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Why does our mind wander? New study taps into tricks of staying on task

Sydney, Jul 1 (Conversation) You’re sitting at your desk, writing a short story. You remain focused but after several hours, you still can’t see how to end it. So you go for a run, allowing your thoughts to run with you. Instead of stumbling on a rock, you fall onto a solution. Sometimes, problems do not have obvious answers. The “eureka” solution comes when we are not expecting it, when our mind wanders. But what causes our mind to wander? What about running lets us come up with an answer that sitting at our desk does not? While we often

Roof of tutoring center collapses in eastern Pakistan, killing at least 14 children, police say

LAHORE, Pakistan, July 1, 2026 (AP) — A roof collapse at a tutoring center under construction in Pakistan’s eastern city of Lahore on Tuesday killed at least 14 schoolchildren, police and rescue officials said. Eight other children were injured and being treated at a hospital, senior police official Faisal Kamran said, adding that the owner of the tutoring center and another person have been arrested. Kamran said rescuers were searching through the rubble after receiving reports that more children could be trapped beneath the debris. He said the tutoring center was housed in an aging building and that the roof

Running on a treadmill is easier than running outside. Does that matter?

July 1, 2026 (Conversation) You hop on the treadmill, set your pace, and easily knock out a couple of kilometres. Then a few days later you head outside to run the same distance. You try and to keep the same speed you did at the gym, but it destroys you. What’s going on? Is it the weather? Your mood? Or is running outside genuinely harder? The conditions are different outside There are a couple of key reasons why running outside might feel harder than on a treadmill. First, when you run outside, you push into the ground to propel yourself

Oil prices rise as breakdown in Iran-US talks raises supply concerns

NEW DELHI, July 1 (Reuters) – Oil prices rose on Wednesday on concerns breakdowns in ‌discussions between Iran and the U.S. for a final agreement to end their war may extend supply disruptions in the key Middle East producing region. Brent futures rose 33 cents, or 0.45%, to $73.28 a barrel at 0339 GMT, while U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude ​climbed 34 cents, or 0.49%, to $69.84 a barrel. The Reuters Power Up newsletter provides everything you need to know about the global energy industry. Sign up here. “Hormuz continues to reopen but it’s patchy, unpredictable, and not ​fully

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