Rebellious, retro, radical chiclet: How chewing gum may just sum up our timesThe article explores the cultural significance of chewing gum, particularly in cricket, and questions why the IPL lacks an official gum par...
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By thy hand, great impressionistThe recent global spectacle of auroras, usually limited to polar regions, amazed millions worldwide due to heightened solar activity. These...
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View: Flip the page to the new aristocracyThe book has always been a technological marvel. But what makes it stand out from other forms of the written word - reports, articles, mess...
16 Dec, 2023, 11.00 PM IST
Should think of new AIs as tools we can control, fundamentally contain: Inflection.ai CEO Mustafa SuleymanAfter leaving Google last year, Suleyman started Inflection with LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman in an effort to create artificial intelli...
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Will everyone please stop '@highlight'-ing?The curiosity of humans knows no bounds. The inquisitive nature of Homo Media Socialis - Social Media (Hu)man - within this nosey species, ...
15 Jul, 2023, 05.06 AM IST
Invention of rock art & burying the dead should not be attributed to Homo nalediTo date, the remains of more than 15 individuals belonging to a previously unknown species of extinct human, dubbed Homo naledi, have been ...
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Equity vs fixed income: How to rebalance your investment portfolioWhen equity is growing faster than fixed income— which is what you would expect most of the time— you would periodically sell some equity i...
11 Oct, 2021, 01.25 PM IST
View: Keep me away from films showing dogs in canine dangerIf you think it’s weird to be more concerned about depictions of animal cruelty and misfortune than discrimination, oppression and other su...
18 Sep, 2021, 09.44 PM IST
Snap Out of Our Neanderthalism!Orientalism — stereotyping cultures, histories and peoples through a colonial, and later, First World media, prism — is something that plag...
03 Aug, 2021, 11.35 PM IST
'It's terrifying and sad.' Actress Radhika Apte speaks up on scrutiny of online streaming platformsApte's 'Sacred Games', 'Ghoul' and 'Lust Stories' had released on the streaming service Netflix.
26 Mar, 2021, 02.13 PM IST
View: The making of a caring economyThe starting point is defining where people need help. Progressive nations such as New Zealand, Britain and the US have identified personal...
08 Mar, 2020, 11.30 PM IST
As Japan coronavirus concerns grow, hundreds to leave quarantined cruise shipMore than 600 travellers aboard the liner, quarantined off Yokohama since arriving on Feb. 3 with 3,700 people aboard, have been infected w...
21 Feb, 2020, 10.27 AM IST
The rule of thumb was never greater: Dawn of 2020 posed a ‘phalange challenge’ to the whole worldIndia's cyberspace thumbprint was overshadowed by the global average that recorded 73 messages per user as compared with the country’s 50.
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2018-2019: A see-saw, hee-haw journeyWithout pitching one thing against another, we’ll be even more muddled in this soup than we already are.
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Hyper-connected thanks to WhatsApp and Facebook, yet very lonely? Welcome to realityIn this digitally ruled world, it is now quite common for people to go through an entire day without actually talking to a single person or...
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IPL scandal: How bad law and weak BCCI code aid spot fixingIn a narrow definition, homoeconomicus should be risk-neutral, even risk-averse. But behavioural economics tells us some people are irratio...
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- The year 2012 has started off on a right note
Since the year began on the weekly holiday of a Sunday, people all over the world could celebrate New Year's Eve without having to worry ab...
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