The living root bridges of Meghalaya
Most bridges are built. The ones in the Khasi and Jaintia hills of Meghalaya are grown:...
SZ
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13 Sep 2026
Ruposhi Bangla Express/ Riding the rails through western Bangladesh
It was a bright, unbelievably humid autumn morning. My 17kg backpack dug into my shoulder, and...
RI
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13 Sep 2026
Agents of chaos
Something fundamental shifted in the architecture of digital security this summer. It did not arrive with...
SR
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11 Sep 2026
The iPhone finally folds
For years, the foldable phone has existed as a curious contradiction. It promised the convenience of...
TF
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11 Sep 2026
World Suicide Prevention Day: Let’s not change the subject
Every 10 September, the International Association for Suicide Prevention and the World Health Organization (WHO) mark...
SZ
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10 Sep 2026
Black pepper: Useful in a pinch
Black pepper (kalo morich) is so common in kitchens that it is easy to overlook. Yet...
MA
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10 Sep 2026
Blast from the past/ The soundtrack of our youth
We have gone so deep into the world of technology that listening to music is no...
NA
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04 Sep 2026
The voice of the future?
Meta has unveiled Muse Voice Transcribe, its first real-time speech recognition model developed by Meta Superintelligence...
TF
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04 Sep 2026
Navigating through the stationary mind
It is 8:30am at the Bijoy Sarani intersection, and the city is at a complete standstill....
TF
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03 Sep 2026
When the brain never gets a break
At one time, rest meant lying down and not doing anything. Lying down, going on for...
TF
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03 Sep 2026