North Atlantic right whales in crisis – and the people risking lives to save them
Once hunted to near extinction, North Atlantic right whales are now facing new human threats that could end the…
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Sri Lankan Internet Payment Gateways in 2019
By Lahiru Perera It’s been a while since we wrote about Internet Payment Gateways in Sri Lanka. Well. four years…
The Stonewall Riots
Police raids on gay bars were not uncommon in 1960s America – so why was this one different? Jon Savage…
How modern life is transforming the human skeleton
From the emergence of a spiky growth at the back of some people’s skulls to the enigmatic finding that our…
A simple online system that could end plastic pollution
Poorer communities in the developing world bear the brunt of plastic pollution. Could a new digital payment system spark a…
SRI LANKA REDUCES ELECTROCUTIONS BY 50 PERCENT IN 2018
Sri Lanka reduced electrocutions by 50 per cent to 89 electrocutions in 2018 compared with the electrocutions reported in 2012,…
A mentalist’s guide to be happy
The illusionist Derren Brown has studied the philosophy and psychology of happiness – and he argues that many of us…
How Sri Lanka’s arrack coconut spirit went upmarket
Distilled from the sap of the coconut flower, Sri Lankan arrack has been a local favourite for centuries. But now…
Aladdin casts box office spell
Aladdin still has the magic according to cinema-goers who turned out in their droves for the first weekend of Disney’s…
Gavin & Stacey: Why we fell in love with Barry Island
It’s been nearly 10 years since we last said adieu to Gavin and Stacey (and Nessa and Smithy, of course).…
