Bhavya Chowdhury Number of words: 489 The Coronavirus pandemic has brought forth a curious herd behavior that has left many people bewildered – the senseless instinct to hoard toilet paper. Why are people hoarding toilet paper, but not body wash or hand soap? Wouldn’t it make more sense to hoard body wash or hand soap? The current … Read more
Number of words: 837 Poor diet is a major cause behind the COVID-19 deaths and the Indians must urgently cut down on ultra-processed food to build resilience against the deadly virus, a leading Indian-origin cardiologist in the UK has cautioned. Dr Aseem Malhotra, who is among the UK’s National Health Service (NHS) frontline medics and … Read more
Number of words: 1,150 Your screen freezes. There’s a weird echo. A dozen heads stare at you. There are the work huddles, the one-on-one meetings and then, once you’re done for the day, the hangouts with friends and family. Since the Covid-19 pandemic hit, we’re on video calls more than ever before – and many … Read more
Number of words: 2,512 Right now, we have two large, complex systems. The first is a virus sweeping through the global population and our combined efforts to mitigate it. The second is a declining global economy. Both systems are incredibly difficult to measure and understand, much less predict. Both are so large and unruly that … Read more
Number of words: 192 A preliminary analysis of numbers from NYC’s boroughs shows a strong correlation between automobile commutes and Covid cases. There are multiple things happening here. Some of them a commentary on human behaviour, some a little more. Since travel brings us in contact with others at our destinations (stores, jobs, restaurants), the … Read more
Number of words: 1,693 My name is Rebecca, and I’m a cyborg. Specifically, I have 32 computer chips inside my head, which rebuild my sense of hearing. This is called a cochlear implant. You remember the Borg from Star Trek, those aliens who conquered and absorbed everything in sight? Well, that’s me. The good news … Read more
Number of words: 1,266 Pestilence presents a moment of great opportunity for many businesses. Consider the speed at which contracts are put out to tender to meet extraordinary needs. Consider the ability to move goods and money without all the normal checks or legal and bureaucratic protocols. Plague is a boon for the commercial class. … Read more
Number of words: 447 A wondrous lineage of crocodile relatives that developed into fast-swimming seagoing predators at a time when dinosaurs dominated the land adapted to life in the open ocean with a pivotal evolutionary modification also present in whales. But the crocs did it more than 100 million years earlier. Research published on Monday … Read more
Number of words: 2,110 “Spanish Influenza – what it is and how it should be treated,” read the reassuringly factual headline to an advert for Vick’s VapoRub back in 1918. The text beneath included nuggets of wisdom such as “stay quiet” and “take a laxative”. Oh, and to apply their ointment liberally, of course. The … Read more
Number of words: 111 In one of their experiments they asked a group of high school students to give the product of the following equation within 5 seconds: 8 x 7 x 6 x 5 x 4 x 3 x 2 x 1. And to another group of high school students, they gave the following … Read more
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