From war zones to disaster-hit regions, WhatsApp is the world’s lifeline

John Beck, Rest of World

· Dec 29, 2024 · 10:00 pm

Instead of ‘doomsday’ approach, India’s climate activists should centre people and their emotions

Samatha Balachandran

· Dec 27, 2024 · 05:30 pm

From Brazilian shopkeepers to Indian aunties, WhatsApp’s cultural force is to reckon with

Sonia Faleiro, Rest of World

· Dec 23, 2024 · 07:30 pm

All caps, ellipsis, punctuation? Young people may be facing a communication divide with older ones

Daniel Bürkle, The Conversation

· Apr 15, 2023 · 11:30 pm

Mushrooms talk to one another using an electrical ‘language’ all of their own

Katie Field, The Conversation

· Apr 19, 2022 · 11:30 pm

Are people lying more in the age of social media and smartphones?

David Markowitz, The Conversation

· Nov 17, 2021 · 09:30 pm

Positivity drive? Modi government’s Covid response is a lesson on how not to communicate in a crisis

Preeti Lourdes John

· Jun 06, 2021 · 07:30 am

Phone call anxiety is more common than you think. Here’s how to get over it

Ilham Sebah, The Conversation

· Feb 25, 2021 · 07:30 pm

In the age of masks, the eyes are the key to communication

Nigel Holt, The Conversation

· Sep 05, 2020 · 11:30 pm

At the end of the day, how do you avoid clichés? It’s all about thinking outside the box

Nana Ariel, Aeon

· Mar 11, 2019 · 11:30 pm

Can linguists study emerging sign languages without contaminating or killing them?

Michael Erard, Mosaic

· Mar 03, 2019 · 01:30 pm

India’s bleeding telecom sector is the hot favourite of foreign investors

Kuwar Singh, qz.com

· Sep 07, 2018 · 01:30 pm

Not in the medical textbooks: How doctors find a way to tell families that their relative has died

Mrigank Warrier

· Aug 07, 2018 · 02:30 pm

Bangladesh joins the space club with Bangabandhu-1 launch, but economic challenges could be a hurdle

Abu Sufian Shamrat

· Jul 17, 2018 · 08:30 pm

Not just humans – animals also feel the need to share their pain

Mirjam Guesgen, Aeon

· Jun 19, 2018 · 11:30 pm

‘They laugh at me because I look funny’: What life is like for people who cannot smile

Neil Steinberg, Mosaic

· Jun 17, 2018 · 02:30 pm

In defence of greeting card clichés: They are utterly empty, yet full of meaning

Daniel Fraser

· Mar 18, 2018 · 11:30 am

A new Indian podcast proves that weighty development issues don’t always have to be dry and opaque

Mridula Chari

· Nov 03, 2017 · 03:30 pm

When you split the brain, do you split the person?

Yaïr Pinto, Aeon

· Oct 22, 2017 · 02:30 pm

AIIMS teaches its doctors what to ask a patient. It must also teach them how

Anna Ruddock

· Feb 22, 2017 · 02:30 pm