Goodbye, my love… scientists reveal dying patients CAN hear last words of family at bedside as they slip away Patients can still hear when transitioning from life to death, study finds It’s not known whether they can understand what they’re hearing or just hear The study is the first to run tests into unconscious hearing … Read more
Janelle Monae put the music industry on blast on Friday, during an epic Twitter rant against misogyny. The Hidden Figures actress, 34, began her tirade by writing that ‘the amount of misogyny from most of men in rap and music is infuriating.’ ‘I really only ever wanna hear women rapping,’ said the Electric Lady singer. … Read more
‘It’s a thrill to hear live music again’ – Laura Marling’s intimate lockdown gig at the Union Chapel gives a glimmer of hope to the whole arts world By Tim De Lisle for Event Magazine Published: 22:01 BST, 13 June 2020 | Updated: 22:01 BST, 13 June 2020 Laura Marling … Read more
Scientists have created a hearing aid which relies on the user’s own brain waves to tune into specific people and things, drowning out background noise. The device, developed at Columbia University in New York, uses speech-separation algorithms with neural networks, complex mathematical models that imitate the brain’s natural abilities. The system first separates out the … Read more
A mother heard her family say their final goodbyes because of her battle with sepsis which saw her lose all of her toes, some fingers and her right hand. Racheal Acuff, of Missouri, drove herself to hospital in June 2018 when she noticed blood in her urine – a sign of a kidney infection. Doctors … Read more
HISTORY LONDON 1945 by Maureen Waller (John Murray £12.99, 560pp) Twenty-four hours of manic rejoicing flanked at both ends by years of queuing and hardship: that’s the overwhelming impression given by Maureen Waller’s superbly well-researched and detailed portrait of London in 1945, reissued in paperback to commemorate today’s anniversary of VE Day. It really happened: … Read more
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Kym with Libby today When her daughter Libby was diagnosed with autism aged ten, Kym Scott feared it would hold back her little girl. But Libby, now 12, is forging her own path – and is already a published author twice over KYM’S STORY Kym Scott, 48, is an educational speaker and lives in Kent … Read more