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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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What is Nocebo Effect?

In medicine, a nocebo (Latin for "I shall harm") is an inert substance that creates harmful effects in a patient. The nocebo effect is the…

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Emotions don't control or cure diseases, cool heads will!

The news we are getting from DRC is highly disturbing. There is an Ebola outbreak. Scientists and health care workers are trying their best…

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Why we get dumb and contradictory reports in science

There is a lot of confusion going around in general public regarding science. Several of my friends from non-scientific fields ask me why t…

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20 May 22
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Intelligence Redefined

A science student recently asked me an interesting question. He said, "Ma'am", I want to do research in Molecular Biology. But I have an av…

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12 May 17
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Why the new-borns need Vitamin K

The vitamin K shot is one of the oldest, safest, and most effective preventive interventions in newborn medicine. The American Academy of P…

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1 May 16
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When words look like their meaning, we process them faster, new research reveals

Think about a word that looks like its meaning. For instance, the word bed kind of looks like a bed, with the vertical lines resembling the…

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1 May 15
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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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24 May 13
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How the brain of a Polymath copes with all the things it does

People ask me how I cope with all the things I do.  It made me analyse how my brain works. When I think about it, I too am amazed. Earlier,…

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12 May 13
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What Are You Actually Swallowing When You Take Probiotics?

Standing by the counter at the pharmacist waiting to pick up my prescription, I couldn't help noticing the prominent display of probiotics…

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1 May 10
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Allot more money to science and see the magic unfolding before your eyes!

Q: Why do scientists struggle to give exact answers for many scientific questions? Is there a specific reason for this? Krishna…

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2 May 10
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