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Have you ever wondered why some songs keep getting stuck in your head? Do you sometimes struggle to fall asleep at night because that one line from that song you heard once keeps on repeating over and over again in your head? Don’t worry you’re not alone. This phenomenon is called earworms. This is the season where earworms are most common. Everybody at some point in this season will hum jingle bells even if they weren’t listening to it in the recent past. This is because earworms seem to come more often from songs which have fairly conventional melodic patterns together with something unusual – a key change, or unexpected leaps or repetitions. Just like the well-known negative effects of actually heard background music on concentration and task performance, it seems that earworms can even impair our concentration on other tasks – whether those are songs with lyrics which could interfere with memory or even purely instrumental sequences like the Star Wars theme. accor...

Last week renowned playwright Israel Horovitz resigned from his theatre company, Gloucester Stage Company, due to nine different woman accusing him of sexual misconduct . This adds to the conversation many people all over the world are having. The conversation about sexual assault and abuse. This all started when people started discussing the Harvey Weinstein scandal. However, Actor Alyssa Milano wanted to change the conversation so she started the #metoo campaign which encouraged women to talk about their experiences. This has brought many women and men from all walks of life to bring forward their own experiences on sexual harassment. This week actor Matt Smith emphasised Milano’s point. “The conversation shouldn't stop at this industry just because these are 'celebrities' who we know about who are involved. It has to be broader. People in other industries have to have a platform to be heard as well. What happens to the cleaner or the lady who works in a c...