Deep Mysteries
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Sound waves: The ocean’s music holds the answer to restoring dying coral reefs
Did you know that snapping shrimps can be louder than a jet plane taking off?
Isabelle Côté, The Conversation
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A medieval manuscript continues to mystify researchers and the media – even though it may be a hoax
Any and all news on the click-friendly Voynich manuscript makes it into media coverage – often at the cost of scientific accuracy.
Gordon Rugg, The Conversation
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When genetic testing throws up more questions than answers
Bringing genetics into medicine leads to more accuracy, better diagnosis and personalised treatment – but not for all.
Carrie Arnold, Mosaic
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Fact-checking five days of Narendra Modi’s speeches: A catalogue of lies
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Banana republic in the making?: A South Asian perspective on India from Kathmandu
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Uttarakhand restricts sale of land for agriculture as locals protest tourism infrastructure boom
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Expelled BJP Minority Morcha leader Usman Ghani arrested in Rajasthan
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By mixing Carnatic and Hindustani, Mysore’s kings helped create a unique body of music
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The mysterious man who owns one solitary share in the unlisted Tata Sons
Who is the Maharawal of Chota Udaipur? And what’s the story behind his one Tata Sons share?
Anvar Alikhan
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Who was Gumnami Baba, the man rumoured to be Netaji? Was he actually Kaptan Baba, the killer?
There seem to be many connections between the murderer who disappeared from Ayodhya in 1958 and the reclusive sadhu who appeared over a decade later.
Dhirendra K Jha
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Newly discovered layer in Earth’s mantle can affect surface dwellers too
The discovery of a thickly viscous layer which traps sinking plates below Earth's surface has wide implications, not least as a cause of earthquakes
Hauke Marquardt, The Conversation
Video
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Watch: K-Pop singer Aoora sings in Assamese as he collaborates with Nilotpal Bora in a new folk song
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Watch Anu Malik and Sonu Nigam’s impromptu performance of ‘Main Hoon Na’ at Farah Khan’s home
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Watch: Doordarshan newsreader faints on live TV in Kolkata owing to severe heat
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Watch: Spice Girls sing ‘Stop’ as bandmates reunite to celebrate Victoria Beckham’s 50th birthday
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Watch: Over 350 ballerinas come together to break the world record for standing on tip toes