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A 2023 study wanted to find out what really happens when you flip a fair coin; after 350,757 tosses, researchers found that it often lands on the same side it startedA massive experiment revealed coin flips favor the starting side slightly. This finding confirmed a physics model's prediction about coin t...
US colleges report fall in international applications; India among hardest-hit countriesMore than half of US colleges report fewer international student applications for 2026. Sixty-three percent expect international student en...
Wealth wisdom of the day on making money: ‘You make most of your money in a bear market, you just…’ – Wise words from investor Shelby Cullom DavisNot only did Shelby advised people to bet for the long run, but his firm also lived by the idea, thereby giving rise to the term - "Davis D...
Overconfidence at the top threatens to plunge the world into warA study of national security officials reveals dangerous overconfidence and a tendency towards false positives, mirroring the conditions th...
'Neuralink babies'? Scale AI’s Alexandr Wang says he is waiting for Elon Musk’s brain chips before having kidsTech mogul Alexandr Wang says he won’t have kids until brain chips like Neuralink are ready. Believing childhood neuroplasticity offers the...
Blood tests for Alzheimer's may be coming to your doctor's office. Here's what to knowMore than 6 million people in the United States and millions more around the world have Alzheimer's, the most common form of dementia. Its ...
Best Cryptos: Experts Say - Dogecoin, Fetch.ai, Everlodge
July’s Top 3 Cryptocurrencies for Explosive Growth – Sui, Pepe and Tradecurve
Ferrari introduces SF-23 at Maranello ahead of 2023 F1 seasonAt its Fiorano test track, Ferrari unveiled the SF23 in front of a makeshift grandstand that was jam-packed with 500 spectators and student...
What is causing record floods and heatwaves in China?Authorities have issued extreme weather warnings in multiple regions, while experts warned that these phenomena were more evidence of the i...
How shops are using the power of psychological persuasion to influence your decisionsChanging the location of items in a store means that the customers are exposed to different items as we wander around searching for the thi...
How shops use psychology to influence your buying decisionsWhether you are shopping for food, clothes or gadgets, the retailers are using the power of psychological persuasion to influence your deci...
Crypto check: Looking Beyond the Dogecoin HypeCryptocurrencies derive much of their value from the underlying project it is attached to. Most cryptocurrencies are associated with a proj...
India’s bid to control the virus could actually be making things worse for the countryTests, which can report false negatives as much 50% of the time, threaten to obscure the true picture of its outbreak, further challenging ...
Up to 45 per cent of coronavirus infections may be asymptomatic: StudyThe findings, published in the journal Annals of Internal Medicine, suggested that asymptomatic people may account for approximately 40 to ...
Dump Trump? Some millennials aren't so sureIn a Harvard Institute of Politics poll out this spring, 25 percent of people under 30 said they would vote for Trump if he faced off again...
India among least honest countries, shows researchIn the coin flip test among 1,500 participants from 15 countries, the four least honest countries were found to be China, Japan, South Kore...
People more likely to cheat at the last chanceThe researchers sat 847 participants in a room and gave them a coin to flip, asking them to predict the outcome & promising a payout of 10 ...
- Soaring farm costs: Rs 14,000 salary to pluck coconuts
A shortage of workers coupled with competition from other sectors is driving wage levels in the farm sector in Kerala upwards.
- Selling insurance disguised as a monthly deposit scheme
With Ulips paying lower commissions than before, insurance agents are pushing endowment policies as tax-saving and retirement planning tool...