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Explained: Here’s how foods may affect our sleep A growing body of research suggests that the foods you eat can affect how well you sleep, and your sleep patterns can affect your dietary choices. Updated: December 14, 2020 9:23:19 am A growing body of research suggests that the foods you eat can affect how well you sleep, and your sleep patterns can affect your dietary choices.(Representational Image) Written by Anahad O’Connor This has not been a very g...

Explained: 50 years of the album that saved the humpback whale, singers of the deep The humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) one of the 15 species of baleen whales, is considered to be one of nature’s greatest wonders. Written by Dipanita Nath , Edited by Explained Desk | Pune | Updated: December 13, 2020 8:43:24 am A humpback whale surfaced near the Statue of Liberty in New York City, US, December 8, 2020. (Reuters Photo/Bjoern Kils/New York Med...

From the bottom of the sea rose a piece of ‘encrypted’ history. What were the Nazi Enigmas? Rusty and covered with barnacle, the machine is now in the restoration workshop of the Museum of Archaeology in Gottorf Castle in Schleswig, Germany. What is this cipher machine, and what role did it play in the War? What is its value now? Written by Vandana Kalra , Edited by Explained Desk | New Delhi | Updated: December 13, 2020 8:43:34 am Diver and under...

Explained: Behind the SC order allowing officers to continue running Gujarat local bodies Currently, most of the municipal corporations have senior bureaucrats appointed as Officers on Special Duty (OSD) under the Epidemic Disease and Disaster Management Acts, in charge of the Covid situation. Updated: December 13, 2020 8:43:36 am Following the SC order, the state directed the chief executive officers of the local bodies concerned to carry on daily functions but without...

Explained Ideas: Six reasons why farmers are justified in protesting against the farm laws Farm laws alter bargaining landscape in favour of corporate players, write Aadil Boparai and Salman Khurshid. Updated: December 21, 2020 3:00:02 pm Farmers protest at Singhu border of Delhi in New Delhi on December 11, 2020. (Express Photo: Abhinav Saha) In their joint opinion piece, Aadil Boparai and Salman Khurshid — both of the Indian National Congress — explai...

Explained: After death of a Gaur in Pune, lessons on how to avoid such tragic incidents The Indian Express takes a look at the extent of the human-animal conflict in Maharashtra, especially in Western Ghats, the standard operating procedure to deal with such a scenario and what more needs to be done about the issue. Written by Sushant Kulkarni , Edited by Explained Desk | Pune | Updated: December 18, 2020 2:55:42 pm An Indian Gaur, which was spotted i...

Explained: The antitrust suit against Facebook The US government and 48 states and territories have sued Facebook for illegally crushing competition, and are seeking to break up the company by overturning its acquisitions of Instagram and WhatsApp. Updated: December 13, 2020 8:44:13 am Facebook acquired Instagram in 2012 and WhatsApp in 2014. (Reuters Photo: Eric Gaillard) Two lawsuits filed by the United States federal government and governments of 48 US s...

Explained: Your voter card on phone? Here’s what EC wants to do Digital Voter ID card: Currently, the Electors Photo Identity Card (EPIC) is only available in hard copy, and has to be produced in the original by the voter on election day. What is the proposal being considered by the poll panel? Written by Ritika Chopra , Edited by Explained Desk | New Delhi | Updated: December 18, 2020 2:56:59 pm In this file photo, woman voters can be seen displayi...

New research: For masks, clothes, wipes, a material that kills coronavirus when exposed to UV light These materials consist of polymers and molecules known as oligomers. When activated with UV light, they provide a coating that the research showed to be fast-acting and highly effective, reducing the concentration of the virus by five orders of magnitude. Updated: December 13, 2020 8:45:29 am A stack on masks (File photo) Although disinfectants such as bleach...

Suhas Palshikar writes: Farmers' protest may be bringing a small beginning of normal politics, of negotiation and compromise.