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Topic: The Conversation

Want to find a good restaurant in any city? Economists can help

Lionel Page -
When you combine economic theory with data from online restaurant ratings, you get a few simple strategies that help you find a decent restaurant in unfamiliar places.

Your stress is most likely stressing your dog out too

Bronwyn Orr -
Man's best friend is a sentient animal and a study shows that owners with higher stress levels tended to have dogs with higher stress levels too.

Did your lost wallet have a lot of cash? You are more likely to get it back

Nigel Holt -
Where a family photo, an image of a puppy, a baby or an elderly couple were included, the chances of the wallet being returned improved.

How the periodic table went from classic design to a rap song

Mark Blaskovich -
The periodic table, which was an attempt to organise the collection of the elements, has seen many colourful and informative versions created over the years.

Don’t ask women the period question. Ever

Melissa K Ochoa -
Women in many cultures have been denied equal access to public spaces and career opportunities for one reason: having a uterus.

What makes radicals die for their cause? This is what brain scans found

Nafees Hamid -
Terrorist groups recruit new members throughout the world by capitalising on the feeling of social exclusion.

Coup researchers show why Sudan’s violent crackdown on protestors will only escalate

Eric Keels -
When the risk of a coup is high, governments engage in more targeted killings of civilians in capital cities, as well as the surrounding district.

What New York Times did isn’t absurd. Era of political cartoons is over thanks to memes

Jennifer Grygiel -
In 2019, an ugly internet meme can have just as much clout – if not more – than a sophisticated political cartoon.

How to build a business that lasts more than 200 years – lessons from Japan

Innan Sasaki -
A key part of the success of shinese firms is maintaining high social standing in Japan amid a changing business environment.

Antibiotic resistance is not new – it existed long before people used drugs to kill bacteria

Ivan Erill -
If resistance is already out there, drug development can offer only temporary relief. The challenge then is to avoid its spread.
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Opinion

Population causes poverty is the devil’s philosophy. It causes prosperity: Sauvik Chakraverti

Sauvik Chakraverti -
Crowded cities are rich because there is greater division of labour. The extent of the division of labour depends on the size of the market, wrote Sauvik Chakraverti in 2002.

Zohran Mamdani and Abigail Spanberger’s victory shows Democrats’ internal battle

Trump’s unpredictability is not the absence of strategy—it works on everyone but China

Economy

Asia’s ‘weakest’ link: Yunus on a tightrope as Bangladesh tries to fix banks without breaking economy

+TFP Debdutta Chakraborty -
With 20.2 percent of its total loans in default by the end of last year, Bangladesh had the weakest banking system in Asia. Despite reforms, it will take time to recover.

Defence

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

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

National Interest

Bihar is where politics moves, and everything else stands still

Shekhar Gupta -
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.

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