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Thursday, December 18, 2025
TopicCognitive decline

Topic: cognitive decline

A rectangular telescope in space? US study says it may be the best bet to find life beyond Earth

ScientiFix, our weekly feature, offers you a summary of the top global science stories of the week, with links to their sources.

Education can’t save you from dementia, new UK study says

Education is thought to allow a person to build a ‘cognitive reserve’ – a sort of buffer against cognitive decline. This study contradicts the idea.

Oxford study on long Covid says even mild infection spurs ‘brain shrinkage’

Study by scientists at University of Oxford’s Wellcome Centre for Integrative Neuroimaging involved 785 participants. The findings have been published in the journal 'Nature'.

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What the key political events of 2025 tell us about Narendra Modi and India’s future

From Operation Sindoor to India-US tensions to the EC controversies, a clear understanding has emerged about where the politics is headed now.

Antitrust watchdog Competition Commission to probe IndiGo flight disruptions

While the commission didn’t mention provisions under which IndiGo's market domination would be examined, Competition Act 2002 prohibits abuse of dominant position by any enterprise.

Israel has ‘realised who its real friend is’, eyes defence expansion in India amid arms curbs by others

It is argued that India-Israel ties are moving from buyer–seller dynamic to one focused on joint development & manufacturing partnership, a shift 'more durable' than traditional arms sales.

India’s top airline just handed sarkar the keys. That’s IndiGo’s real ‘crime’

Don’t blame misfortune. This is colossal incompetence and insensitivity. So bad, heads would have rolled even in the old PSU-era Indian Airlines and Air India.