Can one do evil without being evil?
Can we perform evil deeds without evil intentions having a sense of ‘thoughtlessness’, a disengagement from the reality of his ...
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Sexist job ads show discrimination rife in the tech world
Job recruitment websites in China routinely feature advertisements from prominent technology employers for positions that are open only to men.
All you need to know as Walmart reportedly closes on $12 billion-plus deal for Flipkart
Walmart Inc. is close to finalising a deal to buy a majority stake in India’s leading e-commerce company for at ...
Explainer: how long is a quarter? Six months if you are this Indian startup
Jio has been profitable virtually from its commercial launch. And now we know why.
Explainer: Flickr has been acquired by SmugMug – so where should you store your photos?
Over the weekend, photo hosting platform SmugMug acquired Flickr, merging two companies that have offered similar services for nearly 15 ...
Why does soda taste worse when it’s flat?
Soda and other carbonated drinks taste significantly better when they still contain a lot of fizz as opposed to being ...
What we say vs what we mean: what is conversational implicature?
A conversational implicature depends, not on the meaning of the words employed, but on the way that the words are ...
Should employers let workers start late to stop them dying early?
A study of over 433,000 people by the University of Surrey and Northwestern University, Chicago, found night owls have a ...
UFO and others words you have been pronouncing wrong
It is very interesting to note how pronunciations sometimes diverge from what the original creators or people who popularised some ...
There are 4 kinds of 21st century leader. Which one are you?
How do we make sense of leadership when the world's leading democracy, the United States, elects Presidents with leadership styles ...
What’s frivolous about investigating Justice Loya’s death?
To imply that wanting to know how Justice Loya died is frivolous is a bit much coming from the Supreme ...
What you should know about Netflix being under the threat of going bust
Netflix spends $9 billion in content; and if they keep doing it, they will go bankrupt.
All you need to know about NASA’s lunar space station
NASA’s goal of returning to the moon should see a major push in early 2019, when the agency awards its ...
Here’s what you need to know about RBI’s latest KYC norms
The Reserve Bank of India has updated its master direction on KYC or ‘Know Your Customer’ norms, putting Aadhaar at ...
Do words get removed from a dictionary when people stop using them?
In something of a Hotel California of linguistics, once a word has made it into the Oxford English Dictionary, it ...
Can staying awake too long really kill you?
No one has ever definitively shown why sleep is necessary for our survival, and no person has ever had sleep ...
Who invented Tupperware?
Today the word Tupperware is a generic term for any plastic food container with a sealable lid. That’s thanks to ...
How not to run a company: the family feud that allowed Nike to dominate the market
Here’s the strange story of a family-owned business so dysfunctional that business schools teach it as a lesson in how ...
Explainer: Google is supercharging SMS on Android with an iMessage-like experience
Google is building Chat, a texting experience that will replace traditional SMS on Android devices.
All you need to know about the 2018 iPhone that might cost half of iPhone X
If you’re in the market for a new iPhone, but the $999 price tag on the iPhone X is a ...
