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Yahoo
21 minutes ago
- Science
- Yahoo
The summer solstice is today. Here's what to expect on the 1st day of summer.
Today will be the longest day of 2025 in the Northern Hemisphere, kicking off the coveted summer season. The 2025 summer solstice is expected to officially start on June 20 at 10:42 p.m. ET, according to the Farmers Almanac. It's at that time that the sun will be at its northernmost point for the Northern Hemisphere. Astronomers recognize the summer solstice as the first day of summer, although it's not necessarily considered the 'official' start of summer. 'The June solstice marks a precise moment in Earth's orbit — a consistent astronomical signpost that humans have observed for millennia,' NASA says. 'Ancient structures from Stonehenge to Chichén Itzá were built, in part, to align with the solstices, demonstrating how important these celestial events were to many cultures.' Thousands of visitors are expected to flock to areas throughout the Northern Hemisphere to celebrate through rituals: from Stonehenge in Wiltshire, England, to midsummer festivals across Sweden, Denmark, Norway and Finland. Here's what to know about the summer solstice. 'Solstice' comes from the Latin words 'sol' (meaning sun) and 'sistere' (to stand still), according to the Farmers' Almanac, and it describes the Earth's angle between the sun's rays. The summer solstice is the longest day of the year for the Northern Hemisphere because this is when the Earth's north pole is tilted toward the sun at its most extreme angle. Solstices only happen twice a year, the second time being when the Northern Hemisphere experiences its winter solstice in December, which is when the Earth's south pole is tilted toward the sun at its most extreme angle. On Friday, the Northern Hemisphere will experience its official first days of summer and longest hours of daylight for the entire year. Areas around the equator will experience sunlight for about 12 hours straight, according to while more mid-northern areas will get 15 hours. Since the Earth's north pole is tilted so close to the sun, areas north of the Arctic Circle will experience sunlight for 24 hours. The summer solstice can happen anytime between June 20 and June 22, depending on the time zone. While we measure years in 365 days — or 366 days for a leap year — astronomically speaking, Earth actually takes 365.242199 days to orbit the sun. This affects what time and day the summer solstice will actually occur. In a lot of Northern Hemisphere locations, areas will experience earlier sunrises before the official solstice day, and some later sunsets happen days after it, according to Time and Date, a global platform that analyzes time zone and astronomy data. The solstice day never being official or aligned every year is common since the sun's solar time is never precise or consistent with how our clocks and calendars operate. Astronomers have studied the sun's timing compared to how we measure time with clocks and calendars, and refer to the difference as 'the equation of time.' Solstices and equinoxes seem to kick off a change in the seasons on Earth, but there are significant differences between the two experiences. Just compare the 2025 spring equinox, which happened on March 20, to what is expected to happen during the upcoming summer solstice on Friday. Summer and winter solstices are when the Earth's tilt toward the sun is at its maximum, so the summer solstice is when the Northern Hemisphere experiences its longest day of sunlight and shortest night, and the winter solstice is when the Northern Hemisphere experiences its shortest day of sunlight and longest night. During an equinox, the Earth is not tilted anywhere directly, and the sun falls right over the equator, which means that there will be 'nearly' equal amounts of daylight and darkness at all latitudes, according to the National Weather Service.
Medscape
2 hours ago
- Health
- Medscape
Can Digital Therapy Improve Mental Health Among Teens?
TOPLINE: In a randomised trial of adolescents with mental health issues, the use of a 6-week online emotion-regulation therapy was found to be feasible and acceptable. Compared with an active control therapy, this online therapy significantly alleviated symptoms of anxiety, depression, and maladaptive coping. METHODOLOGY: This single-blind randomised clinical trial conducted between 2022 and 2023 in Swedish primary care included 30 adolescents aged 12-17 years (93% girls) with mental health problems and their parents. Participants were randomly assigned to receive 6 weeks of either therapist-guided primary care online emotion-regulation treatment (POET; n = 15) or supportive treatment (n = 15) as an active control. Primary outcomes included feasibility and acceptability; secondary outcomes included symptom severity and improvement (measured using the Clinical Global Impressions-Severity Scale [CGI-S] and CGI-Improvement Scale), symptoms of anxiety and depression (measured using the Revised Child Anxiety and Depression Scale [RCADS-47]), global functioning (measured using the Children's Global Assessment Scale [CGAS]), and emotion regulation (measured using the Cognitive Emotion Regulation Questionnaire [CERQ]). Outcomes were self-reported online or obtained via telephonic interviews immediately after treatment and at a 3-month follow-up. TAKEAWAY: The study had a consent rate of 81%, with 93% of participants completed at least one assessment immediately after treatment and 87% completed 3-month follow-up assessments. Treatment satisfaction was high among both adolescents (mean Client Satisfaction Questionnaire-8 [CSQ-8] score: POET, 20.6; supportive treatment, 22.8) and parents (mean CSQ-8 score: POET, 24.8; supportive treatment, 23.1). When comparing before and immediately after treatment, the POET group showed significant reductions in symptom severity (CGI-S: effect size, 1.30; 95% CI, 0.73-1.86), symptoms of anxiety and depression (RCADS-47: Cohen d, 1.07; 95% CI, 0.37-1.84), and maladaptive cognitive coping (CERQ: Cohen d, 1.10; 95% CI, 0.52-1.70), as well as improvement in global functioning (CGAS: Cohen d, 1.26; 95% CI, 0.66-1.85). The control group showed no significant differences. When comparing before treatment and at 3 months post-treatment, the POET group maintained reductions in symptom severity (CGI-S: effect size, 1.32; 95% CI, 0.76-1.88), symptoms of anxiety and depression (RCADS-47: Cohen d, 1.28; 95% CI, 0.51-2.08), and maladaptive cognitive coping (CERQ: Cohen d, 0.82; 95% CI, 0.22-1.40), as well as improvement in global functioning (CGAS: Cohen d, 1.54; 95% CI, 0.95-2.14). The control group showed no significant differences. IN PRACTICE: "Given that adolescents represent a large patient group with limited access to psychological treatment, these findings suggest that POET is a promising treatment in primary care, with the potential for broad outreach and improved accessibility for adolescents with mental health problems," the authors wrote. SOURCE: This study was led by Katja Sjöblom, MSc, Centre for Psychiatry Research, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden. It was published online on June 11 in JAMA Network Open. LIMITATIONS: A small sample size and lack of stratification in the randomisation procedure prevented the between-group analysis of effectiveness. Most participants were self-referred, potentially introducing selection bias. The active control study design limited clinical interpretation compared with a control group using treatment as usual or gold standard treatment. DISCLOSURES: This study was supported by grants from the Kavli Trust, Region Stockholm, and the Swedish Research Council. Several authors reported receiving grants, royalties, and personal fees from various academic, governmental, and private sources, and one author reported holding shares in companies outside the submitted work. Details are provided in the original article. This article was created using several editorial tools, including AI, as part of the process. Human editors reviewed this content before publication.
The Guardian
3 hours ago
- Sport
- The Guardian
Why Hugo Ekitike is hot property in the summer transfer window
Alexander Isak is a man in demand this summer. Liverpool and Arsenal have been linked with the Swede. It would take a monumental bid to convince Newcastle to sell their prized asset, and for good reason. Isak scored 23 goals in the Premier League in the season just finished; only Mohamed Salah (29) scored more. With few, if any, clubs prepared to match Newcastle's reported £150m asking price, those keen on Isak could do worse than make a move for a striker whose style is eerily similar to that the Sweden international. An Isak-lite, if you will. Hugo Ekitike is hot property on the forward market after he enjoyed a fine campaign for Eintracht Frankfurt, scoring 15 times and providing eight assists. Omar Marmoush took the plaudits in the first half of the season, but the Egyptian's £59m move to Manchester City in January allowed Ekitike to step out of the shadows and into the spotlight. The 22-year-old flourished with the added responsibility of leading the line for Eintracht, which was especially impressive given that they changed from a two-man striker approach to playing Ekitike as a lone frontman. Most of the top clubs in England are in the market for a player who can lead the line, so it's no surprise that Chelsea, Liverpool, Arsenal and Manchester United have all been credited with an interest in Ekitike. After an indifferent spell with PSG, the young Frenchman's development is very much back on track in Germany. What stands out about Ekitike is not just his goals return, but the variety of ways with which he can hurt teams. His eight assists this season stemmed from 44 key passes, the 24th best return in the Bundesliga. His desire and ability to bring others into play will appeal to buying clubs. Managers no longer want their forwards to just put the ball in the back of the net, but to act as selflessly as possible, whether that means providing chances for others or drifting to the flanks to open up space for wide forwards. The 23-year-old (who is celebrating his birthday this week) does this to a high standard. He likes to pull out wide to allow wingers to cut inside and wreak havoc upon defences. Arsenal and Liverpool, whose wide forwards love to cut in on their stronger feet, would certainly benefit from this approach. When Ekitike pulls wide, he has the requisite low centre of gravity to take on defenders. At 6ft 3in, he has good feet for a big man. Ekitike completed the sixth most dribbles (52) in Germany's top tier this term. Not only does he look to put opponents on the back foot but his hold-up play and dribbling help to alleviate pressure on his own team's goal. He can also press well. Having won possession in the attacking third 20 times – the 11th highest in the Bundesliga – his ability with the ball at his feet, combined with his desire to press hard and high, adds to the young striker's appeal. That said, Ekitike is far from the finished product, which shouldn't come as a shock given his age and relative lack of experience at the very top level. He is confident in front of goal – he took more shots (117) than any other player in the Bundesliga this season – but his finishing did not always match his ambition. Only Serhou Guirassy (25.41) and Harry Kane (23.29) generated more xG than Ekitike (22.55); the issue was that Ekitike's xG underperformance of 7.55 was far and away the largest in the league. A lack of composure in the final third shouldn't come as a surprise given his age but it is an area in which he needs to improve to fulfil his potential. Manchester United fans may be wary of their club signing another striker who needs a lot of chances to score given their frustrations with Rasmus Højlund this season. Time, though, is very much on Ekitike's side. With the right coaching, his xG underperformance should come down. If he maintains his current approach, and does not dip in confidence like Højlund, he should be more than capable of scoring at least 20 league goals per season from here on out. With a number of high-profile strikers on the market this summer – Viktor Gyökeres, Benjamin Sesko, Victor Osimhen and Rodrygo may leave for pastures new this summer – Ekitike could be part of a major transfer merry-go-round across the continent. Given he may be available for as little as £60m, he is perhaps the best value-for-money frontman in Europe. The rough edges need smoothing but his style of play and ability to operate on his own or with a partner means he should be high on the wishlists of Europe's powerhouse sides. This is an article by WhoScored
South China Morning Post
3 hours ago
- Sport
- South China Morning Post
Hongkonger thriving in Sweden after football degree course at Real Madrid
If it sounds far-fetched that Matthew Mak Pak-hei has targeted winning the Champions League, the Hongkonger's ascent to a plum European football job suggests he is entitled to dream big. Mak, 25, is into his third season as an analyst for Swedish champions Malmo, only seven years after he began 'looking into tactics for fun'. He got there by studying for a degree at Real Madrid, but was initially fixated on the methods of Pep Guardiola, perfected at Barcelona and now practised at Manchester City. 'There were debates about whether he was really good, or a fraud who always had top players,' said Mak, who as a City fan favours the former argument. 'I didn't start with any ambitions to be in the industry; I just began looking at more teams and tactics as a hobby.' During his Global Studies degree at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Mak estimates he watched up to 500 matches per year. He began writing for Total Football Analysis magazine, and Malmo head coach Henrik Rydstrom, then in charge of Kalmar, admired his work. Real Madrid's Luka Modric takes a corner at the club's Bernabeu Stadium. Photo: AFP 'I liked how his team played, and he liked how I saw the game,' Mak said. 'He didn't have much analytical support, so we spoke a lot.'
Telegraph
4 hours ago
- Sport
- Telegraph
Alexander Isak and Liverpool rumours: What's really going on at Newcastle
It was always going to happen at some point this summer: the stories claiming Alexander Isak could be on the move. The sudden explosion of noise suggesting the Sweden international is on his way to Liverpool has, even by modern standards, been intense over the last 48 hours. What starts out as a rumour rapidly gains traction and spreads like a virus. It is talked and typed about incessantly. Liverpool are interested. Liverpool are going to make their move. A stunning world-record bid. Isak is keen on the switch. His agent is already thrashing out personal terms. Isak has spoken to his future team-mates, he has spoken to Arne Slot. Contact has been made, talks have been going on in private, Newcastle are powerless, the player will demand to leave... Before you know it, we find ourselves in a situation where, if you believe the rumours, Isak is on his way to Liverpool and the Premier League title is heading back to Anfield in 2026. The reality is rather different. Newcastle United supporters can barely scroll anywhere on social media without seeing someone claiming Isak is Liverpool-bound. They can probably relax: Telegraph Sport has spoken to sources at both ends of this transfer story and the truth is, nothing has changed and nothing is imminent. Do Liverpool like Isak? Yes, of course they do. Would they love to have him in their team? They would be stupid not to. Do they expect to be able to sign him this summer? Almost certainly not. According to multiple sources at Newcastle, there has been no contact with Liverpool about Isak. There have been no formal or even informal discussions. There has not been an inquiry. Given Newcastle manager Eddie Howe knows Liverpool's sporting director Richard Hughes and chief executive Michael Edwards extremely well, it is reasonable to assume they would have had at least a conversation to assess the landscape. In turn, Newcastle's stance has not changed. It would take a bid, well in excess of £150 million, for Newcastle to even start a negotiation with an interested party. The key part of that sentence is 'well in excess.' We are not just talking about a new British record transfer fee, we are looking at something approaching the £200 million world record Paris St-Germain paid to sign Neymar from Barcelona. Newcastle do not want to sell, they do not need to sell and they will, as far as they are concerned, not be selling. Those who are desperate for this deal to happen will argue: 'But what if the player wants to leave? The players always get what they want'. They make a valid point, but when that player has three years left on their contract, the club still holds a lot of the cards. Newcastle can dig in and resist. And they will do. Isak settled on Tyneside Isak has not said he wants to leave, he has never agitated to do so or given any indication, even to team-mates, that he wishes to depart. Things can always change in this respect but those who know Isak do not expect him to suddenly demand an exit. That is not the same thing as saying he wants to stay at Newcastle for the rest of his career. It does not even mean he will sign the contract extension he will be offered later this summer. But in terms of a transfer in this window, the chances of it happening are extremely remote. If Isak does not sign a new deal, it could well be a different situation in 12 months' time when they will be conscious of maximising any fee they can receive, but for now, there is no stress or concern. Even if they do get into a position where they have to consider a sale, the likelihood is they will negotiate with teams abroad rather than any domestic rival. If Liverpool can sell Darwin Nunez and Luis Diaz in the weeks ahead, maybe they will free up the funds to test Newcastle's resolve with an actual bid, but that resolve will not be easily broken. The message has been clear for months. Isak is not for sale and Newcastle are not under any pressure from a profit and sustainability rules (PSR) perspective to sell anyone. The intention from Newcastle's side is to keep hold of their entire blue-chip brigade and add quality to it. That is proving harder than they thought. Some of their top targets, Brentford's Bryan Mbeumo and Crystal Palace's Marc Guehi, look like they are going elsewhere. Liam Delap decided to sign for Chelsea. A move for Brighton's Joao Pedro has been made but there are fears the forward would prefer to live in London and is waiting for Chelsea to firm up their interest rather than commit to Newcastle at this early stage of the summer. Interest in Nottingham Forest's Anthony Elanga remains ongoing but there does not appear to be anything more concrete than that. This is all cause for concern. Frustration on Tyneside is growing at the lack of progress being made. The speed and dynamism in the market that Howe called for has not manifested, but work is still being done. Not every target has been lost and not every name is in the public domain. In terms of Isak, though. there is less reason for anyone to be agitated. Everyone in football said Newcastle would not sell him back in May and nothing has changed in June.
