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A new study has found that while exposure to stressful life events or circumstances was associated with worse biological health, experiencing financial strain, in particular, had the strongest detrimental effect on the immune, nervous, and endocrine systems that, together, are crucial for maintaining good health.The immune, nervous, and endocrine systems actively and constantly communicate to maintain homeostasis, the self-regulating process by which the body achieves optimal functioning. This integrative network of…

Artificial intelligence (AI) has been the buzzword of 2023, with developments taking place at the speed of light, seemingly. From AI chatbots to AI tools that can be used for various purposes including image generation, code interpretation, multi-modal search, and more, the incorporation of AI has been quite expeditious. However, it has not been all smooth sailing so far. Various debates have taken place about the ills of AI, with deepfakes rising at an alarming rate. As such, the need for its regulation is necessary.…

Last Updated: December 09, 2023, 14:30 ISTRising SUV Sale Detrimental To Road Safety In India, Says NCAP Chief. (Photo: Kia)David Ward made the above statement while addressing the three-day Global Road Safety Initiative event.The sale of Sport Utility Vehicles (SUVs) is increasing globally, including in India. The head of the Global New Car Assessment Programme (Global NCAP) has recently voiced concerns about this developing trend.“India needs to stop selling more SUVs like the US is doing to reduce the number of…

A recent study has found that even mild cases of COVID-19 can have lasting negative effects on cardiovascular health.A groundbreaking study conducted a comparison of arterial stiffness between participants before and after contracting <span class="glossaryLink" aria-describedby="tt" data-cmtooltip="<div class=glossaryItemTitle>COVID-19</div><div class=glossaryItemBody>First identified in 2019 in Wuhan, China, COVID-19, or Coronavirus disease 2019, (which was originally called…

x https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fPQF-f2HZ8U Remember the shock that ran through the film world when Chloé Zhao, fresh off winning the Best Director Oscar for 2020’s Nomadland, was announced to be helming Eternals? It seemed like the MCU might finally hand in something that even Martin Scorsese would classify as “cinema.” And yet, as things turned out, Eternals remains the joint-lowest rated Marvel Studios film on Rotten Tomatoes and Zhao’s career… has not gone the way her fans expected it to, let’s put it that…

by Nathan Rickey, Andrew Coombs, Christopher DeLuca and Danielle LaPointe-McEwan, The Conversation Teachers sometimes feel compelled to ‘teach to the test,’ a phenomenon known as washback, but are beginning to fight back. Credit: Shutterstock Grading has been central to most education systems for over a century. …

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Many adults consult online ratings and reviews before they make a purchase. However, how ratings affect sales is a challenging topic as evidenced from controversy surrounding Rotten Tomato scores or sellers trying to manipulate ratings on various platforms. A new study investigates how rating inflation affected a digital platform as well as the choices users made. The study found that…

SpaceX is pulling out all the stops to prevent Dish and other wireless companies from using the same radio frequencies as its internet-from-space Starlink satellites. Today, in a rare media call with reporters, SpaceX representatives reiterated how damaging they believe it would be for Starlink users if the Federal Communications Commission were to open up the 12GHz frequency band — which SpaceX’s satellites currently use — to other terrestrial uses like 5G. “Essentially, the band would become unusable,” David Goldman,…