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• Ancient Irish musical history found in modern India
• Suspense in the movie theater air
• Five ways Game of Thrones’ The Mountain’s diet can make you mighty
• New design of primitive quantum computer finds application
• Big thinking in small pieces: Computer guides humans in crowdsourced research
• Obesity less dangerous than 40 years ago
• Do witchcraft beliefs halt economic progress?

Ancient Irish musical history found in modern India Posted: 13 May 2016 07:08 AM PDT An archaeologist studying musical horns from iron-age Ireland has found musical traditions, thought to be long dead, are alive and well in south India.The realization that modern Indian horns are almost identical to many iron-age European artifacts reveals a rich cultural link between the two regions 2,000 years ago.

Suspense in the movie theater air Posted: 12 May 2016 09:54 AM PDT Cinemagoers' exhaled breath reveals the scene that is playing. It is now possible to determine whether a movie scene is full of suspense, funny or somewhat boring, using chemistry.

Five ways Game of Thrones’ The Mountain’s diet can make you mighty Posted: 11 May 2016 05:43 AM PDT Health and exercise scientists have analysed the daily diet of around 12,000 calories that helps Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson, who plays "The Mountain" in hit television series Games of Thrones, maintain his 6ft 9in and 180kg stature.

New design of primitive quantum computer finds application Posted: 10 May 2016 09:48 AM PDT Scientists and engineers have developed how to efficiently simulate a 'quantum walk' on a new design for a primitive quantum computer.

Big thinking in small pieces: Computer guides humans in crowdsourced research Posted: 10 May 2016 09:46 AM PDT Getting a bunch of people to collectively research and write a coherent report without any one person seeing the big picture may seem akin to a group of toddlers producing Hamlet by randomly pecking at typewriters. But Carnegie Mellon University researchers have shown it actually works pretty well -- if a computer guides the process.

Obesity less dangerous than 40 years ago Posted: 10 May 2016 09:46 AM PDT New research from Denmark involving more than 100,000 individuals suggests that the excess risk of premature death associated with obesity has decreased over the past 40 years. All-cause mortality was higher in obese individuals than in normal weight individuals in 1976-78, but not in 2003-13.

Do witchcraft beliefs halt economic progress? Posted: 09 May 2016 04:18 PM PDT A new study provides empirical evidence for the mistrust and erosion of social capital that exists in regions worldwide due to witchcraft accusations.

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