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Sunday, August 10, 2025
TopicThe Conversation

Topic: The Conversation

Your fitness watch score isn’t a diagnosis. Don’t let it dictate your decisions

Health scores usually work by combining several internal signals into one clear indicator of how prepared you are to take on the day.

Shakespeare’s ‘Cymbeline’ explores how to live through the end of the world

What makes 'Cymbeline' a potent play for our age of anxiety is the collapse of everything known and the dissolving of old connections.

Ancient Rome used high tariffs to raise money too—and created economic problems

Tariffs of 25% in ancient Rome led to the rise of black markets—a potential challenge for the Trump administration too.

AI pets for lonely people. There’s a safety issue here

AI-driven products often rely on machine learning and cloud storage, meaning their ‘brains’ exist beyond the physical robot.

Don’t fall for the coffee enema trend. It can do more harm than good

Despite the expert critique, coffee enemas continue to be a social media wellness trend offered in many alternative health clinics as a method to cleanse the colon and detoxify the body.

Why it is important to do scientific work in Antarctica?

The geographic location of the Antarctic enables science that is less suitable elsewhere on the planet. An example of this is the work on space weather.

Why Washington and Moscow dividing the Arctic is a real possibility

If Trump and Putin do begin negotiations over the Arctic, Europe may simply have to accept the end of the Arctic Council and circumpolar cooperation.

Tibet language politics aren’t just Tibetan vs Mandarin. Minority languages are being erased

If Tibetans stop speaking Manegacha and other minority languages, this will contribute to the Chinese government’s efforts to erase Tibetan identity and culture.

Cannibalism was seen as medicine in Medieval Europe. This changed only in 7th century

Cannibalism was seen as medicine in Medieval Europe. This changed only in 7th century

How Trump the ‘master deal-maker’ failed when negotiating with Taliban in Afghanistan

Under Trump, the US talked directly to the Taliban, without the Afghan government in the room. This sidelined the Afghan republic from the negotiations.

On Camera

There’s a method in Trump’s Pakistan romance. It’s all about Gulf security

Like Turkey and Egypt, Pakistan is one of a handful of powers with the human resources and infrastructure to help secure the Persian Gulf as Trump’s America draws down its military presence.

Go Swadeshi—RSS affiliate SJM calls for boycott of US firms Amazon, Walmart after Trump’s tariff hike

New Delhi: The day after the US imposed a 50 percent trade tariff on India, RSS affiliate Swadeshi Jagran Manch (SJM) has made an...

Legacy of Air Chief Marshal LM Katre, the man who flew Spitfires & ushered IAF into a modern era

ACM Katre was 2nd IAF chief to die in harness. It was at a memorial lecture in his honour where IAF chief AP Singh revealed that India shot down 6 Pakistani aircraft in Op Sindoor.

Modi’s ready to risk it all for farmers. Farm reform can answer Trump with new Green Revolution

Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.