HISTORICAL FACTS: Pragya agarwal | History Defined

26 Massively Expensive Mistakes Made Throughout Human History That Should Serve As Lessons

History doesn’t repeat itself, but it often rhymes. Carefully studying past events and catastrophes can help you avoid making similar mistakes in the future. Well, at least in theory. In reality, it often feels like humanity is doomed to repeat the same blunders decade after decade and century after century.…

Bored Panda · Apr 9

The truth about why we stopped having babies

The stats don’t lie: around the world, people are having fewer children. With fears looming around an increasingly ageing population, Helen Coffey takes a deep dive into why parenthood lost its appeal

The Independent UK · Aug 31, 2024

Should I have children? Why society's idealisation of motherhood benefits no one

Mothers – and non-mothers. Our language creates the falsehood that being with a child is a norm. Words like childless or childfree firmly place the person without a child as the one lacking. Women who decide not to have children are marked as outsiders by our social and cultural norms.

The Conversation · Jan 4, 2024

Morning mail: medicinal cannabis boom, Brazil’s Bolsonaro on the brink, Indonesian stadium disaster

Monday: Some patients are taking cannabis for medical conditions when there is little evidence it’s effective, experts say. Plus: why a scream might be good for you

The Guardian - AU · Oct 2, 2022

Carry on screaming: why letting it all out, especially for women, can make you calmer and happier

Women are always being told to control their emotions, but releasing them is far more important. Behavioural scientist Pragya Agarwal testifies that there’s nothing like a good scream

The Guardian - UK · Oct 2, 2022

5 new books to read this week

This week’s bookcase includes reviews of Fairy Tale by Stephen King and Act Of Oblivion by Robert Harris.

The Independent UK · Sep 7, 2022