co-worker arrives at your…
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Politics
Alberta doctor sounds alarm after 7 patients contract infection from organ transplants
A disease that is more commonly associated with the trenches of the First World War, and can sometimes be found…
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Space
Listen to haunting sounds of Earth’s magnetic field flipping 41,000 years ago in eerie new animation
A captivating new video shows how Earth’s magnetic field went haywire and almost completely disappeared during our planet’s most recent…
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Discoveries & Research
Seven new frog species discovered in Madagascar: Sounds like something from Star Trek
An international team of researchers have discovered seven new species of tree frogs that make otherworldly calls in the rainforests…
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Blog
From Uzbek disco to Uighur rock: Forgotten sounds of the Silk Road | Music
On an early morning car ride from Tashkent to Samarkand after a performance in 1983, the Uzbek pop singer Nasiba…
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Companies
Nobel winner Geoffrey Hinton sounds alarm on AI
Geoffrey Hinton is a walking paradox—an archetype of a certain kind of brilliant scientist. Hinton’s renown was solidified on Tuesday…
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