paradox

"Sleep may appear peaceful, but the brain is highly active -- especially when dreaming. We were intrigued by this paradox, and wanted to look into the scientific basis behind why dreaming is somehow tiring."

From Science Daily ● Sep. 26, 2026

Experts believe this is the paradox at the heart of India's digital transformation: the country is becoming an internet and data-centre powerhouse without controlling enough of the physical infrastructure that connects it to the world.

From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026

Here’s a paradox for you: In overwhelming numbers, voters keep telling pollsters that they want upper age limits and term limits for members of Congress.

From Slate ● Sep. 2, 2026

Wall Street’s age-old structural paradox is back in the spotlight: juggling conflicts of interest between sell-side research analysts and their employers’ dealmaking businesses.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 31, 2026

He demonstrated the exercises of the great acting teacher Stanislavsky, he imitated Charlie Chaplin’s funny walk, and when he was reading about calculus, he explained Zeno’s paradox and the infinite series.

From "Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution" by Ji-li Jiang

Political observers also wonder whether the book could shed light on the paradoxes of the Congress-led government between 2004 and 2014.

From BBC ● Aug. 31, 2026

Mr. Miles tackles the brutal paradoxes of ecological conservation with unexpected comedic flair.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 12, 2025

Time-travel paradoxes rest on the false premise that events exist as revisitable locations.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 2, 2025

Leo highlighted the "outrageous paradoxes" by which enormous amounts of food go wasted in the world "while multitudes of people scramble to find something in the garbage to put in their mouths".

From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2025

I write out a whole list of other paradoxes until I come to the one I most want to argue.

From "Ask the Passengers" by A.S. King