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Phil Spector dead at 81: Jailed Wall of Sound producer dies of COVID after relapsing four weeks after diagnosis Music producer Phil Spector has died from COVID-19 related complications at the age of 81 He was diagnosed with COVID four weeks ago and went to a hospital but recovered enough to return to jail But … Read more
Poet, 21, whose rhymes in the Scots language went viral reveals she’s been accused of ‘making Scottish people sound stupid’ and being a ‘propagandist’ for independence Lennie Pennie, 21, from Fife, has attracted thousands of fans with recitals of her poetry on social media But some have accused her of being a Scottish independence … Read more
‘Sad’ songs like Chopin’s Funeral March only sound melancholic to Westerners, as study shows emotions in response to music vary depending on how you were raised Scientists played songs to volunteers in the UK and remote villages in Pakistan They were played a range of songs including specific cultural and artificial tunes They found emotion linked … Read more
Sonic BOOM over Britain: Millions hear ‘explosion’ as RAF Typhoon breaks sound barrier while soaring over Cambridge and London Millions of people across the South reported hearing a sonic boom at lunchtime Heard across Hertfordshire, Essex, Kent, Cambridge, north and south London Military tracking sites suggested it was fighter plane breaking the sound barrier By Amie … Read more
Sony unveils new TVs that use artificial intelligence to mimic the human BRAIN, creating scenes that look and sound more lifelike Sony’s new TVs contain an artificial intelligence-powered processor This can process images in the same manner as the human brain The new technology will appear in the company’s new Bravia XR line-up of TVs … Read more
Music-induced emotions activate regions of the brain involved with processing sound and controlling movements, study reveals Brain scans allowed scientists to predict which songs participants were hearing Happy or sad music activated the auditory and motor cortex The auditory cortex helps us perceive sound, so it processes melody and rhythm The motor cortex plans and controls … Read more
Emily Blunt reveals she is ‘over the moon’ that her and John Krasinski’s two daughters sound ‘quite British’ after living in London since August By Kate Dennett For Mailonline Published: 17:59 GMT, 11 December 2020 | Updated: 18:04 GMT, 11 December 2020 She shares two daughters – Hazel, six, and Violet, four – with her … Read more
Sometimes you have to wonder about the ambition and vision of Britain’s captains of industry. Admittedly G4S, the world’s biggest security outfit, has a chequered back story.
Chuck Yeager died Monday at the age of 97, his wife has confirmed. ‘It is w/ profound sorrow, I must tell you that my life love General Chuck Yeager passed just before 9pm ET,’ a message from Victoria Scott D’Angelo posted on Twitter read. ‘An incredible life well lived, America’s greatest Pilot, & a legacy of … Read more
China builds a hypersonic jet engine capable of flying at 16 TIMES the speed of sound that could fly to anywhere in the world ‘in two hours’ if ever built, Beijing claims The prototype is called a Soramjet engine and was tested in a Beijing wind tunnel Achieved speeds of Mach nine – the maximum test … Read more