Clear, evidence-led explanations of the issues shaping India and the world.
Flooding is a natural part of many river and coastal systems. Disaster begins when water intersects with exposed people, poorly planned development and vulnerable infrastructure -…
A festival does something unusual: it places large numbers of people in the same time, space and emotional rhythm. Research on collective rituals helps explain why these experienc…
Vitamin D is unusual: it comes from food and supplements, but the body can also produce it when skin receives suitable ultraviolet radiation. That biology has helped turn a genuin…
Procrastination is rarely solved by telling yourself to “work harder.” Understanding why you avoid a task—and making the first action easier—offers a more reliable route from inte…
Legends survive because they do more than entertain. Attached to places, people and collective memories, they allow communities to argue about the past, explain the present and tr…
Protein is often marketed as a fitness nutrient, but its role is far broader. Every adult requires protein because the body continually builds, repairs and replaces proteins essen…
Motivation is not a fixed quantity that some people possess and others lack. It changes with expectations, rewards, meaning, autonomy, confidence and circumstances—and understandi…
Heatwaves rarely leave the dramatic visual destruction associated with storms or earthquakes. Yet prolonged extreme heat can overwhelm the human body, strain cities and infrastruc…
Oral traditions preserve stories, knowledge, memory and cultural values across generations through storytelling, performance and repeated community practice.
Fibre reaches parts of the digestive system that most carbohydrates do not. Once there, some fibres hold water and add bulk, while others become fuel for gut microbes and generate…
Drought usually begins quietly. A rainfall deficit becomes dry soil, falling river flows and stressed reservoirs, while heat, water demand and land management determine whether a…
Revision is not simply reading the same material again. Memory becomes more durable when learners revisit information across time and actively retrieve it, making the design of re…
