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Sunday, November 9, 2025
TopicThe Conversation

Topic: The Conversation

Bird species today are dying out a hundred times faster than we thought

Based on Red List numbers, the expected lifespan of a species living today is only about 5,000 years — this is six times worse than the historical rate.

Want babies to be healthy? Let them be in charge of what they eat

Letting babies play with food, feeling its texture and learning how it tastes is all part of their development, no matter how messy.

The greatest colonisers on earth? Plants. And this is how they did it

The world 500 million years ago looked very different. Then we found that two large groups of genes appeared in plants during their transition onto land.

Does coffee affect your biology? Yes, more than just waking you up

You’re reading this with a cup of coffee in your hand, aren’t you? Coffee is the most popular drink in many parts of the world.

If you can read this headline, you can read a novel. Ignore your phone & do it

It’s not just readers raised in a digital-age who have difficulty with long-form text. Are you finding it difficult to stay with a novel? You are not alone.

Why the world’s longest river will receive more rain but not be able to feed people

The Nile runs through 11 countries in Africa and has a basin that covers about 3 million sq km. About 250 million people are reliant on its waters.

The most powerful job in UK politics is now ‘WhatsApp group admin’

WhatsApp groups unite MPs of different parties that range from Labour factions to the “One Nation” group of moderate Tories.

Political assassinations were unthinkable in the US. Then Donald Trump happened

The US abandoned political assassinations in the wake of the infamous Church committee of 1975. But Soleimani killing sets a worrying precedent.

Shorter working days more practical than alluring long weekends

It is the pressure to fit family and personal commitments into the few hours between getting home and bedtime that is the main source of today’s time-squeeze.

JNU students have time and again upheld what it means to be a “national” university

Set up in 1969, JNU was conceived at a unique moment in global academic history. So-called utopian universities were being set up across the world.

On Camera

Moon madness has taken over modern dating. A waning crescent is the best time to ghost

Alongside buying into the grift that is dating apps, the girlies are also installing astrology apps like Astrotalk to investigate the same tired mystery—will he ever text back?

Africa’s blue economy is booming. What it can learn from Asia

Aquaculture is the fastest growing food sector in Africa, offering significant returns on investment for all involved and achieving the continent’s goals for food security, dignified livelihoods and economic growth.

‘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.