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Michael Burry, the one-eyed doctor-turned-hedge-fund manager, read subprime prospectuses nobody else opened — and saw the 2008 crisis coming years early.

In December 2011, Facebook made its first-ever hire from IIT-Delhi — 21-year-old Ankur Dahiya, at a Rs 65 lakh package. The story behind the headline offer.

"Sharma ji ka beta scored 98 percent." Comparing children to others feels like motivation — psychology says it mostly produces anxiety. What to do instead.

Parental expectations are among the strongest predictors of student achievement — but pressure for perfection backfires.

Demi Moore announced the end of her six-year marriage to Ashton Kutcher in November 2011, closing one of Hollywood's most Twitter-documented romances.

Dubai's strict laws have landed Western tourists in jail for behavior that's harmless at home. Australia's DFAT published this survival guide for visitors

Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and Abhishek Bachchan welcomed daughter Aaradhya on November 16, 2011 — announced, fittingly, on Twitter by the Bachchans themselves.

A provocative headline captures a cynical Pakistani attitude: the civil service as a route to personal wealth. The documented corruption numbers explain the

In 2011, PepsiCo's underperforming stock put Indra Nooyi's job under scrutiny. She survived — and her 'Performance with Purpose' bet was vindicated.

Research since 1972 shows appearance sways hiring — scars, birthmarks and asymmetry trigger snap judgments. What can candidates and employers do about it?

From a Brooklyn rooftop to a viral plane ride, strangers' breakups keep becoming Twitter content. Where's the line between sharing and voyeurism?

Happy couples gain weight, singles stay slim: a Heidelberg study of 2,000 people linked relationship happiness to body weight — and a crisis can trigger a diet.

Many cities fine homeowners for grass over 10 inches. In 2011, one Michigan woman faced 93 days in jail over a vegetable garden — then the charges were dropped.

From turmeric to methi to cumin — twelve everyday Indian foods with real research (or long tradition) behind their weight-management reputation.

Post-2008, American homes are getting more practical: drop zones replace grand foyers, open family rooms replace formal rooms — and the McMansion is out.

Leicester's Dalwara Singh received a 12-month suspended sentence for secretly lacing his wife's food with steroids — until his teenage daughter caught him.

Mukesh Ambani's 27-storey Antilia was called the world's most expensive home — and sat empty amid reports its owners feared bad luck. Inside the 2011 story.

Psychology studies link a taste for sweet foods with agreeableness and helpfulness — embodied cognition ties the sensation of sweetness to sweet behavior.

In Japan, the yaeba trend has women paying dentists hundreds of dollars to glue on crooked, fang-like canines — a deliberate imperfection seen as cute and

Aamir Khan's 2011 television debut announcement became Satyamev Jayate — a Star Plus talk show on social issues that premiered May 6, 2012.