Gonzalo Suárez is being presented anew as a pioneering figure in Spanish literature and cinema, with Javier Cercas arguing that the writer and filmmaker was the country’s first truly postmodern author. The
Sri Lanka celebrated the International Children’s Day on 1 October with several events in Colombo with the participation of the new Prime Minister, Dr Harini Amarasuriya, and other officials related to children’s
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When I met Dr. Malini Dias almost ten years ago at the Royal Asiatic Society in Colombo(RASSL), I was in my last stage of university life as an undergraduate with sanguine expectations
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Researchers from Israel and the United States have discovered that sunflower plants “dance” during growth to avoid shading each other and maximize sunlight capture, according to a statement issued by Tel Aviv
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Editorial The horrifying account of a gang-rape involving an underage girl by her schoolmates, allegedly with the knowledge of elders and teachers, is a stark reminder of the deepening moral decay within
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Historically there were two streams of philosophical discourses in the world, more particularly in India: The first one was the philosophy of people, who involved in production—agrarian, artisanal, animal economy and so
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“This is who we are as a species: We contain within ourselves both the possibility of murdering an old stranger for almost no reason…and we also contain the antidote to that disease
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OpenAI’s latest report has highlighted a unique concern: users of ChatGPT’s new Voice Mode might be forming emotional bonds with the AI chatbot. The findings, part of the “GPT-4o System Card” safety
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A set of five fossilized small dinosaur footprints from the Cretaceous period has been discovered in northwest China’s Gansu Province, believed to be among the smallest known dinosaur tracks in the world.
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Two big cultural events this summer, the opening ceremony of the 2024 Paris Olympics and the release of Deadpool & Wolverine, both offer dazzling spectacles saturated by irony. But that is about
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The Cabinet has approved the establishment of a Regional Centre for Maritime Studies in Sri Lanka. A few months ago, the French Government proposed the creation of this centre, marking France’s first
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The Finnish National Agency for Education (EDUFI) announced on Monday that it recommends schools prohibit disruptive use of mobile phones during classes and also restrict their use during breaks. With the autumn
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This is the time of inqisām. A time of severance, of breaking apart, of the utter destruction of Gaza, the dissolution of its inhabitants, its communities, and its infrastructures, of lives and everything
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What will it take to end Israel’s genocide in Gaza? That’s the question confounding people of conscience all over the world since last October. After Israeli citizens, tax-paying residents of the United
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Ancient human retrovirus DNA could be one of the markers of susceptibility to mental illness—specifically schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and major depressive disorder, a new study suggests. An international team of researchers examined
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Preface The latest issue of The Economist has an essay arguing that, although tomes have been written and read on how to run successful businesses, it may be prudent to go back to basics
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