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June 4, 2025

Have a Song You Can’t Stop Playing? A New Theory Says Our Brainwaves Sync Up With Music

Have you ever listened to a song that felt like it scratched an itch in your brain? A new theory suggests that this feeling may be more literal than metaphorical. This hypothesis posits that our bodies may have a physical reaction to music, effectively synchronizing brain waves with musical structures, like pitch and rhythm. Considered by many as a universal language, music elicits similar reactions around the world.

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May 14, 2025

Here Are Pope Leo XIV’s Newly Unveiled Portrait, Signature, and Coat of Arms

On May 8, the conclave elected Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost as the Catholic Church’s next pope, marking a historic moment for the papacy. Prevost, who has since taken the regnal name Pope Leo XIV, is the first pope from the United States. Because of this, his election came as a surprise, with his name being floated less frequently by experts than other leading candidates.

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May 7, 2025

Pope Francis’ Popemobile To Be Converted Into Mobile Health Clinic for Gaza Children

In 2014, Pope Francis paid a visit to Bethlehem, meandering through the Holy Land’s streets with a white popemobile. The converted Mitsubishi was manufactured specially for this journey, and hasn’t been used since—until now. Mere months before his death on April 21, 2025, Pope Francis requested that the Catholic charity organization Caritas repurpose the vehicle as a mobile health clinic for children in Gaza.

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April 28, 2025

AI-Generated Images Mimicking Studio Ghibli May Be Banned by Japanese Lawmakers

In recent weeks, the Internet has been swarming with “Ghiblified” images. At first glance, these images seem to be charming odes to Studio Ghibli’s iconic animation style, but look closer and warped fingers, lines, and edges emerge. All of them have been generated by AI models like ChatGPT, sparking controversy within animation circles and other creative industries over copyright and ethical concerns.

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