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Danica Tomber

Danica Tomber is an applied linguist with a master of arts in teaching English to speakers of other languages from Portland State University. Her interests span science communication, discourse analysis, and pragmatics. She is a contributor to the Observatory.

    September 9, 2026
    Editor's Choice/Geopolitics

    Why Tamil Nadu Keeps Killing Its Own Projects

    The Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) government has announced the cancellation of a series of projects initiated by the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK), which governed Tamil Nadu from 2021 to 2026. Among them

    Artificial Intelligence

    OpenAI’s Mathematical Breakthrough Triggers a Battle Over Credit and Ethics

    OpenAI has claimed to have solved one of the most celebrated problems in the history of mathematics: the “existence and smoothness” problem of the Navier–Stokes equations, one of seven Millennium Problems identified by the Clay Mathematics Institute, each carrying a

    September 9, 2026

    Anthropic Researcher Resigns, Warning AI Race Could ‘Gamble With Our Lives’

    Artificial Intelligence

    A young researcher at Anthropic, Jacob Coxon, has resigned from the company, warning that the race to develop increasingly powerful artificial intelligence systems is

    Germany’s Far-Right Surge Tests, But Does Not Upend, Democracy

    Geopolitics

    The German Embassy in Colombo has sought to clarify Germany’s political situation following news of a surge for the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD)

    How Technology Is Rewriting the Way We Write

    July 23, 2026
    Diplomacy/Education

    When was the last time you wrote something by hand? Was it a stylus signature at a checkout stand, a kitchen calendar reminder, or a note jotted down on a scrap of

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    Spotting Conspiracy Talk: A Linguistic Guide for the Digital Age

    January 25, 2026
    Sri Lanka Guardian Essays

    Editor’s Note: This article, by nature of the topic, may include language that is considered sensitive and/or vulgar to some readers. While we may be most familiar with modern-day conspiracy theories about government

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    Beyond Grammar Wars: What Language Really Is

    September 6, 2025
    Sri Lanka Guardian Essays

    What is language, why do we use it, and how did it evolve? These are questions that language researchers are still working to answer. From a basic standpoint, a language is a

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