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Experiment and reason

Economic and medical RCTs have the same limitations: the difficulty of true randomisation, or that variations in individual outcomes might be large even if the average effect is favourable

Why we must take the lifestyle disorder called sleeplessness seriously

Sleeplessness is increasingly becoming a lifestyle disorder

Your body is a wonderland

Bryson takes us on a body-part-by-body-part tour, with chapters devoted to the brain, the guts and the skin and hair

Looking to take off: Flying taxis might soon be a staple of urban transport

Two companies debuted their visions in Singapore this week, write Dan Murtaugh and Melissa Cheok

Explained: Why saving the Oceans is as vital as protecting rain forests

Ocean conservation is a social justice issue, says Ayana Elizabeth Johnson

Mumbai and Goa's hidden Art Deco marvels are gaining new champions

The Goa Heritage Action Group now intends to launch a detailed effort to record examples of Deco in other parts of Goa

A set of essays imagines a South Asia without jingoistic policy discourses

This book questions disciplinary boundaries that scholars are afraid to transgress even when they know that the impertinence would be rewarding

The new face of luxury: No one holidays anymore, they have 'experiences'

Tailored luxury experiences with the most minute of details charted out for discerning travellers is the way forward

You too can play the handbag stock market

Scarcity in the bag market, as in the sneaker market, is a large component of value

How Rajendra Roy is bringing films back in focus at New York's iconic MoMA

The California boy-turned-New Yorker's foray into cinema was as unlikely as that job offer from MoMA

CHESS #1374

Wang Hao was the second Chinese GM to qualify for the Candidates, tying for the title at the FIDE Grand Open Chess

What social media opinionators had to say about the recent elections

A comatose Congress party found virtual life support after unexpectedly bettering its performance in both states despite infighting, defections and, well, indifference

Kolkata's unusually respectful and discerning attitude to art and artists

Art in Bengal is a reflection in the deepest sense of the way its people feel - about nature, political troubles or social strife

Reflections and realisations: Unexpected lessons from a surgery

An experience that left the author with new respect for the complexity, and resilience, of the human body

Meet Chandro and Prakashi Tomar, the world's oldest sharpshooters

Dhruv Munjal gets up close and personal with Chandro and Prakashi Tomar, the inspiration for a new film

HUL to Nestle, brands are using green marketing initiatives to woo buyers

As a political blame game ensued, such environment disasters show the great opportunity that brands have to display their green leanings

Trailing Aaditya Thackeray, the first from the family to contest elections

Ahead of the Maharashtra assembly polls next week, Ranjita Ganesan looks at what has prompted Shiv Sena scion Aaditya Thackeray to become the first of the Thackerays to contest elections

The Body Shop launches its first-ever television campaign in India

The Body Shop has a compelling ethical message behind the branding of its products

Statspeak: Some of the megatrends which will shape consumer markets

EI defines a megatrend as a long-term shift in behaviour or attitude with global impact across multiple industries

We've found the right balance between online & offline, says PUMA India MD

We don't want one to grow at the cost of the other, PUMA India MD tells Shubhomoy Sikdar