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Student solves Sanskrit grammatical problem that puzzled scholars for centuries
Indian PhD student Rishi Rajpopat, 27, has decoded a rule taught by Panini, a master of the ancient Sanskrit language
Icelandic start-ups are inventing new ways to tackle climate breakdown
What began as a dozen companies in 2012 has now grown to more than 70 members and associates connected to the Iceland Ocean Cluster, writes Hannah Hall
The Independent on Autism
Thousands more women getting tested for autism after ‘being missed for decades’
Exclusive: Experts say women and girls routinely overlooked by health professionals as autism wrongly thought of as male disorder
The Independent on Basic Income
Finnish citizens given universal basic income report lower stress levels and greater incentive to work
Finland has been giving 2,000 of its citizens an unconditional income for the last five months and some are already seeing the benefits, reporting decreased stress, greater incentives to find work and…
The Independent on Cannabis
Mexico set to fully legalise cannabis in days
‘The end of the prohibitionist policy is good for the country,’ says senator
The Independent on Cats
Cats are just as loyal to their owners as dogs, study finds
Majority of cats show 'secure attachment' to their humans
The Independent on Chess
Inside the cheating scandal that rocked the chess world
A 19-year-old defeated Magnus Carlsen, often described as the best chess player who ever lived. Chaos followed, reports Richard Hall
The Independent on Guitar
How the guitar died again, and again... but not really
Too many people associate the guitar with white indie rockers then blame the ‘death of rock’ for the instrument’s demise. But the six-string is being used best elsewhere, says Roisin O’Connor, and the…
The Independent on Jony Ive
Jony Ive reveals how he created the new iPad
Exclusive: Small designs lead to big changes in the completely redesigned tablet, designer tells The Independent
The Independent on Recycling
Sweden’s recycling is so revolutionary, the country has run out of rubbish
Sweden is so good at recycling that, for several years, it has imported rubbish from other countries to keep its recycling plants going. Less than 1 per cent of Swedish household waste was sent to landfill last year or any year since 2011. We can only dream of such an effective system in the UK, which is why we end up paying expensive transport costs to send rubbish to be recycled overseas rather than paying fines to send it to landfill under The Landfill Tax of 1996.
The Independent on Transgender
Opinion: My transgender nephew helped me to see gender-critical campaigning for what it really is
I clutched at everything I could find to validate my instinct that transgender identities were a millennial fad. But when I stopped to listen to my trailblazing sister, I saw that her son was thriving
The Independent on War
How has war changed love and relationships in Ukraine?
The fighting in Ukraine shows that the reality of love during war is far darker than the romances produced by Hollywood, write Jeff Stein, Samantha Schmidt and Kostiantyn Khudov
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Puritans, Goths, avant-garde artists, hell-raising poets and fashion icon Coco Chanel all saw something special in it. Now black, that most enigmatic of colours, has become even darker and more mysterious.
Sacheen Littlefeather, the activist who refused Marlon Brando’s Oscar
Actress finally receives apology for abuse and blacklisting after almost half a century
Meet the private chef to Premier League footballers
To mark the start of the new Premier League season, Ziyad Broker speaks to Jonny Marsh, a private chef who’s cooked for the country’s most talented footballers
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