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Music isn't a truly universal language, it turns out. A team of researchers has found that culture and background influence what we visualize when we listen to instrumental music we've never heard before.

Travel to nature-based destinations to socialize -- to celebrate anniversaries, honeymoons or to spend time with family for a holiday -- is a growing trend in tourism, and it was a significant motivator for travel to Antarctica before the pandemic, researchers found in recent study.

Scientific advances in the 20th and 21st centuries have led to a major evolution in the understanding of death. At the same time, for decades, people who have survived an encounter with death have recalled unexplained lucid episodes involving heightened consciousness and awareness. These have been reported using the popular -- yet scientifically ill-defined -- term 'near-death experiences'.