All posts tagged: activity

Physical activity improves your mood, largest review of its kind finds

Physical activity improves your mood, largest review of its kind finds

Published by Daniella Wilson

Get the Well Enough newsletter with Harry Bullmore for tips on living a healthier, happier and longer life Get the Well Enough email with Harry Bullmore Get the Well Enough email with Harry Bullmore We’ve long known that getting exercise can help to improve mood. Consider that line from Elle Woods in Legally Blonde: “Exercise gives you endorphins. Endorphins make you happy,” she explains, referring to happy hormones produced during exercise. Still, many Americans don’t get enough exercise and around 100 million suffer from obesity that leaves them at risk of developing chronic disease that can be deadly. Now, a new review – the largest of its kind, including data from 8,000 people and more than 60 studies – has determined getting exercise improves mood and raises energy levels for most people. And having more energy and feeling better also leads to being more active. You don’t need to do two workouts a day to reap the rewards, either, researchers say. Just walking or taking the stairs is enough. A new review of more than …

PSA: Incognito Mode Doesn’t Totally Hide Your Online Activity

PSA: Incognito Mode Doesn’t Totally Hide Your Online Activity

Published by skeptic

Opening an incognito window feels like stepping into a private room on the internet. Your browser turns dark and mysterious, and suddenly, it’s like nobody can see what you’re doing online. That’s only partly true. When you close a private browser window, like Chrome’s Incognito mode, your web browser doesn’t keep a record of the websites you visited. It also removes cookies and site data created during that private browsing session. That makes private browsing useful when you’re using someone else’s computer or looking up something you would rather not have sitting in your search history.  But private browsing isn’t an invisibility cloak. The websites you visit may still be able to see some of your activity. So can your internet service provider or an organization managing your network, like your employer or school. In short, “private browsing” sounds more comprehensive than it really is. Here’s what private browsing actually hides, who may still be able to see your activity, when opening a private window is genuinely useful and how to use private browsing across …

Celine Dion tickets: Ticketmaster postpones sale as ‘suspicious activity’ leaves fans queuing for hours

Celine Dion tickets: Ticketmaster postpones sale as ‘suspicious activity’ leaves fans queuing for hours

Published by Daniella Wilson

Get the inside track from Roisin O’Connor with our free weekly music newsletter Now Hear This Get our free music newsletter Now Hear This Get our free music newsletter Now Hear This Ticketmaster has temporarily halted its sale of Celine Dion tickets for her hugely anticipated comeback shows, after identifying “suspicious activity” that blocked real fans from securing their spots. The Canadian star is scheduled to perform 10 shows at the La Défense arena in Paris later this year, from 12 September through 14 October. Dion called the comeback the “best gift of my life”, following a well-documented struggle with Stiff Person Syndrome, which she was diagnosed with in 2022. However, fans were furious after Ticketmaster was forced to pause the sale today (Thursday 4 June) due to bots and scalpers snapping up tickets en masse. “Tickets are still available for Celine Dion,” a statement from the company’s French account said. “Our technical teams have identified suspicious activities and are actively working to prevent these bad actors from disrupting the sale. “We are doing everything …

Why some people are more likely to experience paranormal activity, according to an expert

Why some people are more likely to experience paranormal activity, according to an expert

Published by Daniella Wilson

Get the Well Enough newsletter with Harry Bullmore for tips on living a healthier, happier and longer life Get the Well Enough email with Harry Bullmore Get the Well Enough email with Harry Bullmore Around 1 in 5 Americans say they’ve seen a ghost. I’m not one of them, and I probably never will be. I blame my brain. Let me explain. No one can say definitively that ghosts exist, but many people believe they do. Roughly three-quarters of Americans believe in some form of paranormal activity – not only ghosts, but psychic abilities, precognitive dreams, mediums and anything else that conventional explanations can’t account for. As a psychology professor, I often think about the subjectivity people use when interpreting experiences. I wonder, then, if there are perfectly ordinary explanations for seemingly extraordinary experiences. Maybe a perfect storm of everyday factors can converge and trigger the sensation of a paranormal experience. In my new book, “Science of the Supernatural,” I explore the idea that the human brain might be creating an experience of the supernatural …

China’s May factory activity flat as weak demand slows growth

China’s May factory activity flat as weak demand slows growth

Published by Sam Flores

BEIJING: China’s factory activity was flat in May after two months of expansion, official data showed Sunday (May 31), as weaker demand and rising energy costs due to the Middle East war weighed on growth. The manufacturing purchasing manager’s index – a key measure of industrial activity – was 50.0 in May, according to the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS). The 50.0 mark separates expansion from contraction. Economists surveyed by Bloomberg had predicted a reading of 50.0 as well. The figure slipped from 50.3 in April and 50.4 in March. The slowdown comes as the Middle East war, which has effectively halted shipping through the Strait of Hormuz, a key oil and gas route, drives up global energy costs and pressures manufacturers. Chinese factories are facing higher costs with the prices of raw materials rising, particularly in the energy and chemical sectors. Both supply and demand in industries including petroleum, rubber and plastics showed “continued weakness”, said NBS statistician Huo Lihui. Overall business production and activity in the manufacturing sector remained stable, Huo said, adding …

Katie Price shares update on ‘interrogated’ Lee Andrews and confronts him over phone activity

Katie Price shares update on ‘interrogated’ Lee Andrews and confronts him over phone activity

Published by Daniella Wilson

Get the latest entertainment news, reviews and star-studded interviews with our Independent Culture email Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter Katie Price has shared more details about her one-minute call with husband Lee Andrews after two weeks of no contact with the businessman – who claims that he’s being held in a Dubai prison. Price announced on Wednesday (27 May) that she had finally heard from Andrews, who she revealed had gone “missing” a fortnight earlier. Dubai-based Andrews had been due to fly to the UK earlier in May but failed to show, telling Price that he had been “detained” by authorities in his final texts to her. After sharing that Andrews had been held by the authorities in Dubai on suspicion for being “a spy”, Price revealed more details on her podcast, The Katie Price Show, on Thursday (28 May). Katie Price and her sister Sophie on their podcast, ‘The Katie Price Show’ (YouTube: Katie Price) Speaking to her sister …

Steven Bartlett’s new AI show for children will bring together everything you loathe about him

Steven Bartlett’s new AI show for children will bring together everything you loathe about him

Published by Daniella Wilson

Stay ahead of the curve with our weekly guide to the latest trends, fashion, relationships and more Stay ahead of the curve with our weekly guide to the latest trends, fashion, relationships and more Stay ahead of the curve with our weekly guide to the latest trends, fashion, relationships and more Sentient vegetables are striding through an AI-generated – uncanny – valley, led by a young Steven Bartlett. They’re dishing out recycled podcast truisms about mindset and motivation. At some point, they burst into song. This is not some heatwave-induced fever dream, or the sort of psychedelic experience that would be a better anti-drug deterrent than any government campaign. This is, apparently, an early concept for Bartlett’s new TV show for kids, set to be released later this summer on YouTube and Spotify. Steven’s World is the entrepreneur’s latest venture, according to a new report in The Observer. The show will reportedly repackage lessons from interviews on Bartlett’s Diary of a CEO podcast using an AI model fed by previous episodes, aiming to make those …

Japan’s factory activity expands at slower pace, cost pressures surge

Japan’s factory activity expands at slower pace, cost pressures surge

Published by Sam Flores

TOKYO, May 21 : Japan’s manufacturing activity slowed slightly in May, while service sector growth ground to a halt for the first time in over a year, as surging costs linked to the Middle East conflict weighed on confidence, a business survey showed on Thursday. • The S&P Global flash Japan Manufacturing Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) fell to 54.5 in May, from 55.1 in April. A reading above 50.0 indicates expansion, while below that level signals contraction. • A key sub-index for factory output expanded for the fifth straight month but the pace of growth eased from April. The sustained rise in production was partly attributed to stockpiling efforts as the Middle East war continued to disrupt supply chains and drive up prices. • The service sector stagnated, with the flash Japan services PMI index falling to 50.0 in May from 51.0 in April, ending 13 months of growth. • Cost pressures intensified sharply across the private sector. Input prices rose at the fastest pace since October 2022 due to supply disruption and raw material …

11 Underrated Sneakers Under 0 for Every Type of Summer Activity

11 Underrated Sneakers Under $150 for Every Type of Summer Activity

Published by Jenni Sidey

Summer is primetime for sneakers. The weather allows for virtually every option, nearly all wardrobe formality disappears, and there’s a notable paucity of slush, grime, and other pitfalls to be wary of. Yes, we understand we’re breaking neither news nor ground here. What we are doing, though, is digging through the digital shelves to find the absolute best sneakers you can find for under $150, because we do follow the news. We’re talking low-profile bangers, off-road warriors, extremely-hinged hybrids (and some that are a little unhinged, too); sneakers to wear every day and ones to pepper in; reinvigorated classics and new-age stunners. And because sneakers also can have the added benefit of affordability, we thought we’d make that a requirement. So, nothing on this list is more than $150, which means you can wear anything below as intended: into the goddamn ground. You never need our—or anyone else’s—permission to buy some new Chuck 70s, Vans Authentics, Adidas Sambas or Reebok Club Cs. We endorse those ad infinitum and, while we will remind you of their …