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that they’re prudes, or anything.“While it’s true that adolescents want less sex on TV and in movies, what the survey is really saying is that they want more and different kinds of relationships reflected in the media they watch,” study co-author Dr. Yalda T.

Reese Witherspoon is sparking a heated debate about whether it’s safe to eat snow after sharing a video of herself making a “Snow Salt Chococinno” on Friday.“Oh my gosh, it’s so good,” she gushed on TikTok after adding salted caramel sauce, chocolate syrup, and cold-brewed coffee to the snow she had scooped off her covered grill.The deluge of concerned comments prompted Witherspoon, 47, to make not one, but three, follow-up TikToks to address worries. In the first, she microwaved the snow to produce clear water in an attempt to combat the “dirty” snow rumors.“So, we’re kind of in the category of, ‘you only live once,’ and it snows maybe once a year here,” Witherspoon explained in the second follow-up clip.

Psychology and Aging, found that musicians do marginally better on cognitive ability tests than those who didn’t play an instrument.“Music can be such a joyful and enriching experience at all ages, regardless of expertise or musical genre,” Professor Katie Overy of the University of Edinburgh said. “We are keen to investigate musical experience further, including music listening and singing, and we look forward to developing the new volunteer database.”The study — funded by Age UK and the Economic and Social Research Council — included 420 participants who were born in 1936 in the Edinburgh and Lothian areas of Scotland.Of those 420 people,167 had at least some experience playing a musical instrument, mainly the piano and primarily as a child or teenager, and 39 were still playing an instrument at 82 years old.These participants were given tests to measure brainpower every three years, between the ages of 70 to 82.Researchers at the University of Edinburgh and Edinburgh Napier University found that those with musical experience had a slight link to greater results in tests that looked at processing speed and visuospatial reasoning.“We see these results as an exciting starting point for further investigation into how musical experience from across the life course might contribute to healthy aging,” lead author Dr.

Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour wasn’t creating enough of a groundswell, Swifties caused such a ruckus during the Seattle, Washington leg that they generated the equivalent of a 2.3 magnitude earthquake — rivaling the legendary “Beastquake” of 2011.“This was much bigger,” Western Washington University geology professor Jackie Caplan-Auerbach told King 5 after comparing the tectonic activity.The groundbreaking phenomenon occurred over the weekend while the “Antihero” singer had performed sold-out back-to-back shows to over 144,000 fans at Lumen Field, the Seattle Times reported.Little did the Grammy winner know that her concert would prove earth-shattering in the seismic sense: The activity from the three-and-a-half-hour marathon caused quite a commotion on a seismometer located next to the stadium, which prompted Caplan-Auerback to conduct a study to see if it surpassed the previous Lumen record caused by the Beastquake. For those unfamiliar with Seattle sports lore, this seminal event occurred in 2011 after Seahawks running back Marshawn Lynch scored a touchdown and fans went wild.To see how the two events compared tectonically, Caplan-Auerback first analyzed data from the two Swift shows.

UK cleaning brand Method has over a fifth of 18- to 24-year-olds confessing they don’t wash their hands at festivals. The survey of 1,500 Brits revealed a staggering 26% of them only wash their hands once a day when they attend a three- or four-day event.A shocking 1 in 10 said they don’t clean their hands because “it’s a festival,” and they “don’t need to.”44% blamed a lack of facilities at the event, and 28% cited not wanting to wait in line.Dr.

“The Drew Barrymore Show” that was shared last week.Cord banking entails storing the blood from the umbilical cord so it can be used later to treat diseases, with manystorage companies likening it to a “biological insurance policy” — just in case anything happens later in life that the precious cells are needed for.Stem cells collected from an umbilical cord — as opposed to bone marrow — are particularly useful, as they can work even if some of the proteins don’t match, meaning more people can use them, as well as benefit from a shorter processing time.According to Dr. Christine Sterling, an OB/GYN and spokesperson for stem storage company Cord Blood Registry (CBR) — which sponsored the segment on Barrymore’s show — the umbilical cord is a rich source of stem cells with the potential to act like a “body’s own personal repair kit.”However, both the American Academy of Pediatrics and the American Medical Association say the potential benefits of storing umbilical cord blood as “insurance” are outweighed by the high cost of storing blood that may never be used. Initial collection and processing alone could cost up to $3,000, according to a 2022 Forbes story and, after that, annual storage fees could reach $1,300 — or more.

told the Associated Press. “And for physicians, it has always been a mystery what was really behind it.”Before his death at the age of 56 in 1827, Beethoven himself requested in 1802 that “his disease be described and made public,” according to the study, which was published Wednesday in journal Current Biology.

“Abbott Elementary” or the employees of “The Office” get into shenanigans as a way to alleviate anxiety.Further, 56% of participants said they turn to “comfort shows” that they watch regularly, sometimes up to 18 times when they feel bored or stressed out. And, oddly enough, nearly twice as many people from the Northeast do this than in the West, so maybe the fast pace of life in New York is causing more people to turn to “The Bachelor” or “Bridgerton.”But, just what kinds of shows are people tuning into in order to de-stress? Like everything else, it depends on the generation.

people actually can hear you scream (or sing), it turns out. Groundbreaking data collected by NASA’s Perseverance rover is able to replicate how people would sound on Mars compared to Earth.The space agency even boasts an online tool that allows Earthlings to simulate how they’d sound on the red planet from inside our homes.

a study conducted by Toronto’s York University discovered that “slim-thick” imagery online causes more body dissatisfaction amongst young women.The study actually named the Kardashian mogul and her sister Kylie Jenner as influencers who contribute to the discontent women feel about their bodies because of their online content.The “slim-thick” body ideal — defined by the researchers as “a curvier or more full-body type, characterized by a small waist and flat stomach but large butt, breasts and thighs” — has become more idolized in mainstream media in recent years.“The hashtags #thick, #thicc and #slimthick have 6.2 million, 3.4 million, and 1 million posts on Instagram respectively, and the hashtag #slimthicc has 134 million tags on TikTok,” the researchers said of 2021 social trends.While a thin, Kate Moss-esque frame might have been ideal in years prior, that trend is out and the Kim K’s of the world are in.But those curves aren’t all they’re cracked up to be.The family of influencers is regularly outed for egregious photoshop fails, including this week when Kim’s leg fell victim to some heavy-handed editing, prompting its removal from her Instagram.It’s become routine to digitally alter photos, the York University study said, “thus making the thin ideal even thinner and less attainable for the average woman.”While it’s not illegal to alter a photo or get plastic surgery, of course, body acceptance influencer Mik Zazon, 26, told The Post it’s “manipulating authenticity” by not being transparent about it.A post shared by Mik Zazon (@mikzazon)The Ohio-based content creator, who has over one million followers said one example is when Kim shared her psoriasis outbreak on her face in a selfie posted to Instagram, which made

Developmental Cell. The scientists used genetically engineered mice — who are biologically similar to humans — during their research.

Their findings, published in the Christmas issue of The British Medical Journal, found that the song’s hopeful lyrics about finally wanting to “be alive” and not wanting to “die anymore” had a massively positive impact on suicide prevention.Study authors used Twitter posts to determine “audience attention” to the song in the 34 days following the song’s release, the 2017 MTV Video Music Awards and the 2018 Grammy Awards as well as the number of National Suicide Prevention Lifeline calls in that

famously ripped the medical community over breast implant myths last summer, is back with another body part bombshell — that men’s penis sizes are exaggerated in studies. A video of his manhood myth-busting currently boasts more than 430,000 views on TikTok.

in the journal iScience.Study authors were able to determine ancient fashion trends based on 62 bone tools they found in a Moroccan cave, some of which appear to have been used not for food but creating garments.“I wasn’t expecting to find them. I was studying this assemblage initially to look at the animal bones to reconstruct the human diet,” lead author and postdoctoral scientist Emily Yuko Hallett told CNN.

Does more green equal more screams?While horror may be the most profitable film genre, the best-funded fright flicks are not necessarily the most effective. This October, finance firm FinanceBuzz is offering one lucky horror aficionado the opportunity to watch 13 very differently budgeted scary movies to settle whether bigger bucks bring bigger scares.

a new study found that every dirty water dog a human eats takes more than half an hour off their life.“Eating a hot dog could cost you 36 minutes of healthy life, while choosing to eat a serving of nuts instead could help you gain 26 minutes of extra healthy life,” begins a press release for the University of Michigan study, published this month in the journal Nature Food.The findings have provoked simultaneous concern and admiration for the legendary competitive eater who, by some Twitter

Gizmodo reported. The finding is the result of a decade of research by Vezzosi and co-author Agnese Sabato, which not only answers lingering questions about da Vinci’s genealogy but corrects some errors in previous research.The living descendants are all the products of da Vinci’s relatives, including at least 22 half-brothers, as the polymath had no children.Researchers hope the data can help connect how da Vinci’s genius, premature aging and left-handedness were potentially linked to his

“I Knew You Were Trouble: Emotional Trends in the Repertoire of Taylor Swift.” Yes, they claim to have boiled those baby blues down to a scientific algorithm.This isn’t the first time her boyfriends’ eye color has been pondered: It has sporadically been a trending topic of Twitter controversy that Swift has a propensity for blue-eyed individuals, with some social-media haters accusing her of being “racist” for it. A spokesperson for the “Cardigan” singer has not responded to The Post’s request

well-stubbled sex machine with a piercing stare might not be far off. A recent study found that bountiful beards and brown eyes are the biggest indicators of whether a man is an assassin in the sack.

early humans hooked up with Neanderthals. However, this week researchers revealed the delicious details of these interspecies sex sessions, which reportedly included kissing, philandering and even transmitting STDs.

compensation. Size does matter when it comes to salary — but not in the way you might think. A survey by online bazaar OnlyBuy found that the biggest earners tend to have the smallest willies.To determine whether penis proportions correspond to paycheck size, the e-commerce site recruited 997 men to answer questions about work, salary and the dimensions of their manhood, the Sun reported.

VIP-like boxes to individual bubbles for every attendee.But breakthrough scientific research might be music to live-show lovers’ ears.Concerts are not the riskiest endeavors in the age of COVID-19, according to a new study out of Germany which tested attendees at an indoor venue.The researchers ran simulations based on the behavior of masked participants over a 10-hour span. All the participants tested negative for the virus before joining the experiment.