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The anxious us: decoding anxiety in contemporary cultures of health

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The anxious us: decoding anxiety in contemporary cultures of health

Let us begin with a basic truism. Every age wants to believe that it is uniquely doomed. There is narcissistic self-love disguised as loathing, as well as an exaggerated projection of achievement bordering on destruction in that belief. Poets, writers, film-makers, culture-pundits, all invest various vocabularies of panic to creatively design doom stories, the more…

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The biological magic of shared laughter

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The biological magic of shared laughter

When laughter is shared in a social setting, it becomes louder and more frequent. | Photo Credit: Sabbir Bhuiyan/pexels In a study conducted by the German paediatric surgeon Winfried Barthlen, clowns were asked to interact with hospitalised children awaiting surgery. Not surprisingly, these children showed less anxiety after a happy session with a clown. An…

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Cancer to comics — Bengal researcher makes art out of science

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Cancer to comics — Bengal researcher makes art out of science

Argha Manna. Photo: https://csd.iitgn.ac.in/ From cancer to comics, from scientist to artist, from MIT to IIT — it has been an unusual journey for Bengal boy Argha Manna, who spent a chunk of his youth peering into the microscope but who later realised it was more fun spreading science through graphic art. On Saturday (November…

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China’s Shenzhou-20 astronauts to return to Earth after delay due to orbital debris

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China’s Shenzhou-20 astronauts to return to Earth after delay due to orbital debris

Chinese astronaut Chen Dong, Chen Zhongrui, and Wang Jie meet the press before the upcoming Shenzhou-20 spaceflight mission, at Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre near Jiuquan, Gansu province, China. File | Photo Credit: Reuters “Three Chinese astronauts will return to Earth on Friday (November 14, 2025),” Beijing’s Space Agency said, after a delay caused when their…

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For Assam tea, erratic climate and stagnant prices present a crisis

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For Assam tea, erratic climate and stagnant prices present a crisis

By November, as the festival lights of Diwali fade and winter approaches, Guwahati usually enjoys cooler evenings, lower humidity, and a calm that signals the close of the tea-harvesting season. But in recent years, this rhythm has grown uncertain. Persistent heat, delayed rainfall, and muggy air now linger well past October, blurring the boundaries of…

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China’s Shenzhou-20 crew to return on November 14 after space debris delays mission

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China’s Shenzhou-20 crew to return on November 14 after space debris delays mission

File photo of a Long March 2F rocket carrying the Shenzhou-21 spacecraft. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Three Chinese astronauts whose return to Earth was delayed by space debris hitting their vessel last week will return to their landing site on Friday (November 14, 2025), the China Manned Space Agency said in a statement. The…

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Why AI models struggle to discover new drugs

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Why AI models struggle to discover new drugs

In November 2020, as the world battled the COVID-19 pandemic, a different kind of breakthrough captured global attention. Google DeepMind announced that its AlphaFold model had solved the protein-folding problem, one of biology’s most stubborn puzzles. The announcement was hailed as the scientific equivalent of a moon landing. Newsrooms called it a revolution that could…

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Australian scientists discover new ‘lucifer’ bee with devil-like horns

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Australian scientists discover new ‘lucifer’ bee with devil-like horns

The new species was discovered while surveying an endangered wildflower. Instagram@Bee.babette_performer As if deadly snakes, spiders and sharks were not enough, Australia now has a new creepy critter: a “lucifer” bee with devil-like horns. The species — dubbed Megachile (Hackeriapis) lucifer — was found in the state of Western Australia, Curtin University announced on Tuesday…

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