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As a longtime piano player, Toby Lam is fascinated by how music affects people. He’s done experiments testing how music influences mood and memory. When he learned that attention spans have been shrinking in recent decades, Toby wondered: Could music boost focus? And what he’s found may surprise you. Fourteen-year-old Toby Lam investigated how listening to video game music and “binaural” beats affects how well people can focus.Society for Science Toby, 14, set up an online experiment with 65 participants. Everyone played a game where they had to press a key if certain digits appeared on a screen. A third…

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This fall, rich chocolate browns and bold leopard print took over the streets. But with winter coming, it’s time to embrace a new hue in your seasonal color palette: dove grey. Dove grey is a great alternative to black or white, and looks just as elegant when styled in a monochromatic way. Something about the soft neutral color just screams chic, which is why you should definitely add the timeless shade to your winter wardrobe this year.  Think a staple wool coat (which is 68% off at Nordstrom Rack), an affordable Quince cashmere sweater, tailored trousers and grey denim from…

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Target has set itself apart from big box retailers like Walmart by having trendy clothes, homegoods branded by reality TV stars and, of course, in-store Starbucks. With malls and traditional department stores in decline, Target has even become the go-to destination for stay-at-home parents who need to get out of the house (and maybe get a Frappuccino). In recent years, the store has cemented themselves as a notch above similar retailers with exclusive products with a more high-end feel, while still being inexpensive and regularly holding sales for even more savings. Carrying everything from outdoor gear to clothes to tech…

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New evidence may resolve a longstanding archaeological puzzle in Peru. A vast line of thousands of holes dug into a ridge in the foothills of the Andes Mountains served as a regional marketplace for pre-Inca groups more than 600 years ago, researchers report November 10 in Antiquity. Inca rulers later repurposed the 1.5-kilometer-long earthwork, known as the Band of Holes, as a place for receiving and distributing taxes, say archaeologist Jacob Bongers of the University of Sydney and colleagues. Sign up for our newsletter We summarize the week’s scientific breakthroughs every Thursday. The purpose of this mysterious site, also called…

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“Hi, I am Guillermo del Toro, director of “Frankenstein.” “Life!” We are at a disciplinary hearing for Victor at the Royal College of Medicine in Edinburgh. And watch that little ball. I shot this as Victor narrating his past. So it’s idealized the way he remembers it. He remembers himself to be the hero, and he remembers himself to capture the attention of everyone. The red ball is a symbol of his mother’s death and his quest for immortality. The color red in the movie does. We introduce Harlander through these golden shoes and the rudeness of his manner. This…

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Companies hate to admit it, but the road to production-level AI deployment is littered with proof of concepts (PoCs) that go nowhere, or failed projects that never deliver on their goals. In certain domains, there’s little tolerance for iteration, especially in something like life sciences, when the AI application is facilitating new treatments to markets or diagnosing diseases. Even slightly inaccurate analyses and assumptions early on can create sizable downstream drift in ways that can be concerning.In analyzing dozens of AI PoCs that sailed on through to full production use — or didn’t — six common pitfalls emerge. Interestingly, it’s…

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The United States Senate is holding a vote to advance a Republican stopgap funding package that could pave the way to end the longest government shutdown in the country’s history.The breakthrough on Sunday came after a group of centrist Democrats negotiated a deal to reopen the government if Republicans promise to hold a vote on expiring healthcare subsidies by December.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemsend of listSenator Angus King, who led the talks, told reporters that the Democrats backing the legislation felt the shutdown has gone on long enough, according to The Hill. When asked if he was confident that…

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In a more fantastical universe than our own, the 2025 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony at L.A.’s Peacock Theater would have featured Jack White and Meg White coming together as the White Stripes for the first time in 16 years, OutKast‘s first performance since their 2014 reunion tour, and Paul Rodgers fronting Bad Company one last time. In our actual universe, Meg was a no-show, OutKast delivered a speech but not a performance, and drummer Simon Kirke was forced to fly the Bad Company banner on his own. Fortunately, these barely felt like disappointments – as historic…

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