Bedtime Stories
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No, having too much sex is not likely to increase the risk of cancer
Misreading findings of a recent study can lead to stigma around STIs and having multiple sexual partners.
Jayne Lucke, The Conversation
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The weird history of beds reveals how pillow talk has changed over the ages
From cramming into a single bed with 51 others or presiding over royal meetings – humans have done just about everything in bed.
Brian Fagan, The Conversation
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Drugs, counting sheep and cold baths: Victorians too cared deeply about a good night’s sleep
But their concern extended only to ‘brain-workers’ – businessmen, financiers, even students – and not industrial classes who worked impossibly long hours.
Sally Shuttleworth, The Conversation
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Will Indian schools ever be ready to give students sex education?
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In heated Maharashtra poll battle, Uddhav Thackeray emerges as Opposition alliance’s strike weapon
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May global fiction: Six hot-off-the-press books to take you on a world literary tour
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Why there should be no place for a ‘Brahmin conference’ at Indian universities
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‘iParent’: An eye-opening, sobering read for parents raising an always-online generation of children
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The Nobel Prize for medicine reminds us how important sleep is. So, how well do Indians sleep?
Indians might be among the most-sleep deprived people in the world. Among the worst affected are call centre employees.
Vijay Shankar
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Cot in action: A short history of the Indian khaat, from Ibn Battuta to Rahul Gandhi
The amazing piece of furniture was ignored, until a rally of the Congress vice-president made a meme out it.
Sunaina Kumar
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Why did sex evolve? Researchers edge closer to solving longstanding mystery
There's long been a lack of evidence for why sex has become so much more common than asexual reproduction across nearly all species. Thankfully, this is now slowly changing.
Laurence D. Hurst, The Conversation
Video
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Eco India, Episode 260: Can technology's societal benefits extend to environmental sustainability?
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Video: How free and fair are Indian elections today?
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Watch: Aishwarya Rai Bachchan walks the Cannes red carpet with an injured arm
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Watch: Meet Figaro, the curious cat who loves to ‘help’ her human making pottery
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Watch: Messi, the dog from ‘Anatomy of a Fall’, walks the red carpet at the Cannes Film Festival