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Monday, November 10, 2025
TopicThe Conversation

Topic: The Conversation

Strong opinions are usually irrational, be opinion agnostic

Strangely, those with strong beliefs tend to be admired. The human mind hates uncertainty, so it is comforting to be told what to think.

Good dogs don’t make good co-workers

The value of having a dog with you during your workday will depend on the type of work, the workplace, the type of dog and your own style of work.

Despite thalidomide’s dark past, it is being investigated as potential Covid-19 treatment

Thalidomide was used for treating severe morning sickness in the 1950s and 1960s. Tragically, its use resulted in severe and rare birth defects in children.

We are all niqabis now: Covid masks reveal hypocrisy of Canada, France face-covering bans

Both coronavirus masks and niqabs are garments worn for a specific purpose, in a specific place and for a specific time only. It is not worn 24/7.

If our drugs work, they will likely be effective on Covid-22, Covid-24 too

Our idea of targeting protein to fight coronavirus worked. We not only found multiple drugs that might fight SARS-CoV-2, we learned how and why.

China will never accept global inquiry into the source of Covid-19

China has started its own campaign to blame US for spread of coronavirus. Even Chinese researchers looking into the origin of the virus are facing extra scrutiny.

International travellers can shrink from 1.4 billion to under 1 billion due to Covid-19

The numbers for international travellers haven’t fallen this low in five years.

Run bare feet. Your running shoes can cause injuries

Our review suggests that footwear reduces the quality of information being sent to the brain and spinal cord, leading to more blunt running mechanics.

Cellphones for young African women isn’t really helping them as assumed

Ghana to South Africa, the use of the phone as a ‘digital leash’ to check women’s whereabouts is a growing feature.

S. Korea’s contact tracing system set up for MERS is helping it flatten Covid curve

With the use of technology, South Korea was able to lower the number of new infections from 851 on 3 March to 22 infections as of the third week of April.

On Camera

Pakistan is bluffing. There’s no proof for $6 trillion mineral wealth claim

The minerals that Pakistan purports to offer to the US are either in quantities too small to matter, of a type that the US does not need, or would be much more easily sourced from other partners.

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.