Ideas, science, history and curiosities: the surprising, the strange and the thought-provoking, from India and around the world.
510 articles
Researcher Terri Orbuch found that when husbands felt close to their wives' parents, couples reported happier marriages. The in-law effect is real.
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In 2011 Aldi's UK business swung from a 56 million pound loss to a 57.8 million pound profit. Here is the discount model behind the turnaround.
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Organic or fresh? USDA scientist Gene Lester's research suggests the question is wrong: what matters is how recently produce was picked and handled.
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An Indian radiographer was dismissed from Manchester's Christie cancer hospital after six years over complaints he could not communicate clearly in English.
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At a 2012 FLO event, Biocon's Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw argued educated women should compete on merit, not seek special privileges. It still divides opinion.
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Back in 2012, a 99-cent Android app promised to rescue Thanksgiving with tandoori turkey, kalakand, and five more fusion recipes. The idea outlived the app.
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In 2012, Walmart opened at 8 p.m. on Thanksgiving and Target at 9. The Black Friday creep had officially swallowed the holiday itself.
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In 2012, FDNY firefighter Anthony Harper said colleagues harassed him after he quit the firehouse meals and went vegetarian. The department denied it.
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A rodent study reported by the New York Times found that exercise blunted the memory-impairing effects of a high-fat diet. Here is what it did and did not show.
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Saif Ali Khan and Kareena Kapoor married in a quiet registered ceremony at his Bandra home on October 16, 2012, ending five years of speculation.
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In 2012, Indian-Americans were petitioning the USPS for a Diwali stamp — a campaign, led by Ranju Batra's Diwali Stamp Project, that finally succeeded four
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Farm stays and harvest holidays: why some travelers are trading beach resorts for dawn milking, muddy boots, and a week of a farmer's life.
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Weight loss is not magic and never instant. If the weight took months or years to put on, losing it takes time too — steady habits beat crash diets.
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Master Stephen Co — personal student of Pranic Healing founder Grandmaster Choa Kok Sui and bestselling co-author — brought his teaching to Aurora, Illinois.
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In September 2012, a Karnataka High Court judge told an abused wife to 'adjust' — and was removed from family cases after the outrage.
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In 2012, Wells Fargo contractors cleaned out a retired couple's Twentynine Palms home — twice — foreclosing on the wrong house in a wrong-address blunder.
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Gaithersburg Elementary scrapped worksheets in 2012 and assigned only 30 minutes of nightly reading — and test scores held up.
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On September 6, 2012, Union Minister Sachin Pilot became the first serving minister commissioned as a regular officer in the Territorial Army.
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Stanford and Northwestern researchers taught volunteers a 30-character password without ever telling them — using a Guitar Hero-style game.
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A 2012 European Heart Journal study of 43,265 people found a subset of obese people at normal risk of heart disease and cancer — if they were fit.
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