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A 2014 study analyzed 62 years of US hurricanes and found female-named storms were nearly three times as deadly as male-named ones, possibly because people perceived them as less threatening and were less likely to take protective actionA study found feminine hurricane names correlated with higher death rates. Researchers suggest gender stereotypes unconsciously reduce perc...- An island of colorblind people: Around 1775, just 20 people survived a Pacific typhoon, and one rare mutation still affects the vision of many descendants todayA remote Micronesian island, Pingelap, is home to a unique genetic condition where a significant portion of its population experiences comp...
- AI bubble won't tell you who's naked till the tide goes out. Warren Buffett explained why 25 years agoWarren Buffett said you only find out who is swimming naked only when the tide goes out. The year he wrote this in his annual letter to sha...
- Word of the Day: AbderianWord of the Day: One reason Abderian remains such a useful word is that it describes a deeply familiar human tendency. Nearly everyone has ...
- ‘Kerala won't forgive, Wayanad will be next Amethi': Posters against Rahul, Priyanka appear in Congress bastionWayanad posters: Congress-led UDF may have swept the Kerala elections, but the party’s delay in naming the next chief minister is now trigg...
- Is UPSC rank holder Poorva Choudhary's OBC quota valid? RAS officer father speaks out on viral accusationsUPSC 2024 rank-holder Poorva Choudhary landed in controversy after netizens accused her of misusing the OBC quota. A viral reel celebrating...
- Short-covering rally may propel Nifty blue chips like RIL, HDFC Bank: Rahul SharmaI would not be surprised if largecap stocks give moves like 5% to 10% over the next 10-15 trading sessions where we see Nifty rallying plus...
- Why are cyclones with female names deadlier? Research explainsThe study used more than six decades of death rates from US hurricanes to show that feminine-named hurricanes cause significantly more deat...
- Sri Lanka's former president ordered to pay SLRs 100 million in compensation for failing to prevent 2019 Easter attacksIn its verdict, a seven-member bench of the Supreme Court ruled that the respondents named in the petitions for failing to prevent the 2019...
- India Inc tiptoes through CAA social media minefieldCompanies are seeking to balance freedom of expression with the potential for damage to their business, not for the first time, but more gi...
- View: Will Government of India make CBI a statutory body?The agency can now fairly be called the Comical Bureau of Intrigue, with its two erstwhile senior most officers sent on leave, while differ...
- Charges against MJ Akbar to be examined: Amit ShahShah's remarks that social media can provide a platform for just about any allegation point to the party's dilemma as many of the allegatio...
- UPA victim of lies, failed to stand up and defend itself: Kapil SibalSibal believes Modi and BJP will not return to office in 2019 “as a quiet dissent is building throughout the country”.
- Ram Madhav, Jayant Sinha compare PM Narendra Modi to Swami VivekanandaLauding Vivekananda for being a "proud Hindu", Madhav said he had a clear understanding of dharma (religion) and this desha (land).
- Government can function without leader of opposition: Venkaiah Naidu"It is beyond my jurisdiction," Naidu said when reporters persisted with the query on whether the government would go without a LoP.
- Rahul Gandhi not to be anointed PM candidate, to lead party campaignSidelining the demand, Congress President Sonia Gandhi said there is no tradition in the party to declare a PM candidate before polls.
- Goldman can't be blamed aloneInquiry panel needs to focus less on Goldman and more on the wider rot within the financial system. Where has US bailout money gone? I Top ...
- Goldman can’t be blamed aloneGoldman Sachs Group, in the billiard room, with a rope and a blood-stained collateralised debt obligation.
- Goldman can't be blamed aloneGoldman Sachs Group, in the billiard room, with a rope and a blood-stained collateralised debt obligation.
- Toon typhoon to hit silver screenTHEY may not yet give King Khan a run for his hold over the box office.
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