Topic: The Conversation
Can emojis be evidence in court? Forensic linguists are figuring it out
In France, a man was convicted of threatening his ex-girlfriend and sentenced to 3 months in prison. He had sent the gun emoji in a text.
How experts are using maths to stay ahead of the coronavirus
Mathematical epidemiology is playing a crucial role in the fight against large-scale infectious diseases such as COVID-19.
This is how my team isolated the new coronavirus to fight the global pandemic
When a new virus such as SARS-CoV-2 emerges, it isn’t obvious what particular environment that virus has adapted to, so it can be hard to grow in the lab.
COVID-19 treatment may already exist in old drugs – we’re using the virus itself to find them
If we find an approved drug that even slows down the coronavirus’s progression, doctors should be able to start getting it to patients quickly and save lives.
Don’t work from your bed: What to do when working from home in time of coronavirus
You need a work-life balance when working from home too.
Why Singapore isn’t in a coronavirus lockdown — as told by a doctor of the country
Singapore has had 266 total cases with zero deaths, and its infection rate is much slower than the rest of the world. This is how we did it.
Coronavirus should finally make us act on illegal wildlife trade
COVID-19 is revealing full scale of China’s wildlife trade industry, with the temporary ban on 20,000 captive breeding enterprises and 54 different species.
Cute as a button: Dogs look like their owners because we groom them in our own image
Ethologist Konrad Lorenz found people generally find infant-like characteristics cute. Pets piggyback on this, with their cuteness inspiring us to care for them.
Coronavirus pandemic can lead to these 8 good things too
The lessons learned from the coronavirus pandemic will pay dividends in the future and help human beings prevent worse ones.
Coronavirus won’t make Trump lose. That’s what modern history tells us
The pandemic may lead some in US to favour conservative politics – further advantaging Trump – because it easily feeds an isolationist ethic.
Chinese private companies’ investment in India has grown since 2014 — with little scrutiny
From $1.6 billion in 2014, investment from China — mostly by state-controlled private firms now — has likely crossed $26 billion. What does it mean for India’s trade strategy and security?
Jails give Covid-19 parole: Can overstretched govt track prisoners’ movement and behaviour?
Prisons across India have begun to release inmates on parole after the Supreme Court directed to decongest jails to prevent the spread of coronavirus.
Defence
‘For just a bloody cannon’: How a MiG-21 nearly took down a PAF Sabre on debut for IAF in 1965
The story of the debut of IAF’s MiG-21 in the 1965 India-Pakistan war and its memorable encounter with Pakistan Air Force's Sabres on 4 September.
Modi’s India isn’t Mao’s China. Silly forecasts assume we’ll let corona kill millions of us
There are many scary scenarios about how badly we Indians may be affected or how many killed by Covid-19. But they presume we will do nothing to influence our fates.