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Published:Thursday | February 22, 2024 | 7:37 AMBANG Bizarre

Scientists have developed a model that can tell the difference between scans of male and female brains with over 90 per cent accuracy and found that the key variations are found in the default mode network, striatum and limbic network – areas...

Published:Thursday | February 22, 2024 | 7:32 AMBANG Bizarre

A study has found that females who cycle, swim and run regularly are less likely to die from heart attacks or strokes compared to men, even if they put in less effort. Researchers found that active women were 36 per cent less likely to suffer a...

Published:Thursday | February 22, 2024 | 7:28 AMBANG Bizarre

A study has linked personality traits such as anxiety and irritability with early signs of heart ageing. Experts at Queen Mary University of London looked at heart scans of over 36,000 people and found that those with "neurotic"...

Published:Thursday | February 22, 2024 | 7:19 AMBANG Bizarre

A new study has found how age, gender and culture all influence how people interpret the characters used in electronic messages. 270 British and 253 Chinese adults, aged 18 to 84, were asked to identify 24 symbols from Apple, Windows, Android and...

Published:Thursday | February 22, 2024 | 7:12 AMBANG Bizarre

New research in China suggests that the secret to making a delicious cuppa is held in a collection of microbes that are found on the roots of tea plants. The microbes work together to increase the production of the amino acid theanine, the main...

Published:Wednesday | February 21, 2024 | 9:27 AMEllen Johnson Sirleaf and Jean Kaseya for Project Syndicate

MONROVIA/ADDIS ABABA:  In 2017, African Union heads of state pledged to deploy two million community health workers (CHWs), recognising their role in advancing health for all. Seven years on, as African leaders prepare to convene in Addis...

Published:Wednesday | February 21, 2024 | 9:07 AMRichard Haass for Project Syndicate

Richard Haass, president emeritus of the Council on Foreign Relations, is a senior counsellor at Centerview Partners and the author of The Bill of Obligations: The Ten Habits of Good Citizens (Penguin Press, 2023) and the weekly newsletter Home...

Published:Wednesday | February 21, 2024 | 8:53 AMTom Achoki for Project Syndicate

NAIROBI – Corporations are increasingly moving into the public-health domain. Companies like Amazon, Google, and Microsoft are being “pulled” by market opportunities for non-traditional actors to “disrupt” health care...

Published:Wednesday | February 21, 2024 | 8:34 AMMirei Endara de Heras for Project Syndicate

PANAMA CITY: As the United Nations enters the final stretch of negotiations for a new treaty to end plastic pollution, governments must work to ensure that the agreement not only reduces plastic production, but also strengthens local initiatives to...

Published:Wednesday | February 21, 2024 | 8:12 AMCatherine Tai and Renee Luo for Project Syndicate

WASHINGTON, DC: It has been a year since China relaxed the zero-COVID measures that had been stifling economic activity, but the country has yet to experience the rebound that policymakers and pundits anticipated. Instead, economic indicators from...

Published:Monday | February 19, 2024 | 10:07 PM

If a picture is worth a thousand words, then it is likely the cartoonist's pen, chock full of underlying meaning and different ways of seeing an issue, may be worth so many more.  Take a look at this week past's line-up of cartoons as...

Published:Monday | February 19, 2024 | 10:01 PM

Lingering inaction on mentally ill offenders prompts urgency for reform Over three years have passed since the delivery of a report, commissioned by Chief Justice Bryan Sykes, addressing the management of mentally ill patients in the criminal...

Published:Monday | February 19, 2024 | 9:47 PM

The People’s National Party (PNP) expressed deep regret over a tragic accident during a party motorcade in Portmore, St Catherine, resulting in the death of a 15-year-old boy who reportedly fell off a bus and later died at the Spanish Town...

Published:Monday | February 19, 2024 | 9:38 PM

Law enforcement sources reveal that the cache of 64 guns and nearly 1,000 bullets confiscated at Kingston Wharves on Friday were shipped from Miami, USA, destined for a violent gang in Jamaica's capital. Two individuals in custody were...

Published:Monday | February 19, 2024 | 9:29 PM

Lanzel Stewart, the People's National Party (PNP) councillor candidate for the Montego Bay South East division, is defending his integrity as old social media posts face heavy scrutiny. Videos and screenshots circulated online, showing Stewart...

Published:Monday | February 19, 2024 | 9:11 PM

In the trial of Simone Campbell-Collymore's murder, a car-rental company operator testified that defendant Michael Adams, an alleged accomplice, rented a vehicle two days before the victim's murder. Adams contacted the businessman on...

Published:Monday | February 19, 2024 | 9:02 PM

In the ongoing appeal of dancehall artiste Vybz Kartel's 2014 murder conviction, UK Privy Council judges have requested additional submissions from attorneys regarding the argument surrounding the 'tainted jury'. The two-day hearing,...

Published:Monday | February 19, 2024 | 8:51 PM

As the two-year window for public entities and private businesses to retrofit their buildings for better accessibility for the disabled community closes today, the seat of Jamaica's legislature, Gordon House, falls short of compliance. Despite...

Published:Monday | February 19, 2024 | 8:36 PM

Matthew Hyde, the 21-year-old university student accused of holding his ex-girlfriend captive in a dorm room and inflicting harm, is set to undergo a forensic psychiatric evaluation as part of discussions surrounding a potential plea deal. Both the...

Published:Friday | February 16, 2024 | 8:56 AM

TOWARDS the end of 159, a committee was appointed by the government to make recommendations for the establishment of a school of music in Jamaica.  The school became a reality in September 1961 when, with four teachers and an enrolment of 52...

Published:Friday | February 16, 2024 | 8:49 AM

The initial contingent of 52 Cuban workers, arriving on two flights from Havana at Norman Manley Airport, marked the commencement of construction for a gift school at Twickenham Park in St. Catherine. This educational institution, designed as an...

Published:Friday | February 16, 2024 | 8:45 AM

Following the resonating echoes of the 6 p.m. Angelus Bell at Holy Trinity Cathedral, a vibrant congregation erupted in spontaneous cheers as the newly appointed Monsignori — Colin Bryan, Alphonso Bygrave, John Meany, and Stanley Shearer...

Published:Friday | February 16, 2024 | 8:37 AM

A remarkable crowd of nearly 15,000 witnessed Jamaica's unprecedented football triumph over Trinidad, securing victory by the narrowest of margins in a thrilling match at Sabina Park. Notably, both goals were delivered by changes made from the...

Published:Friday | February 16, 2024 | 8:28 AM

Victoria Elizabeth Dunbar, a 22-year-old teacher and daughter of small farmer Mr Caribert Dunbar, secured the title of Miss St. Andrew Farm Queen at the St. Andrew Agricultural Show on Ash Wednesday. Raised with a love for farming, she currently...

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