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WE LOVE SCIENCE HERE BECAUSE IT IS A MANY SPLENDOURED THING

THIS IS A WAR ZONE WHERE SCIENCE FIGHTS WITH NONSENSE AND WINS

“The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge.”

"Being a scientist is a state of mind, not a profession!"

"Knowledge is a Superpower but the irony is you cannot get enough of it with ever increasing data base unless you try to keep up with it constantly and in the right way!" The best education comes from learning from people who know what they are exactly talking about.

Science is this glorious adventure into the unknown, the opportunity to discover things that nobody knew before. And that’s just an experience that’s not to be missed. But it’s also a motivated effort to try to help humankind. And maybe that’s just by increasing human knowledge—because that’s a way to make us a nobler species.

If you are scientifically literate the world looks very different to you.

We do science and science communication not because they are easy but because they are difficult!

There are about 530 articles posted here. Links to some important articles :

1. Interactive science series...

a. how-to-do-research-and-write-research-papers-part 13

b. Some Qs peopel asked me on science and my replies to them...

Part 6, part-10, part-11, part-12, part 14 , part- 8,

part- 1, part-2, part-4, part-5, part-16, part-17, part-18 , part-19 , part-20

part-21 , part-22, part-23, part-24, part-25, part-26, part-27 , part-28

part-29, part-30, part-31, part-32, part-33, part-34, part-35, part-36, part-37,

part-38, part-40, part-41, part-42, part-43, part-44, part-45, part-46, part-47

Part 48, part49, Critical thinking -part 50 , part -51, part-52, part-53

part-54, part-55, part-57, part-58, part-59, part-60, part-61, part-62, part-63

part 64, part-65, part-66, part-67, part-68, part 69, part-70 part-71, part-73 ...

.......185

BP variations during pregnancy part-72

who is responsible for the gender of thier children - a man or a woman -part-56

c. some-questions-people-asked-me-on-science-based-on-my-art-and-poems -part-7

d. science-s-rules-are-unyielding-they-will-not-be-bent-for-anybody-part-3-

e. debate-between-scientists-and-people-who-practice-and-propagate-pseudo-science - part -9

f. why astrology is pseudo-science part 15

g. How Science is demolishing patriarchal ideas - part-39

2. in-defence-of-mangalyaan-why-even-developing-countries-like-india need space research programmes

3. Science communication series:

a. science-communication - part 1

b. how-scienitsts-should-communicate-with-laymen - part 2

c. main-challenges-of-science-communication-and-how-to-overcome-them - part 3

d. the-importance-of-science-communication-through-art- part 4

e. why-science-communication-is-geting worse - part 5

f. why-science-journalism-is-not-taken-seriously-in-this-part-of-the-world - part 6

g. blogs-the-best-bet-to-communicate-science-by-scientists- part 7

h. why-it-is-difficult-for-scientists-to-debate-controversial-issues - part 8

i. science-writers-and-communicators-where-are-you - part 9

j. shooting-the-messengers-for-a-different-reason-for-conveying-the- part 10

k. why-is-science-journalism-different-from-other-forms-of-journalism - part 11

l. golden-rules-of-science-communication- Part 12

m. science-writers-should-develop-a-broader-view-to-put-things-in-th - part 13

n. an-informed-patient-is-the-most-cooperative-one -part 14

o. the-risks-scientists-will-have-to-face-while-communicating-science - part 15

p. the-most-difficult-part-of-science-communication - part 16

q. clarity-on-who-you-are-writing-for-is-important-before-sitting-to write a science story - part 17

r. science-communicators-get-thick-skinned-to-communicate-science-wi thout-any-bias - part 18

s. is-post-truth-another-name-for-science-communication-failure?

t. why-is-it-difficult-for-scientists-to-have-high-eqs

u. art-and-literature-as-effective-aids-in-science-communication-and teaching

v.some-qs-people-asked-me-on-science communication-and-my-replies-to-them

w. why-motivated-perception-influences-your-understanding-of-science

x. science-communication-in-uncertain-times

y. sci-com: why-keep-a-dog-and-bark-yourself

z. How to deal with sci com dilemmas?

4. Health related topics:

a. why-antibiotic-resistance-is-increasing-and-how-scientists-are-tr

b. what-might-happen-when-you-take-lots-of-medicines

c. know-your-cesarean-facts-ladies

d. right-facts-about-menstruation

e. answer-to-the-question-why-on-big-c

f. how-scientists-are-identifying-new-preventive-measures-and-cures-

g. what-if-little-creatures-high-jack-your-brain-and-try-to-control-

h. who-knows-better?

i. mycotoxicoses

j. immunotherapy

k. can-rust-from-old-drinking-water-pipes-cause-health-problems

l. pvc-and-cpvc-pipes-should-not-be-used-for-drinking-water-supply

m. melioidosis

n.vaccine-woes

o. desensitization-and-transplant-success-story

p. do-you-think-the-medicines-you-are-taking-are-perfectly-alright-then revisit your position!

q. swine-flu-the-difficlulties-we-still-face-while-tackling-the-outb

r. dump-this-useless-information-into-a-garbage-bin-if-you-really-ca re about evidence based medicine

s. don-t-ignore-these-head-injuries

t. the-detoxification-scam

u. allergic- agony-caused-by-caterpillars-and-moths

General science:

a.why-do-water-bodies-suddenly-change-colour

b. don-t-knock-down-your-own-life-line

c. the-most-menacing-animal-in-the-world

d. how-exo-planets-are-detected

e. the-importance-of-earth-s-magnetic-field

f. saving-tigers-from-extinction-is-still-a-travail

g. the-importance-of-snakes-in-our-eco-systems

h. understanding-reverse-osmosis

i. the-importance-of-microbiomes

j. crispr-cas9-gene-editing-technique-a-boon-to-fixing-defective-gen

k. biomimicry-a-solution-to-some-of-our-problems

5. the-dilemmas-scientists-face

6. why-we-get-contradictory-reports-in-science

7. be-alert-pseudo-science-and-anti-science-are-on-prowl

8. science-will-answer-your-questions-and-solve-your-problems

9. how-science-debunks-baseless-beliefs

10. climate-science-and-its-relevance

11. the-road-to-a-healthy-life

12. relative-truth-about-gm-crops-and-foods

13. intuition-based-work-is-bad-science

14. how-science-explains-near-death-experiences

15. just-studies-are-different-from-thorough-scientific-research

16. lab-scientists-versus-internet-scientists

17. can-you-challenge-science?

18. the-myth-of-ritual-working

19.science-and-superstitions-how-rational-thinking-can-make-you-work -better

20. comets-are-not-harmful-or-bad-omens-so-enjoy-the-clestial-shows

21. explanation-of-mysterious-lights-during-earthquakes

22. science-can-tell-what-constitutes-the-beauty-of-a-rose

23. what-lessons-can-science-learn-from-tragedies-like-these

24. the-specific-traits-of-a-scientific-mind

25. science-and-the-paranormal

26. are-these-inventions-and-discoveries-really-accidental-and-intuitive like the journalists say?

27. how-the-brain-of-a-polymath-copes-with-all-the-things-it-does

28. how-to-make-scientific-research-in-india-a-success-story

29. getting-rid-of-plastic-the-natural-way

30. why-some-interesting-things-happen-in-nature

31. real-life-stories-that-proves-how-science-helps-you

32. Science and trust series:

a. how-to-trust-science-stories-a-guide-for-common-man

b. trust-in-science-what-makes-people-waver

c. standing-up-for-science-showing-reasons-why-science-should-be-trusted

You will find the entire list of discussions here: http://kkartlab.in/group/some-science/forum

( Please go through the comments section below to find reports/research results relating to science reported on a daily basis and watch videos based on science)

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Please contact us if you want us to add any information or scientific explanation on any topic that interests you. We will try our level best to give you the right information.

Our mail ID: kkartlabin@gmail.com

Discussion Forum

Love Science, not its impostors!

Started by Dr. Krishna Kumari Challa. Last reply by Dr. Krishna Kumari Challa on Monday. 3 Replies 0 Likes

Science, oh dear science We love and respect your appliance In our daily activities so much That we cannot imagine a life without your touch!We live in a region where science is loved and held in a…Continue

Be alert - Pseudo-Science and Anti-Science are on the Prowl!

Started by Dr. Krishna Kumari Challa. Last reply by Dr. Krishna Kumari Challa on Monday. 14 Replies 0 Likes

Some people, especially in this part of the world, are so obsessed with science that they use it for everything they do including pushing their views through (pseudo) 'scientific' explanations. Some…Continue

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Qs people asked me on science and my replies to them - Part 189 How to handle or shop for food and other essentials during the pandemic

Started by Dr. Krishna Kumari Challa. Last reply by Dr. Krishna Kumari Challa May 21. 1 Reply 0 Likes

Q: Can carona virus be transmitted through food we buy outside, packages, fruits, vegetables etc? How should we handle them, Dr. krishna? I get scared.Krishna: I don't want to say " there is no…Continue

Science Communication

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PART -1 - IntroductionScience is not finished until it’s communicated. If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough - EinsteinScience…Continue

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Comment by Dr. Krishna Kumari Challa 36 minutes ago: Making matter out of light: high-power laser simulations point the way $$

https://phys.org/news/2020-05-high-power-laser-simulations.html?utm...

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https://phys.org/news/2020-05-india-weeds-highly-toxic-pesticides.h...

India weeds out 27 highly toxic pesticides

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A community's fecal matter could give early warning of COVID-19 outbreaks, study finds

Comment by Dr. Krishna Kumari Challa 21 hours ago: Diprosopus: the duplication of head and/or facial structures - is a very rare condition, with only around 35 cases on record in humans since 1900
The baby with a second mouth!

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Scientists May Have Discovered Where Stress Lives in The Human Brain

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Groundbreaking all-electric plane paving way to greener aviation

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Greedy for glucose: Cancer cells rely on a primeval energy-producing pathway to proliferate and spread

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Researchers find mathematical structure in biological complexity

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https://phys.org/news/2019-11-gene-noise-cell-fate.html

How gene expression noise shapes cell fate

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A non-destructive method of analysing molecules in cells

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https://sciencex.com/news/2020-05-arsenic-bangladesh-groundwater.ht...

Origin of arsenic in Bangladesh groundwater

Comment by Dr. Krishna Kumari Challa 22 hours ago: 98% of emergency calls for strokes are made by someone else – so what if you’re alone in lockdown?

https://theconversation.com/98-of-emergency-calls-for-strokes-are-m...

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https://theconversation.com/microglia-the-brains-immune-cells-prote...

Brain health: Microglia - the brain’s ‘immune cells’ protect against diseases – but they can also cause them

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https://www.wsj.com/articles/why-does-zoom-exhaust-you-science-has-...

Why Does Zoom Exhaust You? Science Has an Answer

On video calls, looming heads, staring eyes, a silent audience, and that millisecond delay disrupt normal human communication

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https://coronavirusexplained.ukri.org/en/article/vdt0008/

How is coronavirus disease treated in hospital?

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https://medicalxpress.com/news/2020-05-d-sars-cov-revealed.html

Detailed 3-D model of SARS-COV-2 revealed

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The Universe Is Not Purely Mathematical In Nature

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https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/earliest-chickens-were-a...

Earliest ‘Chickens’ Were Actually Pheasants

A new analysis ruffles the story of poultry domestication

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At work, school and seeing friends: How to lower your coronavirus risk

Comment by Dr. Krishna Kumari Challa yesterday: Smart window controls light and heat, kills microorganisms

https://phys.org/news/2018-07-smart-window-microorganisms.html

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Smart window technology that automatically changes color by sunlight

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High tech printing makes checking banknotes possible in the blink of an eye

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https://theconversation.com/how-to-stay-safe-in-restaurants-and-caf...

COVID 19 - How to stay safe in restaurants and cafes

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https://www.sciencenews.org/article/climate-change-powerful-pacific...

How more powerful Pacific cyclones may be fueling global warming

Stronger storms seem to be speeding up the Kuroshio Current, which ferries warm water north

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https://www.sciencefocus.com/news/covid-19-more-than-500-scientists...

COVID-19: More than 500 scientists from around the globe to analyse patients’ blood
The coalition is looking for biomarkers that determine how a patient will respond to the virus, which could lead to the development of targeted treatments.

Comment by Dr. Krishna Kumari Challa yesterday: Research identifies neurons that control left and right movements in mammals

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2020-05-neurons-left-movements-mamma...

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https://phys.org/news/2020-05-genomic-analysis-long-term-genetic-we...

Genomic analysis shows long-term genetic mixing in West Asia before world's first cities

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Report: Most Chrome security bugs rooted in faulty memory code

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https://phys.org/news/2020-05-planet-formation.html?utm_source=nwle...

In planet formation, it's location, location, location

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Study details molecular effects of exercise

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New 'whirling' state of matter discovered in an element of the periodic table

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Don't be phish food! Tips to avoid sharing your personal information online

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No more Wi-Fi dead zones: Tips for improving your signal at home

Comment by Dr. Krishna Kumari Challa yesterday: Tightening up facial biometrics

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https://theconversation.com/are-thermal-cameras-a-magic-bullet-for-...

Evidence suggests thermal cameras are far from a perfect solution, offering limited accuracy if set up incorrectly, and raising data privacy concerns.

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https://theconversation.com/a-disease-that-breeds-disease-why-is-ty...

A disease that breeds disease: why is type 2 diabetes linked to increased risk of cancer and dementia?

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** https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/health/coronavirus/researchers-fi...

corona virus in waste water

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https://www.sciencealert.com/we-are-on-our-way-to-annihilating-50-b...

Humans Are on Their Way to Annihilating 50 Billion Years of Evolutionary History

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https://www.sciencealert.com/does-exercise-produce-the-same-mental-...

Replacing coffee with a single bout of aerobic exercise could not only provide a cognitive boost similar to coffee but may also provide other health benefits that come along with exercise.

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A Warning About Aggressive Rat Behaviour Due to The Pandemic: Rats are growing increasingly aggressive in their hunt for food as restaurants across the world remain shuttered to slow the spread of the coronavirus

Comment by Dr. Krishna Kumari Challa on Thursday: "We know from measurements of the Big Bang how much matter there was in the beginning of the universe," he said. "But when we looked out into the present universe, we couldn't find half of what should be there. It was a bit of an embarrassment. Intergalactic space is very sparse. The missing matter was equivalent to only one or two atoms in a room the size of an average office. So it was very hard to detect this matter using traditional techniques and telescopes."

The researchers were able to directly detect the missing matter using the phenomenon of fast radio bursts—brief flashes of energy that appear to come from random directions in the sky and last for just milliseconds. Scientists don't yet know what causes them, but it must involve incredible energy, equivalent to the amount released by the sun in 80 years. They have been difficult to detect as astronomers don't know when and where to look for them.

Associate Professor Macquart said the team detected the missing matter by using fast radio bursts as "cosmic weigh stations."

"The radiation from fast radio bursts gets spread out by the missing matter in the same way that you see the colours of sunlight being separated in a prism," he said. "We've now been able to measure the distances to enough fast radio bursts to determine the density of the universe. We only needed six to find this missing matter."

The missing matter in this case is baryonic, or 'normal' matter—like the protons and neutrons that make up stars, planets and humans. It's different from dark matter, which remains elusive and accounts for about 85% of the total matter in the universe.

https://phys.org/news/2020-05-cosmic-unveil-universe.html?utm_sourc...

Cosmic bursts unveil universe's missing matter

A census of baryons in the Universe from localized fast radio bursts, Nature (2020). DOI: 10.1038/s41586-020-2300-2, www.nature.com/articles/s41586-020-2300-2

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https://theconversation.com/half-the-matter-in-the-universe-was-mis...

Half the matter in the universe was missing – we found it hiding in the cosmos

Comment by Dr. Krishna Kumari Challa on Thursday: Extraction of skin interstitial fluid using microneedle patches

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New type of coupled electronic-structural waves discovered in magnetite

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Mathematics can save lives at sea

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https://phys.org/news/2020-05-potential-explanation-urban-smog-aero...

A potential explanation for urban smog: Aerosol particle growth higher in cold climates

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Asteroid, climate change not responsible for mass extinction 215 million years ago

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https://phys.org/news/2020-05-cosmic-unveil-universe.html?utm_sourc...

Cosmic bursts unveil universe's missing matter

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https://phys.org/news/2020-05-terrestrial-bacteria-nutrients-space....

Terrestrial bacteria can grow on nutrients from space

Comment by Dr. Krishna Kumari Challa on Thursday: Heat now more lethal than cold for people with respiratory diseases

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https://phys.org/news/2020-05-scientists-reveal-fundamental-princip...

Scientists reveal new fundamental principles governing diving in animals

Writing in Proceedings of the Royal Society B, scientists say their findings constitute a new fundamental principle of evolutionary physiology, showing that the same 'rules' govern the evolution of diving in animals as different as water beetles and walruses.

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Exposure to 'good bacteria' during pregnancy buffers risk of autism-like syndrome

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Researchers discover key player in hepatitis A virus infection

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Prevalence of 'silent' COVID-19 infection may be much higher than thought

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After a breach, users rarely change their passwords, and when they do, they're often weaker