A list of good reads
- Big Think looks at the very different things women and men lie about on their dating profiles.
- Vox explains why we all should be very worried about Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant.
- Buzzfeed News has a fun piece on how Diet Coke became very uncool.
- Fast Company offers tips on how to spot a bully boss during a job interview.
- The world was heartbroken when Freya the walrus was euthanized by Norwegian authorities. BBC News looks at whether the decision was really necessary.
- Ars Technica analyses the latest push to create a ‘circular urine economy’—that recycles our pee.
- The Hindu reports on a crazy gold heist in Chennai—and how the robbers were finally tracked down.
- New York Times (splainer gift link) has a very good read on the many ways companies are now tracking worker productivity. Both alarming and useful—since this stuff is now going global.
- Also fascinating: Quartz on how Covid has changed the way we hear language.
- Mint Lounge looks at the legacy of music maestro Ilaiyaraaja—and whether anything he has done lately is quite as good.
- Seema Chishti in The India Forum has a great piece on the history of the Indian cinema hall.
- Hobart has an excellent essay on watching Brad Pitt eat on the big screen—and what it says about our own relationship with our bodies.
- Ann Friedman in Elle looks at the thorny relationship between women and ambition.
- If you’re interested, Indian Express interviewed the Vice Chancellor of St Xavier’s University—who explains why the woman professor was asked to leave (full context in our Big Story if you don’t know what this is about).
