Tibet is full of unwanted dogs. Areas of the Tibetan plateau have become flooded with giant, fluffy unwanted Tibetan mastiffs, once the most sought after…

Rich Western countries’ use of the UN as forum to lecture everyone else on human rights is one of the most well-worn—and valid—criticisms of the…

One way to understand long-term trends in medical and health research is to analyze the language used in massive bodies of literature produced in the…

The iPhone 8 and 8 Plus will be available for purchase starting tomorrow (Sept. 22). Based on the retail prices listed on Apple’s various global…

In 2011, when the cost of oil being imported by India was averaging above $100 per barrel (Rs6,430 at the current rate), the retail price…

Gloomy octopuses—also known as common Sydney octopuses, or octopus tetricus—have long had a reputation for being loners. Marine biologists once thought they inhabited the subtropical…

Graphic artist Yang Liu has a sharp eye for cultural comparison, honed by personal experience. In 1990, at the age of 13, she moved from…

The earthquake that hit central Mexico yesterday (Sept. 19) summoned terrifying flashbacks of the massive destruction wrought by the most deadly tremor to shake the…

In the season three finale of the comedy-reality show Nathan for You—which returns to Comedy Central tonight (Sept. 21) in the US—host and creator Nathan…

Japan’s tepid growth, depressed economy, and overworked population has been a problem for decades—but Shinzo Abe is confident his nation is on the brink of…

The Narendra Modi government may finally be coming to terms with the worrying state of India’s economy. The world’s fastest-growing large economy till recently, India’s…

Good leaders generally develop different kinds of intelligence. There’s old-fashioned IQ of course, their intelligence quotient. There’s EQ, the quotient related to emotional intelligence; this…