The Human Body
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Cracking joints doesn’t cause arthritis and could even serve a useful purpose
Why do people do it, is it harmful, what makes the noises and what would happen if our joints were not able to crack?
Neil Tuttle, The Conversation
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Even the young can die during sex, finds a new study
In more than half the cases of sudden cardiac death during sex, the heart was found to be structurally normal.
David C Gaze, The Conversation
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Understanding the science of ageing that Jeff Bezos wants to conquer
Ageing happens on cellular level – it isn’t just a change in how we feel or look.
Daniel M Davis, The Conversation
Trending
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‘Media, politicians totally clueless’: Sudhir Chaudhary on Zee News before leaving the channel
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British businessman wins defamation case against Republic Bharat for calling him an ISI ‘stooge’
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Fact check: In Germany, Modi made several untrue claims about India’s growth
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Time travel: A theoretical physicist explains the paradoxes of going to the past or future
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In Udaipur, family of murdered tailor say they don't know who wrote the post supporting Nupur Sharma
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How do some people live past 100 years? Studying rare mutations may crack the scientific mystery
Over 60% of centenarians have genetic changes that alter the genes which regulate growth in early life.
Richard Faragher, The Conversation & Nir Barzilai, The Conversation
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Why we find the sound of our voice cringeworthy
The discomfort is probably due to a mix of physiology and psychology.
Neel Bhatt, The Conversation
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No, not everything about men’s sexual behaviour can be explained by testosterone
The sex hormone has been mislabelled – and too often used to excuse inappropriate actions.
Matthew Gutmann, Aeon
Video
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Watch: Mexico mayor ‘marries’ crocodile to honour age-old indigenous ritual
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Watch: Devotees participate in rath yatra festival festivities on Florida beach
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Watch: First same-sex couples in Switzerland get married after ‘Marriage for All’ law is passed
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Watch: Comic trio’s hilarious recreation of ‘Annual Day’ dance performances in schools
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‘Not prime minister, he’s a salesman’: Watch Telangana CM K Chandrasekhar Rao’s searing criticism
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The buzz: The science of why coffee wakes you in the morning
The main active ingredients in coffee are caffeine and a suite of antioxidants.
Thomas Merritt, The Conversation
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Born this way: Evolution has hardwired us to be lazy
A study shows that it takes us less effort to embrace mechanism of a sedentary lifestyle – escalators, elevators, cars.
Boris Cheval, The Conversation, Matthieu Boisgontier, The Conversation & Philippe Sarrazin, The Conversation
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Food habits to drug use: A person’s fingerprints can reveal a lot more than just identity
Research indicates that a fingerprint could give a molecular signature that could reveal aspects of an individual’s lifestyle and environment.
Melanie Bailey, The Conversation
The Reel
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‘Dr. Arora’ trailer: Web series takes a humorous look at sexual problems
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Circle of love: Nagesh Kukunoor on going from ‘Hyderabad Blues’ to ‘Modern Love Hyderabad’
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Start the week with a film: ‘American Honey’, the flip side of the American Dream
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In ‘Shamshera’, a ‘masala potboiler’ and Ranbir Kapoor as ‘never seen before’
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Deepti Naval at the movies: Single-screen theatres, Rajesh Khanna and ‘Mera Naam Joker’
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Naked Utopia: How England’s first nudists imagined the future
A century ago, utopian thinkers and practitioners predicted the coming of a nude world of liberated bodies.
Annebella Pollen, The Conversation
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The human brain’s capacity for visual imagination is severely limited. Here’s why that matters
These limitations can constrain what we are able to achieve, in daily as well as in therapeutic interventions.
Rebecca Keogh, Aeon
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Ayurveda, yoga and western medicine: Understanding the human body depends on medical tradition
A history of Ayurvedic medical concepts is being exhibited at London’s Wellcome Collection.
Suzanne Newcombe, The Conversation
The Field
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Badminton, Malaysia Masters Super 500: PV Sindhu faces tough ask, HS Prannoy to lead men's charge
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Watch: Jasprit Bumrah’s super delivery to dismiss Zak Crawley and break England’s opening stand
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Sri Lanka vs India: Renuka’s four-for and Mandhana-Shafali’s record stand give India series win
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Watch, Sri Lanka v India: Alert Yastika Bhatia brilliantly dismisses Anushka Sanjeewani
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Premier League: Arsenal sign striker Gabriel Jesus from Manchester City