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How scientific illiteracy can harm you...

                                                                  Interactive science series “Science literacy is a vaccine against the ch…

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What might happen when you take lots of medicines...

What might happen when you take lots of medicines... One of our uncles died of liver cirrhosis ten years back. He never touched alcohol in…

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Literate people living in urban areas are too scientifically illiterate!

                            "If you are scientifically literate the world looks very different to you" Literate people living in urban are…

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Sport Science - your best bet to beat competition when used in a correct and legal way

How can you achieve these targets in sport: "Faster, Higher, Stronger"? Very often people in this part of the world wonder why some develop…

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Wildfires ignite infection risks by weakening the body's immune defenses and spreading bugs in smoke

Over the past several days, the world has watched on in shock as wildfires have devastated large parts of Los Angeles. Beyond the obvious…

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Rewrite the textbooks: Damage to RNA, not DNA, found to be main cause of acute sunburn!

We have all been told to avoid direct sunlight between 12 noon and 3 p.m., seek out shade and put on sunscreen and a hat. Nevertheless, mos…

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Study shows hot leaves can't catch carbon from the air. It's bad news for rainforests—and Earth

On the east coast of Australia, in tropical North Queensland, lies the Daintree rainforest—a place where the density of trees forms an almo…

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Baseless beliefs Vs informed imagination (or educated guessing)

Sometime back a rationalist was killed in Maharashtra (Indian State) for educating people about the truth of witchcraft. We had a discussio…

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2 Jan 15
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Firefighting planes are dumping ocean water on the Los Angeles fires. Why using saltwater is typically a last resort

Firefighters battling the deadly wildfires that raced through the Los Angeles area in January 2025 have been hampered by a limited supply o…

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1 Jan 14
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The Perils of Artificial Intelligence

Increased AI use linked to eroding critical thinking skills Image source: iStock As it is, most people don't think critically. Now the ot…

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1 Jan 14
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LA fires show the human cost of climate-driven ‘whiplash’ between wet and dry extremes

October to April is normally considered to be the wet season in California, yet this January, the region is experiencing some of the most d…

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1 Jan 13
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Why space exploration is so fascinating to humanity

Q: Why is space exploration so fascinating to humanity?  Krishna: Yes, most people agree on this: space exploration is highly fascinating! …

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1 Jan 13
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My answers to questions on science - Part 7

Q: What would happen if Earth’s magnetic poles reversed instantaneously instead of gradually? Krishna:  Image Source: Google The Earth’s…

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1 Jan 12
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