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This year the biennale is larger and more ambitious compared to its previous editions. It is spread across Fort Kochi, Mattancherry, Willington Island and Ernakulam.

Using a pseudo-scientific formula, the third Monday in January was determined to be the “bluest” day of the year, marked by sadness, low energy and withdrawal from social interaction.

The team of researchers used special audio recorders that could capture bird songs over long distances and for long periods without them being there. These recorders picked up all the singing from the start to the end of the dawn chorus.

Times have changed. The diktat of militants has dissipated as militancy has begun to fade in the Valley. Though artists still find shadows of those days chasing their creative pursuits to curtail their freedom.

The Arctic is warming more than twice as fast as the global average, with 2025 the hottest year on record for the region. Shorter snow seasons, shrinking sea ice and record ocean temperatures are intensifying floods, storms and wildfires.

A new study suggests inequality alone is rarely enough to drive instability. Instead, researchers found a crucial accelerant that transforms economic grievance into political action: the internet.

Christmas is a nostalgic holiday, in more ways than one. Artists know this, feeding our nostalgia through music, lyrics and visuals which evoke the past. This is possibly why most Christmas albums consist of interpretations of past holiday classics, rather than original material.

Competence, professionalism, team work, and a certain amount of luck all matter on the battlefield. A person’s gender does not. History agrees with this sentiment.

Propaganda in movies is nothing new in the entertainment world. However, in the recent past, propaganda in films has become easy to serve, challenging to define and extremely difficult to call out.

The main trick is for pet owners not to stand by idly as their four-legged companions’ age.

A fingerprint has been found in the tars used to build the oldest known wooden plank boat in Scandinavia, which provides a direct link to the seaborne raiders who used the boat over 2,000 years ago. By analysing the tar itself, Lund University researchers are closer to solving the long-standing mystery of where the attackers in the boat came from.

Despite making it to headlines for scams and sex scandals time and again, India’s godmen command enduring influence and loyal supporters. Perhaps, why they continue to survive, thrive and in most cases, connive with impunity.