Learning to play the piano ‘improves ability to process sights and sounds’
Playing the piano improves the brain’s ability to process sights and sounds, as well as reducing depression, anxiety and stress, according to a study. Researchers at the University of Bath followed beginners who took lessons for
Star ‘squeezed like toothpaste tube’ by supermassive black hole in cosmic show
An “extraordinary flash” seen in the sky earlier this year was caused by a distant star being “squeezed like a toothpaste tube” by a supermassive black hole, astronomers have said. In what experts describe as one
Scientists discover new kind of seaweed 100m below surface in Antarctica
Scientists working in the Antarctic region have discovered a type of seaweed living at depths some 100 metres below the surface. Researchers hailed the discovery of red alga Palmaria decipiens deep underwater as being “important for furthering
Nasa capsule in slingshot move around moon in last big step before lunar orbit
Nasa’s Orion capsule has passed within 80 miles of the moon in the final big stage ahead of its record-breaking lunar orbit. The close approach occurred as the crew capsule and its three test dummies passed
Study finds new information on food culture in world’s first cities in 3500 BC
Fresh evidence on the types of food people ate in the world’s first urban settlements has been revealed in a new study. Mesopotamia, which is modern-day Iraq, saw the beginnings of cities which developed some 5,500
Webb Space Telescope spots early galaxies hidden from Hubble
Nasa’s Webb Space Telescope is finding bright, early galaxies that until now were hidden from view, including one that may have formed a mere 350 million years after the cosmic-creating Big Bang. Astronomers said that if
