Man Utd defender exits on loan to all but end Old Trafford career
Brandon Williams joins Ipswich on loan from Manchester United in a deal that will take him up to the end of his current Old Trafford contract.
2023-08-24 21:21
Sara Sharif: Court rules girl's Pakistan family cannot be detained
A court in Pakistan says police must not detain relatives of Sara Sharif's father for questioning.
2023-08-24 21:20
Syria: Protests over growing economic hardship spread in south
Unrest has spread across government-held southern provinces since fuel subsidies were cut last week.
2023-08-24 21:15
Employment figure hits record high in Republic of Ireland
The percentage of people aged 15-64 who are in work in the Republic of Ireland is at an all-time high.
2023-08-24 20:57
Carlo Ancelotti backs Jude Bellingham ability with Karim Benzema remark
Carlo Ancelotti reveals that he sees Jude Bellingham as Real Madrid's replacement for Ballon d'Or winner Karim Benzema.
2023-08-24 20:56
Pacers projected lineup and rotations heading into 2023-24 season
The Indiana Pacers rebuilt last season and played better than expected. They made some big improvements this offseason and their rotation is looking dangerous.
2023-08-24 20:55
A new 'Antarctica' accent has been discovered by scientists
Antarctica might be the only continent on Earth with no natural human habitation, but it’s emerged that an “Antarctica accent” is very much a thing. Despite having no locals, thousands of scientists have made up an ever-changing population in research stations over the years. The continent is so isolated and the level of interaction between researchers is so intense, that a common accent is beginning to emerge there despite people coming from different parts of the world. At its busiest points in the year during the summer, Antarctica is home to around 5,000 people. Only around 1,000 people live there during the winter months. The idea of accents changing due to human interaction on Antarctica is no different to the phenomenon seen throughout history at a glacial pace. However, given the very specific sample size, it’s an opportunity for scientists to study it at a much quicker rate and on a much smaller scale. Experts at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich published a study in 2019 which focused on the change in accents observed in 11 people who took part in the British Antarctic Survey. @human.1011 There’s an Antarctic Accent! #language #linguistics #english #antarctica Of the 11 who were studied, eight came from England, one from the US, one from Germany and one from Iceland. Their voices were recorded every six weeks, and the team found that over time they developed longer vowel sounds. There was a physical change too, with participants pronouncing the “ou” sound in the front of their mouths rather than the back of their throats. Speaking to IFL Science, Jonathan Harrington, study author and Professor of Phonetics and Speech Processing at the Ludwig-Maximilians University of Munich said: "The Antarctic accent is not really perceptible as such – it would take much longer for it to become so – but it is acoustically measurable. "It's mostly an amalgamation of some aspects of the spoken accents of the winterers before they went to Antarctica, together with an innovation. It's far more embryonic [than conventional English accents] given that it had only a short time to develop and also, of course, because it's only distributed across a small group of speakers.” Sign up for our free Indy100 weekly newsletter Have your say in our news democracy. Click the upvote icon at the top of the page to help raise this article through the indy100 rankings.
2023-08-24 20:45
What now for Wagner after Prigozhin's reported death?
With a global military footprint, experts are asking how Wagner will fill the void left by its leader.
2023-08-24 20:22
Vivek Ramaswamy: Five things the Republican presidential candidate believes
The tech executive and youngest candidate in the race supports raising the voting age and abolishing the FBI.
2023-08-24 20:17
USMNT news: Balogun to Monaco, Pepi hat-trick, Cannon to Burnley
Today's USMNT news includes AS Monaco being set to bid again for Folarin Balogun. Ricardo Pepi scored a hat-trick for PSV Eindhoven in a friendly and Reggie Cannon has been linked with Burnely.
2023-08-24 20:16
Wolves reject Matheus Nunes bid from Man City
Wolves have rejected an offer from Man City for midfielder Matheus Nunes.
2023-08-24 19:59
Who is Dmitry Utkin and who else was reportedly on the plane?
Wagner chief Prigozhin's "right hand man" Dmitry Utkin, financier Valeriy Chekalov and fighters.
2023-08-24 19:58
