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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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Why Ordinary Physical Work  Isn't Equal to Exercise

Q: I work a lot at home. Due to this I get tired and lack the energy to exercise. But my doctor insists on regular exercises.  Why isn't ph…

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Why some stroke patients can recover better than others

A clot forms. Blood flow to the brain is blocked. Starved of oxygen, neurons begin to die. This scenario, known as an ischemic stroke, pla…

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The science of transgenders

Q: Can one identical twin be a transgender while the other one is normal? Krishna: Image source: Getty Images Let us first understand th…

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How much sleep do you need?

People ask me how many hours of sleep do I need for my brain activity to be a specialist in so many fields. When I say 4.5 to 6 hours, they…

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Why you should wash rice with water even if it is clean

Q: Why do people wash rice? The rice I buy in the supermarket in the US is clean. Krishna:  Rice is usually washed to rinse off dust, insec…

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1 Aug 29
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'Mad honey' that can stop your heart

'Mad honey' that can stop your heart is now being sold online worldwide Rhododendron honey being collected by bees Image source: Gettty Im…

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1 Aug 29
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The dead ones cannot feel that their bodies are burning during Cremation

Q: Can the dead ones feel that their bodies are burning during Cremation? Krishna: No, they can’t! Dead bodies cannot feel heat or p…

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1 Aug 28
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How chromosomes find their partners and how new species arise if this process fails

For a long time, so-called satellite DNA was considered largely worthless. Now, researchers have shown in fruit flies that these repetitiv…

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1 Aug 25
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How space rocks become meteorites

Image source: Getty Images What happens to a space rock as it falls through Earth's atmosphere and becomes a meteorite? By studying 75 me…

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1 Aug 25
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Why immune responses to vaccines vary from person to person

Vaccines protect most people from serious illness, but the strength of that protection can vary considerably from one person to another. A…

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1 Aug 21
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