Study explores how acoustic elements influence perceptions of music being out of tune
When we listen to a song or musical performance, out-of-tune singers or instruments are generally perceived as unpleasant for listeners. While it is well-established that mistuning can reduce the enjoyment of music, the processes influencing how humans perceive mistuning have not yet been fully delineated…
A Video Game Flopped Harder Than Anything At The Box Office This Year, And The Mainstream Press Barely Noticed
In the summer of 2024, an entertainment project went more spectacularly wrong than possibly any entertainment project in human history. A venture that cost an approximated $400 million, and is thought to have made back only $1 million, representing a flop that dwarfs the likes of movie disasters Joker: Folie à Deux…Read more…
Can rain help a “human head” survive a lightning strike? Possibly
Feedback is intrigued by a study that uses rain and a “realistic three-compartment human head phantom” to explore the effects of a direct hit from lightning…
BRICS Summit to Far Surpass US Presidential Election in Global Importance, Russian Official Claims
The BRICS summit, not the U.S. presidential election, will be the defining event of global history, a Russian official claims. With BRICS expanding and 65% of its transactions now in national currencies, they argue the world is shifting away from U.S. dominance toward sovereign partnerships. “I believe that in 2024 the vector of human development…
Why wait to retire? These Canadians are embracing the adult gap year instead
Human resources professionals say Canadian companies are seeing more employees asking to take absences from work that are longer than standard vacation time allows. Some call it a mini-retirement; others refer to it as an ‘adult gap year.’…
The Democrats’ Three-Decade War on Honest Voting
When did preventing election fraud become a violation of the Voting Rights Act? The post The Democrats’ Three-Decade War on Honest Voting appeared first on The American Conservative…
NGOs urge banks and China to refuse support for Ugandan oil projects
A group of 28 NGOs have written to 34 banks, insurance companies and the Chinese government, urging them to deny financing and other support for oil and gas projects in Uganda. The letters, written by U.S.-based Climate Rights International (CRI) and 27 Africa-based NGOs, follow a report detailing numerous human rights violations and environmental harms…
RSPO rules Samsung palm oil subsidiary violated Indigenous rights in Sumatra
The world’s leading certifier of sustainable palm oil has ruled a Samsung subsidiary violated its standards by failing to consult with a local Indigenous community in Sumatra, Indonesia, where it cleared forests for oil palm plantations. In a Sept. 13 decision, the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) said its member PT Inecda…
How Gowon’s weak leadership style led to Nigerian-Biafran war – Malcom Omirhobo
Barely 24 hours after former military Head of State, Yakubu Gowon (Rtd), celebrated his 90th birthday, human rights lawyer Malcolm Omirhobo has attributed the outbreak of the Nigerian-Biafran war to Gowon’s leadership style. The Nigerian Civil War, which lasted from 1967 to 1970, saw the Nigerian government face off against the predominantly Igbo eastern region…