Texting do’s and don’t’s for 2024
As old texting rules fall away, new ones bubble up to replace them… By Tatum Hunter: Lizzie Post once sent a text message checking in on a friend with a
Six Books You Didn’t Know Were Propaganda
The Economist on these books: ALL ART is propaganda”, wrote George Orwell in 1940, “but not all propaganda is art.” Few people would argue with the second part of that
Deja Vu: What It Is and Why It Happens
Healthy people can experience this, but it can also be a symptom of a neurological issue. When pop icon Olivia Rodrigo sang, “Do you get déjà vu?” she was directing
Karachi: There’s Something in the Air
Like other cities in Pakistan, Karachi also faces a huge problem of poor solid waste management and air pollution By Dr Heman Das Lohano & Dr Ghamz E Ali Siyal: When one
Eiffel Tower topped pre-Covid visitor numbers in 2023
Tower also added new offerings such as guided tours and celebrity chef-cooked meals in its luxury restaurant PARIS: The Eiffel Tower in Paris welcomed 6.3 million visitors last year, its
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Feeding the World in 21st Century: ‘Cities Like Forests’
A leading proponent of vertical farming discusses how urban areas (DesPardes Editor’s note: like Karachi, Lahore, Dhaka, Mumbai, etc.) should adapt to a perilous environmental future. Jon Michaud at The
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Sham Elections
Faisal Siddiqi writes in Dawn: Symbols as the soul of elections: A 12-member bench of the SC in the landmark ‘Benazir Bhutto symbols case’ (1989) had held, in essence, that
Carole Hooven: Why I Left Harvard
Carole Hooven in The Free Press: Since early December, the end of my 20-year career teaching at Harvard has been the subject of articles, op-eds, tweets from a billionaire, and even a congressional hearing.
The Mathematician Who Finds Poetry in Math and Math in Poetry
Leila Sloman in Quanta Magazine: Sarah Hart has always had an eye for the covert ways mathematics permeates other fields. As a child, she was struck by the ubiquity of the
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8 Online Business Ideas That Generate Sustainable Revenue
With more people trying to make money online, thousands of articles give advice on how you can generate some cash in the digital world. No wonder there are so many
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Lenin: What’s Left of the Revolutionary a Century after his Demise?
Mahir Ali in Dawn: AN intriguing triptych included in Iqbal’s second volume of verse, Baal-i-Jibreel, envisages Vladimir Lenin in the presence of God, explaining why the state of the world
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Do Political Ads Even Matter Anymore?
By Nick Corasaniti in The New York Times: In a presidential election year, no glowing rectangle in Iowa or New Hampshire is safe from an endless deluge of political ads.