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The Deadly Swamp

Losing his arm to an alligator was just the start of a hiker's three-day ordeal

Around the World in 1,000 Mammals

Having met nearly one-fifth of all the warmblooded species on earth, a wildlife conservationist looks back on six of his most memorable encounters

Reunited

How DNA testing is bringing families together

All About Extreme Weather

13 THINGS

Simply Souvlaki

Over millennia, this sizzling skewer has conquered the world

CRAVING CAFFEINE? TRY DECAF

NEWS FROM THE WORLD OF MEDICINE

Just In Case

Does your first-aid kit have all the essentials?

A Tale of Our Times

With an unflinching eye and a nose for the truth, Anjum Hasan's History's Angel explores the many layers of India's turbulent present and the shadows of its storied past

Books

Sakina's Kiss| The Perfume Project| Silk: A History in Three Metamorphoses|Roman Stories| The Less You Preach, the More You Learn: Aphorisms for Our Age

IT'S WORTH WAITING FOR

To enjoy life more, embrace anticipation

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FROM AROUND THE WORLD

Bitten by the Dance Bug

MY EXERCISE REGIMEN now includes 40 minutes of vigorous dance in the kitchen just before bedtime.

The Sea Protector

An innovative ecotourism venture is helping combat shark fishing

Pain Forecast?

The truth about rainy days and our health

Do You Have This Liver Condition?

Up To One In Three People Have Something Called Nafld. But Many Of Them Have No Idea

The Power Conundrum

In Oppenheimer, director Christopher Nolan digs into the moral dilemmas of those with the power to change the world.

Refugees Performing Exercises, Kurukshetra, India, 1947

by Henri Cartier-Bresson, Gelatin silver print

VISION QUEST

This family is travelling the world-before the kids lose their vision to a rare genetic condition

A Soldier's Ghost Story

The World War II veteran had a mysterious visitor who showed up at his bedside with a clear, comforting message

ADRIFT

When his boat struck a reef and sank into the Caribbean, Don Cavers jumped on to a life raft and watched as the ocean carried him away

Saving India's Mighty Tuskers

A measure of the conservation and welfare efforts underway to save this endangered animal

IT'S A WIN-WIN

Celebrating the personal victories of other people can bring on more of our own

BAKING IN A WAR ZONE

GOOD NEWS FROM AROUND THE WORLD

WHAT'S THE POINT OF NEW CLOTHES?

Sartorially Speaking, my philosophy is the opposite of fast fashion. I’m an adherent of wear-it-until-it-falls-offyour-body. Sometimes this brings marital discord. “You are not going out in that,” says my wife, Jocasta, as she inserts a wriggling finger into various holes in my t-shirt.

A Helping Hand

By writing exams for persons with disabilities, one woman hopes to help them realize their dreams

Cold-Water Cure

A chilly practice has some promising health benefits

Are We Looking At Addiction All Wrong?

We ask author and psychiatrist Dr Anirudh Kala

Books

Shadows At Noon by Joya Chatterji, Vintage

Finding Freedom

This detective story, set in pre-Independence India, combines a fastpaced plot with reflections on what freedom means for individuals

WAKE UP WITHOUT COFFEE?

Do you blame your coffee habit on a biological incompatibility with mornings? It turns out that being an early riser isn’t genetic, according to a recent study published in Nature Communications