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SCIENCE
Musical Memories Don’t Fade with Age
Musical Memories Don’t Fade with Age Eighty-year-olds are able to identify familiar tunes just as well as teenagers can By Bianca Nogrady & Nature magazine Musical memory might be resistant to age-related cognitive declines because it stirs emotions and becomes more encoded in memory. The ability to remember and recognize a musical theme does not seem to be affected by…
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ARTS & THEATRE
How Physiotherapy Can Help with Vertigo
Vertigo and dizziness are common problems that can significantly impact your daily life. They can cause feelings of spinning, lightheadedness, and imbalance, making it difficult to carry out everyday activities. Fortunately, Physiotherapy Grande Prairie can be a highly effective treatment for both vertigo and dizziness. Understanding Vertigo and Dizziness Vertigo is a specific sensation of spinning or whirling, while dizziness…
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CELEBRITY
Grimes’ Mom Accuses Elon Musk of “Withholding” 3 Kids From Family Trip
Elon’s father is an engineer and like Elon, was born in South Africa. Though Errol said in a 2015 Forbes interview that he used to often take his kids on trips overseas—“Their mother and I split up when they were quite young and the kids stayed with me. I took them all over the world.”—his relationship with Elon isn’t picture…
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GAMING
Valorant’s Xbox Series X|S Open Beta Begins Today – Here’s Why It’s No Simple Port
Valorant enters Open Beta on Xbox… today! It comes ahead of a full console launch that brings some major bonuses for Game Pass members. Having been lucky enough to have had a chance to play it at Riot’s Los Angeles studio, it’s clear that this is no simple port – the team has meticulously retooled this modern classic team shooter…
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CULTURE
Making of an Icon — Jewish Renaissance
Barry Murnane, also an Oxford academic, contributes two fascinating essays: one on place and landscape in Kafka’s novels and the other on the author himself, animals and humans. Murnane reveals how the books move between “abstract, fantastic spaces and recognisably realistic locations” and how this contributes to the “disorientating effects” of these stories, perhaps especially The Trial, with its famously…
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MOVIE
STRAY GODS ORPHEUS DLC Would’ve Made A Better Sequel Than DLC — GeekTyrant
Recently Stray Gods the Roleplaying Musical came out with their first DLC: Orpheus on PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, and Nintendo Switch. The story follows a recently back from the dead Orpheus as he tries to find his place in the world with help from our lovable Hermes. The game has the same cool art and great…
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FASHION
Kamala Harris stepdaughter campaign for president? – The Forward
Kamala Harris’ stepdaughter Ella Emhoff is shown here during New York Fashion Week on Feb. 10, 2024, in New York City. Photo by Edward Berthelot/Getty Images By Rebecca Massel July 22, 2024 As Democratic leaders and donors express support for and confidence in Vice President Kamala Harris as the potential Democratic presidential nominee following President Biden’s decision to withdraw from…
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MUSIC
Martin Phillipps, Founder of New Zealand Jangle-Pop Band the Chills, Dies at 61
Martin Phillipps, the singer-guitarist and founder of the New Zealand jangle-pop band the Chills, has died. The band’s official social media accounts shared the news today, stating, “It is with broken hearts the family and friend of Martin Phillipps wish to advise Martin has died unexpectedly. The family ask for privacy at this time.” Phillipps was 61. A cause of…
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SHOWS
USD POLL: Which of these movies, where Kim Sinclair worked as art director, do you consider his best?
Today’s User Submitted Daily (USD) Poll was submitted by Damon Salvatore who was picked randomly from our Poll Submissions (see below). Want to see your Poll posted on the site? Click here to submit your poll. Let us know in the comments what you voted for and why? You can vote for 2 Options. USD POLL: Which of these movies,…
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SPORTS
The Jewish Sport Report: When to watch Jewish and Israeli athletes during the Olympics
This article was sent as a newsletter. Sign up for our weekly Jewish sports newsletter here. Hello, and happy Olympics opening ceremony day! The 2024 Paris Olympics officially begin today with the aquatic opening ceremony in the Seine River, though competition in several events began earlier this week. Here at JTA News, we’ve got all the Jewish Olympics coverage you need…
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