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Listening to birdsong significantly reduces anxiety and paranoia, according a new German study. By JUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH Published: OCTOBER 16, 2022 15:18 Don’t just watch the birdie – listen to it. Hearing birdsong can not only improve people’s moods but also minimize paranoia, according to researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Human Development in Germany.  In the study led…

John Elder Melbourne scientists have developed a screening test for Parkinson’s disease using patients’ voice recordings and an AI algorithm. The software compares the patient’s voice against existing samples of voices of people who have Parkinson’s and those who do not. The algorithm, designed as a smart phone app, can reveal in just 10 seconds…

By RHYS BLAKELY THE TIMES OCTOBER 1, 2022 Hundreds of fake scientific papers from Chinese researchers have been published in British journals, prompting warnings of “industrialised cheating”. The publishing arm of the Institute of Physics, a society founded in London in 1874, has been forced to retract nearly 900 papers so far this year. At least…

There are some tricks that will make meals on the plane tastier. Wearing headphones for example… By WALLA! SEPTEMBER 15, 2022 Passengers board an airplane (photo credit: FLICKR). Getting a meal during your flight? Before you start biting, it is highly recommended to give up the bun that is served with it. Food experts recommend not touching these…

By JUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH Elderly man (illustrative) (photo credit: PIXABAY) Cognitive decline in the elderly can be measured using musical tests and a portable electroencephalography (EEG) machine while the subject performs simple tasks, according to researchers at Tel Aviv University (TAU). The 15-minute procedure does not need a neurologist or other specialist and can be performed easily by…

From construction projects to busy roads, aeroplanes and railways, human noise is everywhere. It is an invisible cause of stress, posing serious risks to human health and wellbeing. However, noise also harms animals living in close contact with humans, in homes, farms and zoos. Noise is a distracting, scary or physically painful sound. The impacts of noise upon…

Dr Pin-Hsin Lin was warming up before she was due to teach a piano lesson in her Californian apartment, when a bullet narrowly missed her and hit a lamp on her piano. The bullet had come from the ceiling, where her upstairs neighbour Kathryn Pugh, a 39-year-old nurse, lived. Prior to the bullet’s entry through the ceiling,…

By Maddy Shaw Roberts How low can he go? Turns out, ludicrously, earth-shatteringly low… Since 2012, Tim Storms has held the world record for the lowest ever vocal note – that’s a deliciously gravelly G -7 (0.189 Hz), which is eight octaves below the lowest G on the piano. The American bass, who stretches the lowest male voice…

Music is becoming more widely recognized as a pain management tool, but scientists still question which aspect of the music is driving the pain-killing benefits. By JERUSALEM POST STAFF AUGUST 7, 2022 Man listening to music with headphones (Illustrative) (photo credit: STOCKSNAP) Chronic pain can be debilitating if left untreated, and treatments come in all forms. A…

E.V.s are virtually silent, so acoustic designers are creating alerts for them. A symphony—or a cacophony—of car noise could be coming to city streets. By John Seabrook The New Yorker August 8 2022 Issue I sleep on the second floor, in a bedroom facing a residential street in Brooklyn. Through the years, my sleeping brain has grown used to the nighttime…