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She Let the World Call Her Ugly to Feed Her Children
Mary Ann Bevan spent years being advertised as “the ugliest woman in the world.” People bought tickets to stare at her. Newspapers joked about her. Circus posters turned…
Navneet ShuklaRead article
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Can You Grieve Someone Who Never Existed?
AI companions have created a very strange problem. Imagine talking to the same chatbot every day for months. You tell it about work, relationships, things you are embarrassed…
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This El Niño Could Kill 451,000 People by February
El Niño deaths could reach hundreds of thousands during the current event, according to a new analysis from the Climate Impact Lab. There is a number making…
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What Happens When Scientists Try to Test an Out-of-Body Experience
An out of body experience is easy to describe and almost impossible to test. Someone feels as if they have left their body. They may say they floated above…
Shaniya NazRead article
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Google Search Is Broken
Google Search is Broken, Not in the obvious sense. You can still check the weather, find a restaurant, look up a football score or discover the name…
Navneet ShuklaRead article
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Chimpanzees Have Accents. They Grow Into Them.
Do chimpanzees have accents? Until recently, I would have put that question in the same category as whether dogs have favourite songs. Interesting to think about, but probably…
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Your Dog May Be Fighting With Itself When You Say No
Do dogs have self-control? Put a piece of food in front of one and the question suddenly becomes much more interesting. Now tell it not to touch it.…
Shaniya NazRead article
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School Stress Is 4,000 Years Old. I Found the Evidence.
School stress feels like a modern problem. We usually blame exams, homework, competition, parents, teachers, university admissions, social media, or some combination of all of them. There…
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People Are Seeing Ads in Their Dreams.
Ads in dreams sound like something somebody made up for a meme. I first saw people joking about them on Instagram. Proper advertisements, they said. Brand names, logos,…
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Autumn Leaves
October is coming to an end, The leaves are starting to fall, I could hear them rustling under my feet, As I walked along the lonely boulevard.…
Mudita ShuklaRead article
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The Love We Never Get
She found the name by accident, the way most truths arrive. Not through confession, not through confrontation. Just a phone left open on a kitchen counter while…
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You finally got there. Then you started looking for somewhere else to be.
Why success feels empty is not something anyone warned me about. The morning after I submitted my doctoral thesis, I made tea and sat by the window.…
Dr. Shalu ChopraRead article