This idea – that we must put in more effort to perfect a good night’s sleep – is a myth that Van de Laar is keen to dispel. “If you ask a person who sleeps well, ‘How do you sleep well?’ ...

Some are convinced it’s the legendary Leviathan– an ancient creature from myth– while others are skeptical, brushing it off as another internet hoax. But as enticing as the idea of ...

With heightened tensions between Europe and the United States over NATO and Ukraine, the myth of an F-35 “kill switch”, which would supposedly allow the Pentagon to disable foreign-operated F ...

Virtual Private Networks (VPNs) enhance online security. They encrypt your connection by masking your IP address. You can use VPNs to avoid geo-restricted content and even ISP throttling. However ...

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Until recently, most Americans had never heard the term “seed oils,” even though they’ve likely cooked with and consumed them for decades. It’s the catchy description coined by internet ...

Myth makes rivulets from where history has been dammed. The word “anger” is derived from an old Germanic word angaz that means a distressing narrowness, a squeezed, aching grip. Nussbaum theorises ...

The writer is associate professor of Economics at Jawaharlal Nehru University. Yajnadevam, aka Bharath Rao, is a rare cryptographer – among epigraphists, archaeologists, linguists etc – who ...

A former chief of staff of the Defence Forces has told Prime Time that "neutrality as a statement in a globalised world is a myth." Retired Vice Admiral Mark Mellett also said Russia’s ...

Copyright: © 2025 Published by Elsevier Ltd. It seems ironic that Robert F Kennedy Jr, one of the most prominent antivaccine activists, has been made Secretary of ...