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How to spot a liar: People tend to speak slower and put less emphasis in the middle of words when they’re telling a fib, study finds Researchers synthesised voices saying words in different tones and pitches This was to mimic the ‘sound signature’ humans use when lying or being honest They then had volunteers listen to … Read more
City dwellers AREN’T always in a rush: Study shows looking at urban landscapes can overload you brain and cause you to walk slower Volunteers were asked to look at pictures of nature and urban landscapes They were walking on a treadmill and the pictures were projects in front of them When looking at urban images … Read more
A staggering 98 per cent of people taking home coronavirus tests do not get their result within 24 hours, data showed today as Boris Johnson’s target of turning all tests around within a day slips further out of reach. The home test kits are the second most used testing route but also the slowest, statistics reveal … Read more
Waiting times for coronavirus swab test results have surged in the past week and now one in three people at drive-through centres have to wait more than 24 hours. Damning statistics today published by the Department of Health show NHS Test and Trace is failing on one of its most important measures – testing people … Read more
One THIRD of people taking drive-through coronavirus tests in England now have to wait more than 24 hours for their results as figures reveal the vital swab-testing service is getting SLOWER By Sam Blanchard Senior Health Reporter For Mailonline Published: 11:18 BST, 23 July 2020 | Updated: 12:01 BST, 23 July 2020 Waiting times for … Read more
Days go slower for 40 per cent of all Britons during the coronavirus lockdown — but almost HALF say the weeks fly by FASTER than normal, study finds Previous studies have shown that many factors can affect our time perception These include one’s emotional state and the number of tasks one has to do A … Read more
Days go slower for 40 per cent of all Britons during the coronavirus lockdown — but almost HALF say the weeks fly by FASTER than normal, study finds Previous studies have shown that many factors can affect our time perception These include one’s emotional state and the number of tasks one has to do A … Read more
During a crisis people with a large social network are slower to respond to the problem than more isolated individuals, a new study shows. Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University put 2,480 people into one of 108 groups of various sizes and presented them with a range of disaster scenarios. Those in larger groups were less … Read more
Salad seeds that went on a round trip to outer space and back grew at a slightly slower rate and aged faster than those on Earth, scientists have found. A million rocket seeds (Eruca sativa) amounting to 2kg were sent to the International Space Station (ISS) in 2015 with legendary British astronaut Tim Peake. Six … Read more
Millions of homes in the UK have slower broadband than the 20Mbps average available at London Underground stations The Bakerloo line has the fastest wifi as an average across all of its stations Edgware Road is the station with the fastest wifi with speeds up to 50Mbps Over 4.4 million UK homes have broadband speeds … Read more