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TopicThe Conversation

Topic: The Conversation

Photography’s earliest trailblazers were women, but today it’s dominated by men

In terms of commissioning, exhibition and publication of work, there is a conspicuous lack of equality in the photography industry.

Central banks are waking up to climate-change dangers. Is RBI listening?

Financial institutions and their clients are facing an increased risk of litigation for their failure to manage risks associated with climate change.

Taking opioids for chronic pain: The truth no one’s telling you

Current evidence indicates that widespread, long-term opioid prescribing for chronic pain is likely to cause more harm than benefit in society.

Global smartphone supply will be affected by 100-year-old strife between Japan & South Korea

With South Korean electronic device manufacturers reliant on chemicals from Japan, any delay in their production has the potential to disrupt global tech supply chains.

The world needs to make the extinct woolly mammoth a protected species

As Siberian permafrost melts, preserved mammoths bearing huge tusks have been unearthed. Grade And the market for mammoth ivory is only expanding.

Why we laugh even when we know it is wrong

Laughing when we shouldn’t can be a way of shaping our ethical beliefs by interacting with others, testing out the limits of right and wrong.

Is alcohol an excuse for bad conduct? Study shows you’re still the same person after a drink

While consuming alcohol might affect our ability to empathise, it doesn’t necessarily change our moral standards.

Ben Stokes: The England cricketer who went from being a villain to a national hero

Ben Stokes’ innings against Australia in the Ashes provides a unifying force that offers hope in a difficult political and economic time in Britain.

Bluffer or credible madman: Game theory helps decode Boris Johnson’s suspend parliament plea

In the language of game theory, UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson faces a ‘credibility’ problem for asking the Queen to suspend the Parliament to ensure timely Brexit.

Many reasons to be appalled by Amazon fires but depleting oxygen supply not one of them

Even a huge increase in forest fires would produce changes in oxygen that are difficult to measure. There’s enough oxygen in the air to last for millions of years.

On Camera

I am a dog lover, but we don’t know how to win the war on strays

We have failed terribly at two important things. One, we are reacting to this issue only emotionally, not logically. And two, we are not asking the right questions.

In NCLAT’s WhatsApp ruling, reminder of India’s cautious view of competition disputes involving Big Tech

WhatsApp privacy policy case is among a string of matters involving practices like restrictive platform rules, pricing & billing policies, reflecting India’s tight scrutiny of market dominance.

‘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.