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What Resolutions Look Like in 2021

This New Year will be like other New Years: you’ll get tired trying to stay up past midnight, you might…

5 years ago

The most commonly-used word in English might only have three letters – but it packs a punch.

‘The’. It’s omnipresent; we can’t imagine English without it. But it’s not much to look at. It isn’t descriptive, evocative…

5 years ago

Are you mentally flexible?

There are many things that are not under our control, such as the  weather, political affairs, the reaction of the…

5 years ago

A Year Like No Other

Certain years are so eventful they are regarded as pivotal in history, years when wars and slavery ended and deep…

5 years ago

Legendary French designer Pierre Cardin dies at 98

The designer who was known for his geometric shapes and motifs, breathed his last in a hospital in Neuilly in…

5 years ago

The medications that change who we are

To mark the end of a turbulent year, we are bringing back some of our favourite stories for BBC Future’s “Best of 2020” collection. Discover more of our…

5 years ago

Kerala: 21-year-old Arya Rajendran elected as youngest mayor of Thiruvananthapuram

Arya Rajendran, a 21-year-old CPI(M) leader, was sworn-in Monday as the youngest mayor of Thiruvananthapuram Corporation, the largest urban body…

5 years ago

Bolstered by pandemic, tech titans face growing scrutiny

PARIS: Accelerating the transition to an ever more digital existence, the coronavirus pandemic has tightened tech giants’ grip on billions of…

5 years ago

Is 2020 really the worst year ever?

Despite most people describing 2020 as the worst year par excellence, it is very positive to say that it is…

5 years ago