The Daily Populous

New research published in Evolutionary Behavioral Sciences provides additional evidence that more intelligent individuals are more likely to prefer instrumental music.

The study of 467 Croatian high school students found that higher scores on the intelligence test were associated with a preference for instrumental music, including ambient/chill out electronica, big band jazz, and classical music.

The study, “Intelligence, Music Preferences, and Uses of Music From the Perspective of Evolutionary Psychology“, was authored by Elena Račevska and Meri Tadinac. »

Those seven seconds are what “Breaking Bad” has been building to for the previous 59 hours.

They are Walter White finally, after so much time and so much sin, coming to terms with everything he has lost.

It's staggering how many horrible things happen in this hour, presented to us by writer Moira Walley-Beckett, director Rian Johnson and company. »

On Tuesday, Gov. Jay Inslee signed SB 5001, “concerning human remains,” making Washington the first state in the U.S. to legalize human composting.

This paves the way for Recompose, a project to build the first urban “organic reduction” funeral home in the country.

Washington already has several “green cemeteries,” such as White Eagle Memorial Preserve in Klickitat County, where people can be buried without embalming, caskets or headstones. »

On Monday, he suddenly reversed course, claiming that there was “no indication” of threats from the country that would require such a response.

Experts say the mixed messages have to do with the administration’s lack of a coordinated Iran strategy in general.

Trump withdrew from the 2015 Iranian nuclear agreement, also known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), last year. »