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Scientists Practice Alien Communication by Talking to Whales

Scientists are practicing talking to aliens by trying to communicate with whalesDepositphotos If we rely on movies, encounters with aliens often spell trouble for humanity. In an effort to avoid a potentially colossal cosmic blunder, scientists are honing their skills by attempting to communicate with whales in their language. Based on preliminary outcomes, it might...

Greeting Strangers can Boost Happiness

Credit: Depositphotos A group of psychologists from Sabanci University in Turkey, collaborating with a researcher from the University of Sussex in the U.K., discovered that individuals experiencing increased life satisfaction resulted from simply greeting strangers they came across. Their study, published in the journal Social Psychological and Personality Science, involved surveying two extensive groups of people...

Certain Personality Traits may Protect Against Dementia

Possessing certain personality traits increases the risk of a dementia diagnosis, while others lessen it, research has found. Credit: Depositphotos Recent studies indicate that certain personality traits can elevate the likelihood of being diagnosed with dementia, while others can mitigate this risk. Notably, there is no uniform correlation between personality and brain pathology associated with...

Video-to-Sound Tech Helps Visually Impaired Recognize Faces

Sensory substitution devices translated basic faces and other shapes into auditory waveforms that blind and sighted subjects were trained to recognizeGenerated by DALL-E Neuroscientists have demonstrated that blind individuals use the same brain regions as sighted people to recognize basic faces, even when the facial information is presented through audio rather than the visual cortex....

An Apraoch to the Biomedical Waste Management Problem

Credit: Unsplash Biomedical waste is the solid or liquid waste that comes from healthcare activities. Managing this waste is important to protect the health of the local community and the environment, as well as to avoid financial losses and maintain social and aesthetic values(taking care to ensure that the process doesn't negatively impact the visual...

Heatherwick Studio Adds Greenery to a Tokyo District’s Design

Azabudai Hills is part of a massive redevelopment effort in central Tokyo that has taken 30 yearsKenji Masunaga Heatherwick Studio has finished the construction of a bold district in downtown Tokyo known as Azabudai Hills. This project, characterized by Heatherwick Studio's inclination for integrating abundant greenery, features a collection of low-rise buildings with intricately curved...

Decomposed Bodies at homes is Increasing in England and Wales

The fact that people dying at home are going unnoticed for long periods of time points to issues with social support networks, say the researchers . Credit: Pixaobay Despite overall improved mortality rates, the occurrence of individuals found at home in such a state of decomposition that determining their cause of death becomes impossible is...

Top 5 Strategies Applyied in the Like Button´s World

Credit: Unsplash The Digital Marketing is a World that only gets clear as you do good research, apply the info and than learn by experience. Down bellow are 5 strategies that everbody dealing with Digital Marketing must understand and master (or at least work with experts in the fild): Search Engine Optimization (SEO): SEO involves optimizing...

Global Temperatures Surpass 2°C Threshold for the First Time in History

These isolated instances of elevated global temperatures are indicative of a larger overarching trend. Credit: Unsplash. In a concerning development late last week, global temperatures briefly surged past a critical benchmark that climate scientists had been dreading. Preliminary data suggests that on Friday, the mean global temperature likely exceeded a crucial threshold of 2°C (3.6°F)...

A New Robotic System Evaluates Post-Stroke Mobility

Credit: Harvard Gazette Stroke stands as a major contributor to long-term disability on a global scale. Annually, over 15 million individuals worldwide suffer strokes, with three-quarters of survivors encountering arm and hand impairments, weakness, or paralysis. Post-stroke, many rely predominantly on their stronger arm for everyday activities, even when their weaker arm could regain function. This...