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What’s the Deal With Synesthesia TikTok?
A growing number of people on the platform claim to have a perceptual condition that lets them smell colors, see music, or taste sounds. But do they really?Continue Reading
‘You can’t even talk English, so don’t talk!’ How linguistic racism impacts immigrants in the UK
From the playground to the workplace, people from immigrant communities in the UK say accent-based racism impacts their daily lives. fizkes | Shutterstock When Holan Liang was 17, she spent her holidays working at her father’s computer parts company. In her recent book, A Sense of Belonging: How to FindContinue Reading
Do these three popular anti-ageing skincare ingredients work? Here’s what the evidence says
Anti-ageing skincare products are marketed to people of all ages. Maridav/ Shutterstock For people looking to press pause on ageing, it hasn’t always been as easy as it is today. Throughout history people have used all sorts of outlandish anti-ageing skincare techniques – such as bathing in donkey’s milk asContinue Reading
How to grow plants on the moon – new study
Harvest Moon – October 1 2020. Kevin Gill/Flickr, CC BY-SA What do you need to make your garden grow? As well as plenty of sunshine alternating with gentle showers of rain – and busy bees and butterflies to pollinate the plants – you need good, rich soil to provide essentialContinue Reading
Harry Styles – Harry’s House album review: Catchy and unconventional; he’s still coming into his own
Review at a glance F or some time, there’s been a sneaking suspicion that Harry Styles is a Bowie-esque rock star trying to claw his way out from inside the body of a grown-up teen idol. He’s certainly got the gender-mashing fashion sense, but with each of his solo albums,Continue Reading
Europe drops mask mandate for flights and airports, loosening Covid rules further
Even pilots have had to wear masks on board. Here, a first officer wears a protective face mask as he conducts preflight checks inside the cockpit on board a passenger aircraft operated by Wizz Air at Liszt Ferenc airport in Budapest, Hungary. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images The EuropeanContinue Reading
Britain should reopen debate on fixed penalty notices, says Jacob Rees-Mogg
BRITAIN should “reopen” the debate on fixed penalty notices after thousands were dished out during Covid lockdowns, a Cabinet minister says. Jacob Rees-Mogg told The Sun that the fines “reverse the traditional British burden of proof” as they assume guilt rather than innocence. Jacob Rees-Mogg told The Sun that BritainContinue Reading
Leeds vs Brighton LIVE: Latest updates from huge Premier League clash
Leeds 1-1 Brighton 90+2. THE ROOF HAS COME OFF ELLAND ROAD!! Two minutes into stoppage time, and Leeds have their equaliser! Pascal Struijk was down with a head injury moments ago, but now he’s used it to score a goal that lifts Leeds out of the bottom three. Credit mustContinue Reading
Boston Celtics star Jayson Tatum says Game 7 with the Milwaukee Bucks ‘means everything’ as juggernauts meet for epic
BOSTON CELTICS host the Milwaukee Bucks on Sunday evening in a crucial Game 7 with a place in the NBA’s Eastern Conference Finals on the line. The reigning champion Bucks had the chance to sew up the series at home on Friday night, but succumbed 108-95 to the brilliance ofContinue Reading
Antibiotics can lead to life-threatening fungal infection because of disruption to the gut microbiome – new study
pirke/Shutterstock Fungal infections kill around the same number of people each year as tuberculosis. They mostly take hold in people who are vulnerable because they have a defective immune system caused by an underlying disease, such as cancer, or a viral infection, such as HIV or COVID. Our new studyContinue Reading