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Where do Americans mingle?
Published on Dec 07, 2023 10:00 AM IST
Sit-down chain restaurants foster more cross-class mixing than any other institution


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A history of the papacy and its relationship with Rome
The religious institution still influences politics today, as a new book shows

Published on Dec 07, 2023 10:00 AM IST

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Plants don’t have ears. But they can still detect sound
Sometimes they produce it, too

Published on Dec 06, 2023 10:00 AM IST

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Latin America remains a playground for Russian intelligence
The region is a good spot to nurture spies

Published on Dec 06, 2023 09:00 AM IST

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The uncertain future of Greeks in Turkey
The exodus steadily persists

Published on Dec 06, 2023 09:00 AM IST

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DeSantis v Newsom: the presidential match-up that isn’t
Is the governors’ debate a glimpse of an alternative reality, or of what’s to come?

Published on Dec 05, 2023 10:00 AM IST

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Xi Jinping’s grip on Chinese enterprise gets uncomfortably tight
Welcome to the era of party-state capitalism

Published on Dec 05, 2023 10:00 AM IST

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Are whistleblowers good or bad? “Reality” lets viewers decide
HBO’s film, starring Sydney Sweeney, deflects the politics other stories dwell on

Published on Dec 05, 2023 09:00 AM IST

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War and subsidies have turbocharged the green transition
They may have knocked as much as ten years off the timeline

Published on Dec 05, 2023 08:00 AM IST

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Many small islands have no room for manoeuvre at COP28
Simply put, their goal is staving off annihilation

Published on Dec 04, 2023 10:13 AM IST

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China says it has achieved a miraculously low-crime society

Published on Dec 04, 2023 10:00 AM IST

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Euphemism and exaggeration are both dangers to language
But verbal extremism is now the bigger threat

Published on Dec 04, 2023 10:00 AM IST

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As a pause in fighting begins, Husam Zomlot calls for a comprehensive ceasefire
Peace can only be achieved by inverting the Oslo process, says the Palestinian ambassador to Britain

Published on Dec 03, 2023 10:15 PM IST

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Japan needs more sperm donors
Gay and other unconventional families want help with reproduction

Published on Dec 03, 2023 10:00 PM IST

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Progress on climate change has been too slow. But it’s been real
And the world needs to learn from it

Published on Dec 03, 2023 10:00 PM IST

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Why the fires in Hawaii have been so bad
Fires need dry fuel and high winds, and both were in plentiful supply

Published on Nov 27, 2023 10:13 AM IST

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El Ni?o has started. Preparations must too
It will bring chaotic weather to much of the world

Published on Nov 27, 2023 10:00 AM IST

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The five best books to understand AI
Specialists outside the field do better at explaining the implications

Published on Nov 27, 2023 09:00 AM IST

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Eight of the best spy novels
Former spooks make especially strong authors

Published on Nov 26, 2023 11:00 AM IST

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The (sort of) isolationist case for backing Ukraine
Or: What America can learn from Sparta

Published on Nov 26, 2023 10:00 AM IST

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Taiwan’s presidential election will be a three-way race after all
Even with a divided opposition, polls point to a tight contest

Published on Nov 26, 2023 08:00 AM IST

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The agony of 24 hostages is over. The Gaza war isn’t
Israel and Hamas trade captives during a four-day truce

Published on Nov 26, 2023 12:30 AM IST

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Progress on climate change has been too slow. But it’s been real
And the world needs to learn from it

Published on Nov 26, 2023 12:30 AM IST

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Microbiome treatments are taking off
Faecal transplants are just the start of a new sort of medicine

Published on Nov 20, 2023 02:05 PM IST

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What can inflation-strugglers learn from inflation-killers?
Why America, Australia, Britain and Canada are lagging behind

Published on Nov 20, 2023 11:11 AM IST

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As Israel fights on in Gaza its dilemma gets worse
Does it prioritise victory, civilians, hostages or relations with America?

Published on Nov 20, 2023 09:15 AM IST

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Lessons from the blaze that levelled Lahaina
A deadly wildfire on Maui steals Hawaiians’ homes and history

Published on Nov 19, 2023 11:13 AM IST

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Failing to reintegrate Iraq’s Sunni rebels could prove costly
Mistreating people once linked to Islamic State is a mistake

Published on Nov 19, 2023 11:10 AM IST

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Even doctors can struggle to diagnose concussions
A new test could make it much easier

Published on Nov 19, 2023 11:00 AM IST

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Invading Taiwan would be a logistical minefield for China
Russia’s problems in Ukraine make it look even more daunting

Published on Nov 19, 2023 07:00 AM IST

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