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TopicThe Conversation

Topic: The Conversation

Human exploitation is changing leopard behaviour, with genetic costs

Using GPS collars, sightings and genetic samples, we gathered over 15 years of data to reconstruct home ranges and family pedigrees for 150 leopards in South Africa.

Surprisingly, April was Wall Street’s best month in decades

Weeks of increasingly dire real-economy figures and Covid news didn’t move the US market in a big way.

People want less Boris Johnson, more science, shows UK media study

Since the UK prime minister was diagnosed with Covid-19, there has been criticism about the amount of attention the media has given to his health status.

Sunlight can’t cure Covid-19, but don’t dismiss its healing powers

Sunlight has long been seen as a cure for disease, leading to a boom in ‘heliotherapy’ 100 years ago.

Covid tests are pretty accurate, but not perfect, a molecular biologist explains

Most experts believe that problems with sample collection are the main culprit behind inaccurate coronavirus testing.

Museums are losing millions but working hard to preserve Covid artefacts

It is important to preserve a pandemic and museums across the world are on it.

Elephants are lightweights and can get drunk on rotten fruit

Anecdotes about wild animals seemingly getting drunk after eating rotting fruit are widespread. There may be some truth to it after all.

It’s in your genes — Whether Covid lands you in hospital or not depends on your body

When a virus infects human cells, the body reacts by turning on what are essentially anti-virus alarm systems. But not all alarm systems are created equal.

ISIS will hit back, and the world distracted by Covid is not paying attention

There are striking similarities between current ISIS attacks and developments and events that happened in 2013-14 when it seized territories in Iraq and Syria.

Japan has not even started to flatten Covid curve. Blame Shinzo Abe

Opinion polls show at least half of Japan disapprove of government’s handling of the crisis and say Abe’s emergency declaration came too late.

On Camera

SC order on stray dogs is like Tughlaq’s march to Daulatabad—grand in tone, empty in substance

SC’s order asks institutions to breed unnecessary panic and build fortresses, when they are yet to achieve basic safety or dignity.

No more text-heavy ads, wider scope of services—ICAI’s ethics code overhaul to promote Indian CA firms

Open to public feedback until 26 November, the revised guidelines, among other changes, give CA firms more flexibility to advertise & promote their services.

‘Let them see’: Putin says new nuclear-powered missiles in the making, in message to Washington

At a ceremony felicitating Russian military engineers, Putin highlights Moscow’s 'parity' in defence technologies for the next century.

Bihar is where politics moves, and everything else stands still

Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.