Over the past 50 years the lyrics of popular songs in the USA have become simpler, more negative, and contain more stress-related words, according to an analysis published in Scientific Reports.

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This is the start of our top 75 of our essential 100 (or so) tracks to come out of Scotland in 2025. It marks the 11th year of this rundown of the best Scots tracks of the year.   As ever, in 2025, ...

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The research team say it could be due to more positive and complex music being used as a "form of escapism" during stressful periods. The post Songs got sadder for 50 years, then COVID hit and got ...

The Dutch have won the title for being the best at English as a foreign language in the worldfor the seventh year in a row, according to new research, although the Netherlands' skills have generally ...

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