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For a few years now, each time Sunita Uike takes a loan, she promises herself it will be the last one. Each time, the weather interferes with her plan. When she borrowed ₹30,000 from a private microfinance company last year, just before the…

Linguists have long been interested in language variation. What are common or universal patterns across languages? What limits the possible variation between them? Grambank, the world's largest and most comprehensive database of language…

The Prairies Climate Change Project is a joint initiative between CBC Edmonton and CBC Saskatchewan that focuses on weather and our changing climate. Meteorologist Christy Climenhaga brings her expert voice to the conversation to help…

Researchers have characterised the seasonal effects on human social behaviour to provide new insights on the risk of respiratory disease transmission. Their large-scale analysis, published today in eLife, provides a framework of seasonal…

Only 22% of India’s rural population own life insurance products, compared to 73% across urban India. The low uptake can be primarily attributed to inadequate funds to buy life insurance (41%), high premiums (32%), and multiple buying…

In late 2021, Salvatore Torquato, on sabbatical from Princeton's Department of Chemistry, reached across the aisle as it were and invited a young astrophysicist at the Institute for Advanced Study to apply the tools of statistical mechanics…

One of the most important circadian rhythms is the sleep-wake cycle.This irregularity involves chronically disrupted sleep and highly variable sleep durations.In the past, heart disease was only believed to occur with age-related…

Contempt is a toxic form of communication that can quickly erode any relationship. (Image: Shutterstock)By understanding the importance of communication in a relationship and avoiding these problematic types of communication, couples can…

The dating app, QuackQuack’s recent study throws light on the difference in dating patterns between GenZ and millennial daters. The dating and friendship app questioned 10,000 daters from tier 1 and 2 cities; between 18 to 35 years, the…

The brain floats in a sea of fluid that cushions it against injury, supplies it with nutrients and carries away waste. Disruptions to the normal ebb and flow of the fluid have been linked to neurological conditions including Alzheimer's…