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Do You Use Adult Movies to Relieve Stress and Anxiety? Researchers Say It Might Affect Your Daily Behavior

In the intimacy of homes, certain behaviors leave few visible traces but nevertheless influence life for two. This is the case to look at adult content, a trivial gesture which can however deeply modify the dynamics of the couple. The motivations that push to use pornography are not all equal. Whether lonely refuge or shared … Read more

Ancient Greek Shipwreck Found in Croatian Waters Redefines Our Knowledge of Maritime Navigation

Under the limpid waters of the Adriatic, an exceptional vestige turns our understanding of ancient maritime exchanges upset. Off Komiža, near the Croatian island of screws, archaeologists from the Croatian Conservation Institute identified a Greek wreck from the 4th century BC. AD, considered one of the oldest discoveries of this type in the Adriatic Sea. … Read more

Is Your Child Excelling in Mathematics? This New French AI Could Make Them Unstoppable!

In France, mathematics become a field of inequality from the start of schooling, with differences that are widening over the years and eventually weigh heavily in international assessments. While teachers face increasingly heterogeneous classes, a French start-up is based on artificial intelligence at school to offer an individualized approach to learning, focused on the real … Read more

Are Chronic Migraines and Dizziness Linked to Neanderthal DNA?

Chronic migraines, dizziness or loss of balance could have an unsuspected origin: the genetic heritage of our Neanderthal cousins. An international team led by Kimberly Pomp, researcher at the University of the Philippines Diliman, and Yvens Barbosa Fernandes, neurosurgeon at the Campinas State University in Brazil, highlights a link between the form of the Neanderthal … Read more

Japan Set to Launch Gigantic Floating Data Centers to Power AI

As artificial intelligence is essential in all sectors, the pressure exerted on digital infrastructure becomes colossal. Behind each vocal request, an image generated or predictive algorithm, millions of calculations pass through energy -consuming data centers. Faced with this explosion of demand, industrial actors explore new solutions. Among them, the emergence of floating data centers draws … Read more

Researchers Warn: Melting Glaciers and Ice Caps May Trigger Wave of Volcanic Eruptions

The accelerated melting of glaciers does not only threaten the oceans and polar regions. According to a study presented recently at the Goldschmidt international conference in Prague by researchers from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, the decline in ice could also wake up volcanoes so far asleep. By relaxing the pressure exerted on the earth's crust, … Read more

This High-Risk Sexual Behavior Now Ranks as the Second Leading Cause of Stroke in Women Under 40

Long confined to the margins of sexual practices, strangulation has imposed itself in a few years as an increasingly frequent gesture, especially among young generations. This sudden tilting does not result from a spontaneous evolution of desires, but coincides with the omnipresence of pornographic content featuring reports imbued with domination. Today, the influence of these … Read more