by Our Correspondent in Colombo When General Shavendra Silva sat down with Ankit Chauhan, an Indian national and the founder and host of the Impact Stories podcast, the conversation quickly moved beyond
by Our Correspondent in Colombo When General Shavendra Silva sat down with Ankit Chauhan, an Indian national and the founder and host of the Impact Stories podcast, the conversation quickly moved beyond
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For more than a century, the idea of replacing a failing human organ with one taken from an animal has hovered between medical ambition and science fiction. Now, advances in genetic engineering
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Sri Lanka is not a country to be rushed, particularly in its southern reaches. That is the central impression conveyed by El País in its latest travel feature on the region: beyond
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A genetically modified pig kidney functioned in a human patient for 271 days before being removed and replaced with a human donor organ, marking the longest recorded survival of an animal-to-human kidney
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The Whole Picture On 4 September each year, the international community observes World Sexual Health Day, an occasion that invites reflection on one of the most intimate yet politically significant dimensions of
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The Indian Grant Housing Programme, implemented with the aim of providing permanent shelter and land ownership to the estate community in Sri Lanka who have lived extremely difficult and challenging lives in
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Anxiety, depression and obsessive-compulsive disorder are usually treated as distinct psychiatric conditions, each with its own symptoms, diagnostic category and specialised therapy. But David Barlow, one of the most influential psychologists of
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Ever since childhood, I’ve wanted to be abducted by Aliens ~ Neil DeGrasse Tyson I recently read the book “Take Me to Your Leader: Perspectives on Your First Alien Encounter” (Simon Schuster:
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Migrant smuggling to Europe remains a lucrative illicit industry even as overall irregular migration has declined, exposing a persistent security challenge for European governments and a humanitarian danger for those attempting to
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For many parents, the first months with a newborn are among the happiest and most important periods of their lives. For Manuel*, they became a nightmare. In his mid-30s, living with his
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