Monday, September 9, 2024

10 THE STAR NEWS • Monday, September 9, 2024 @JamaicaStar www.facebook.com/JamaicaStar • www.jamaica-star.com Trump to release UFO footage if elected D onald Trump has promised to release UFO footage should he win the US presidential election. The politician discussed the ongoing obsession with the extraterrestrial in a new interview with podcaster Lex Fridman and suggested that he would pressure the Pentagon to make alien knowledge public if he returns to the White House. Responding to Fridman’s questioning, Trump said: “Oh yeah, sure, I’ll do that. I would do that. I’d love to do that. I have to do that.” Trump has previously discussed the matter of alien life but claimed that he wasn’t a “believer” in the little green men. The former president told YouTube star Logan Paul: “But I have met with people that are serious people that say there’s some really strange things that they see flying around out there.” P icking your nose increases the risk of dementia. Scientists have found that the bad habit is “a significant risk factor” for the brain disease, as germs are transferred from the fingers to the nose where they travel up to the brain and cause inflammation. Nose-picking can also damage the nasal wall and make it easier for microbes to enter the bloodstream, triggering infections and inflammation. However, the experts admitted that the amount of information on the issue was “scarce”. In a letter published in the American Journal of the Medical Sciences , they said: “ Several pathogens, including those that invade the brain via the nasal epithelium... have been linked to Alzheimer’s disease and have been isolated during post-mortem analysis. “In conclusion, these studies show that nose-picking is a significant risk factor and has a part in the progression of Alzheimer’s disease. “We propose more investigation to understand the association of nose-picking with Alzheimer’s disease in the form of case-control studies with larger sample populations .” Nose-picking linked to dementia A survey of 8,000 cat owners shows that over 40 per cent of felines choose to retrieve toys and objects thrown by their owners, a figure that is significantly bigger than previous estimates on the topic. Fetching is behaviour that is widely common in dogs and is thought to be rooted in the natural hunting instincts of cats and dogs. Cats were more likely to play fetch if they were more active and playful and if they lived indoors, while the researchers also found that younger male felines were more prone to demonstrating the behaviour. Scientists at Purdue University in Indiana wrote in the study: “ Although cats and dogs are very different in many aspects of their behaviour and in how they ended up being companion animals, we find it fascinating that so many of them share this very interesting behaviour – fetching! ” Cats enjoy playing fetch W atching television or gaming before bed makes little difference to a child’s sleep. Experts have long feared that screen time in the evening can harm a youngster’s quality of rest. But boffins in New Zealand have found that it has minimal impact. The team tracked the screen time of dozens of children between the ages of 11 and 14 and found the devices only impacted sleep if they were used in bed. Dr Bradley Bronsan, lead author of the study at the University of Otago, said: “It stopped them from going to sleep for about half an hour, and reduced the amount of sleep they got that night.” He continued: “We need to revisit sleep guidelines, so that they fit the world we live in and actually make sense. The current ones aren’t achievable or appropriate for how we live.” Gaming before bed doesn’t affect children’s sleep