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Researchers have advanced the understanding of dark matter through simulations supporting the self-interacting dark matter (SIDM) theory. This theory potentially resolves inconsistencies in dark matter densities observed in different galaxies, posing a challenge to the traditional cold dark matter (CDM) model and highlighting the dynamic nature of dark matter. Credit: SciTechDaily.comDark matter may be more vibrant than previously thought, UC Riverside study reports.Thought to make up 85% of matter in the universe, dark…

Anticipation crackles for tonight’s debut live performance from Sault, the purposefully enigmatic collective centred around producer Dean Josiah Cover, AKA Inflo. Their discography – 11 albums in four years, five arriving in a single data dump a year ago – encompasses the kaleidoscope of Black music history, growing ever more spiritual and exploratory. Exactly which incarnation of Sault will materialise tonight: the sinewy garage-funk unit? The street soul artisans? The composers of diaphanous choral symphonies?The answer…

When I was young, I was entranced by the mysterious figures who appeared on the sleeves of vinyl albums. Where did Roxy Music find its inexhaustible supply of glamorous women? Who was the weather-beaten fisher on the front of the Cure’s Standing on a Beach and how did he know the Cure? Like many children, I assumed that the nine celebrities on the sleeve of Band on the Run by Paul McCartney and Wings – including Michael Parkinson, comedian Kenny Lynch and Liberal MP Clement Freud – represented the actual line-up of Wings,…