The Evolution of childhoods
By Venuri Gangodawila Were you too once a happy child? If so, this content below will blow you towards your…
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Forts and Fortresses of Ancient and Colonial Sri Lanka
BY Shannine Daniel There are many forts and fortress cities in Sri Lanka which were built by Sinhalese kings, the…
Day zero: The bitter reality of losing water
By Venuri Gangodawila According to Leonardo da Vinci, “Water is the driving force of all nature.” I guess that “Water”…
The devious art of lying by telling the truth
By Melissa Hogenboom The line between truth and lies is becoming ever murkier, finds Melissa Hogenboom. There’s even a word…
The disease that could change how we drink coffee
For years, researchers in Colombia have been engaged in a little-known battle against a disease that could disrupt coffee drinking…
The best place on Earth to mark the Anthropocene’s dawn
Geologists are scouring the planet for a specific location to place a ‘golden spike’ – to define the beginning of…
Modern fossil discovery rewrites human history
Scientists have discovered the oldest known modern human fossil outside of Africa, estimated to be between 177,000 and 194,000 years…
Is social media bad for you? The evidence and the unknowns
What the science suggests so far about the impact of platforms such as Facebook, Twitter or Instagram on your mental…
The mosquitoes that are fighting dengue and Zika
By Vaishnavi Chandrashekhar While killing insects would seem to be the best way of controlling the diseases they spread, some…
The Sticky Truth about Modern Written Language
What heiroglyphics, emoji, and stickers have in common. The oldest written language in the world didn’t have an alphabet. When written…