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Solving a 2,500-Year-Old Puzzle: How a Cambridge Student Cracked an Ancient Sanskrit Code

Taking a break can lead to breakthroughs in solving long-standing intellectual problems.
Rishi Rajpopat's insights into Pāṇini's grammar illustrate the benefits of fresh perspectives after periods of disengagement.

Opinion | You're Only as Smart as Your Emotions

Modern neuroscience reveals emotions are essential to rationality, contradicting the idea that reason always overrides emotion.
Societal and institutional frameworks have yet to adapt to this new understanding of the role of emotions in decision-making.
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