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Exercise offers a wealth of benefits, but the time you do it can also impact results.

Frontiers in Pain Research, Darius Valevicius – the first author of the research from McGill University in Montreal, Canada – found that while listening to a preferred artist may lead to a reduction of pain equal to painkillers, music that produces “chills” has an even greater impact.“We can approximate that favourite music reduced pain by about one point on a 10-point scale, which is at least as strong as an over-the-counter painkiller like Advil [ibuprofen] under the same conditions. Moving music may have an even stronger effect,” he said (via The Guardian).The study conducted saw 63 healthy participants attend the Roy pain laboratory on the McGill campus, and researchers applied heat akin to a hot cup of coffee to their left arm.

Frontier Developments, the developer of series like Elite, F1 Manager and RollerCoaster Tycoon, has announced that there will be an unknown number of redundancies to reduce annual operating costs.The news broke through the London Stock Exchange on October 17, stating that a period of “disappointing financial performance” had led to the decision.As a result of the layoffs and a new constrained spending strategy, Frontier Developments aims to cut annual operating costs by up to 20 per cent.“The organisational review and resulting actions are expected to conclude by early 2024, placing Frontier in a strong position to deliver efficiently on its strategic plan over the medium term, and capitalise on future opportunities,” read the statement.Redundancies will be subject to consultation and for that reason it has not been disclosed how many developers and other employees of Frontier will be affected. This reorganisation is expected to wrap up in early 2024.It has been a tricky year for Frontier, with a year-on-year drop in revenue from £114million to £104.6million for the financial year ending in May 2023.Furthermore, Frontier shuttered its third-party publishing label Frontier Foundry in June, which led to “£28.7 million of non-cash intangible asset impairment and accelerated amortisation charges” impacting the total operating profit.According to VideoGameLayoffs.com, a website managed by developer Farhan Noor, more than 6,000 jobs in the games industry have been lost over the course of 2023.Epic Games cut over 800 roles in order to cut costs, and Embracer Group closed Volition only two months after celebrating its 30th anniversary.

Dave Bautista (Guardians of the Galaxy franchise) and Jason Momoa (Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom) have been set to star in The Wrecking Crew, a buddy action comedy that Blue Beetle‘s Ángel Manuel Soto will direct for MGM, Deadline can confirm.

EXCLUSIVE: Greenwich Entertainment has acquired U.S. distribution rights to Inshallah a Boy, the directorial debut of Amjad Al Rasheed which world premiered during the Cannes Film Festival’s Critics’ Week and is set to have its North American debut at TIFF next month.

Scientists have petitioned for large-scale trials to be conducted to explore whether drinking kombucha can help cut blood sugar levels among those with type 2 diabetes.

Q Con, the queer comic convention, will return to West Hollywood in less than three months. More than 900 people attended last year’s event in Plummer Park. Photo: Prism Comics

Elden Ring and Crisis Core Final Fantasy 7 Reunion.Summer Games Done Quick 2023 (SGDQ) will run from May 28 to June 4, with the annual event hosting speedrunners from across the world as they attempt to raise money for charity.As the event prepares for next month’s kickoff, organising body Games Done Quick has published the speedruns that have been accepted for SGDQ 2023.While an exact schedule will not be issued until April 11, the current list confirms every game that has been “locked in” for the event.As is tradition, next month’s event includes a mix of new and old games. Nintendo 64 games Banjo-Kazooie, The Legend Of Zelda: Majora’s Mask and Paper Mario will all be making an appearance, along with arcade games StepManiaX and X-Men Arcade.However, there are plenty of newer titles that will appear at the event.

There are scores of apps aiming to help us monitor our mental health, but sometimes the best approach is to turn off technology. Getting outdoors in parks, woodland and other natural settings has long been known to improve people’s mood – the Japanese call it shinrin-yoku, or “forest bathing”. But recently researchers have been investigating whether spending time with animals can have similar benefits.

Scientists have discovered that eating just five almonds a day can boost your exercise and help you burn more fat during a workout.

Researchers have discovered that there may be something monstrous living below Antarctica's icy surface, as big as 5 million square kilometres. The frozen continent is usually thought of as a hostile climate with only certain breeds of animals such as penguins, seals and fish being able to live there, the Daily Star reports

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Scientists have taught a robot to laugh at jokes in an effort to make it appear more human.The robots have been trained in "appropriate" laughter, including how to differentiate between chuckles and rip-roaring squeals.The training has been undertaken by researches at Kyoto University in Japan using artificial intelligence.READ MORE: Superintelligent AI will likely be 'fatal' to humanity warn Oxford researchersThe study has been documented in the scientific journal, Frontiers in Robotics and AI, where scientists have described their experience of working with a robot called Erica, with the hope of making conversations more natural.The journal's lead author, Dr Koji Inoue, an assistant professor at Kyoto University in the Department of Intelligence Science and Technology said: "We think that one of the important functions of conversational AI is empathy."Conversation is, of course, multimodal, not just responding correctly.

Emmerdale star Andy Devine died after an accidental fall, a coroner has issued.The actor, who was best known for his iconic role in the ITV soap, passed away on January 27 at the age of 79, according to public records.Andy “is thought to have lost his balance resulting in a fall” and died in Southport Hospital in Merseyside.Sefton Senior Coroner Julie Goulding said in a statement: “He was unable to get up until his carers arrived to assist him, which was about an hour later.”“Peter had a significant number of serious underlying clinical co-morbidities and notwithstanding all appropriate care and treatment, Peter’s condition deteriorated culminating in his death.”The medical cause of his death was determined as “hospital acquired pneumonia” and the cause of his death was concluded as “accident”. He exited Emmerdale officially in 2010, with his beloved character killed off in an emotional July episode which saw him tragically drown in a stream as part of a harrowing alcohol abuse storyline.Away from the soap world, Andy made appearances in projects including Russell T Davies’s Queer As Folk.He also appeared in several episodes of the Doctor Who special Frontier in Space in 1973 and made his final TV appearance in 2011 in an episode of Doctors.For the latest breaking news and stories from across the globe from the Daily Star, sign up for our newsletter by clicking hereIn the wake of Andy’s death, Liam O’Brien – who played Ethan Blake in Emmerdale for three years – said: "Heartbroken to hear of the passing of an old friend.

exercised from 6 to 8pm, with all following the same diet plan.Everyone’s blood pressure, body fat and strength were then tested, with researchers noting real differences in the best exercise times for men and women.Reassuringly, all participants improved their health, no matter what time they exercised, with lead study author Dr Paul Arcerio telling the BBC: “The best time for exercise is the best time you can do it and fit it into your schedule”.The results showed that women interested in shedding abdominal fat should try to exercise in the morning, but shifting it to the evening was better if improving upper body muscle strength as well as their overall mood was their goal.Interestingly, the time of day to exercise made less difference to the men, who improved their strength both in the mornings and evenings.But the professor of health and human physiological sciences at New York’s Skidmore College said working-out in the evening was “ideal for men interested in improving heart and metabolic health, as well as emotional wellbeing”.Researchers now say more work is needed to understand why there’s such a difference between men and women’s response to the time of exercise.The study was published in Frontiers in Physiology, and monitored people with a healthy weight, but the researchers say the findings could prove useful for those who are overweight or obese.Want the Daily Star's sexiest stories news straight to your inbox? Sign up to our daily Hot Topics newsletter HERE

It really does matter what time of day you exercise if you want to shed the pounds - with women advised to work-out in the morning if they're serious about reducing body fat. A new US study has also discovered that men looking to lose weight should instead work up a sweat in the evenings.

Romancing Saga: Minstrel Song has been announced by Square Enix and is scheduled to release this winter.Minstrel Song is a remake of the original 1992 Super Famicom Romancing Saga RPG and was initially released for PS2. Outside of changing the 16-bit visuals to 3D, the remake also made changes to several character designs and made alterations to the battle system and class system, but still includes the original’s eight main playable characters.

ITV soap, died of unknown causes. Public records seen by The Sun confirm he died in January but news of his passing has only recently emerged. Devine served in the Royal Navy in the 1960s before turning his hand to acting.

TRIBUTES have flooded in after an iconic Emmerdale actor dies at the age of 79. The legendary actor, Andy Devine, who was best known for playing Shadrach Dingle in the ITV soap, passed away in January although the tragic news has only just emerged. Public records confirm he died on January 27, with the cause of his death not yet publicly confirmed.

EMMERDALE's Andy Devine has died at the age of 79. The legendary actor, who was best known for playing Shadrach Dingle in the ITV soap, passed away in January - although the tragic news has only just emerged.

Andy Devine, who played the much-loved character, Shadrach Dingle on popular British soap, Emmerdale, has died aged 79. Whilst the news has only just emerged, the veteran actor actually died on January 27, public records show.There has been no official announcement of his death, or a cause of death. ITV has yet to officially comment on Andy's death.