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1 + 1 = MORE (or LESS)

A math whiz encourages you to play with your numbers
Picture credit: Courtesy: Galerie Mirchandani + Steinruecke, Mumbai
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Health & Wellness

The Secrets in Our Genes

Genomic sequencing tests can reveal much about your unique physiology. But are they worth it?

Chitra Divakaruni
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Chitra Divakaruni's All-Time Favourite Reads

Chitra Divakaruni is the author of 23 books including The Forest of Enchantment, Mistress of Spices and Palace of Illusions. Her latest book is An Uncommon Love: The Early Life of Sudha and Narayan Murthy. Her awards include the 1996 American Book Award and the 2015 Italian Premio Scanno Award for literature. She is currently the McDavid professor of Creative Writing at the University of Houston.

Actor Soumitra Chatterjee as Apu in a still from him debut film Apu’r Sansar (The World of Apu), 1959, directed by Satyajit Ray
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Soumitra Chatterjee's Tryst with Destiny

The encounter that led a budding actor to a legendary filmmaker, and sparked an iconic creative partnership during the golden age of Bengali cinema

illustrations by Kotryna Zukauskaite
Health & Wellness

Shots! Shots! Shots for Everybody!

Are you up to date on your vaccines? Our handy guide will let you know

photograph by Stacey Doyle
True Stories

A Hug to Stop a Bank Robber

A man with a checkered past talks a troubled soul down

illustration by Serge Bloch
Odds and Ends

A Baker's Dozen Facts About Eggs

Egg-ceptional facts about eggs

illustrations by Eva Vázquez
Features

What It's Like ... To Die on a Hockey Rink

One minute I was playing in my beer league, the next I was in the hospital

RD Recommends: 25 Podcasts You Won't Want to Pause
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RD Recommends: 25 Podcasts You Won't Want to Pause

Our top picks of the best podcasts of 2024

Excuse Me, There's a Bug on My Plate!
Features

Excuse Me, There's a Bug on My Plate!

Two Danish businesswomen want us to start eating insects. It’s good for the environment, but can consumers get over the yuck factor?

News from the World of Medicine: Can AI Spot Skin Cancer? Can't Stop Stress Eating? and more
It's Not Me, It's You
Humour

It's Not Me, It's You

In fourth grade, I wrote a breakup letter to the Almighty