Science, Art, Litt, Science based Art & Science Communication

Science Simplified!

Information

JAI VIGNAN

All about Science - to remove misconceptions and encourage scientific temper

Communicating science to the common people

'To make them see the world differently through the beautiful lense of science'

Members: 22
Latest Activity: 36 minutes ago

3 members like this

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!"

"Science, when it's done right, can yield amazing things".

The Reach of Scientific Research From Labs to Laymen

The aim of science is not only to open a door to infinite knowledge and wisdom but to set a limit to infinite error.

"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!

“Science is not a subject you studied in school. It’s life. We 're brought into existence by it!"

Links to some important articles :

1. Interactive science series...

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

b. Some Qs people 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 ...

.......306

BP variations during pregnancy part-72

who is responsible for the gender of their 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

** qs-people-asked-me-on-science-and-my-replies-to-them-part-173

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?

A+. sci-com-what-makes-a-story-news-worthy-in-science

B+. is-a-perfect-language-important-in-writing-science-stories

C+. sci-com-how-much-entertainment-is-too-much-while-communicating-sc

D+. sci-com-why-can-t-everybody-understand-science-in-the-same-way

E+. how-to-successfully-negotiate-the-science-communication-maze

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 scientific research reports posted on a daily basis and watch videos based on science)

Get interactive...

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

View All

Comment Wall

Comment

You need to be a member of Science Simplified! to add comments!

Comment by Dr. Krishna Kumari Challa on February 29, 2020 at 6:55am: Deep-sea coral gardens discovered in canyons off Australia's South West

https://phys.org/news/2020-02-deep-sea-coral-gardens-canyons-austra...

Comment by Dr. Krishna Kumari Challa on February 29, 2020 at 6:30am: Why is there any matter in the universe at all? New study sheds light

https://phys.org/news/2020-02-universe.html?utm_source=nwletter&...

--

Researcher discovers huge flaw with anthropometry, the measurement of facial features from images

https://techxplore.com/news/2020-02-huge-flaw-anthropometry-facial-...

--

Fighting fake news: LSU professor relaunches fake news and disinformation resource website: https://faculty.lsu.edu/fakenews/

https://techxplore.com/news/2020-02-lsu-professor-relaunches-fake-n...

--

How stable conditions are maintained during cell division ...

https://phys.org/news/2020-02-stable-conditions-cell-division.html?...

--

Male-killing bacteria hold key to butterflies' curious colour changes

https://phys.org/news/2020-02-male-killing-bugs-key-butterflies-cur...

--

GPS for chromosomes: Reorganization of the genome during development

https://phys.org/news/2020-02-gps-chromosomes-genome.html?utm_sourc...

--

The enemy within: How a killer hijacked one of nature's oldest relationships

https://phys.org/news/2020-02-enemy-killer-hijacked-nature-oldest.h...

--

Why objects in images may appear closer—or farther—than they actually are

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2020-02-images-closeror-fartherthan....

Comment by Dr. Krishna Kumari Challa on February 28, 2020 at 7:41am: The body's immune response to fungal infections changes when a patient is also infected by a virus, according to new research which investigated the two types of infection together for the first time. fresh light on the immune system's ability to deal with co-infection.

Typically, white blood cells will attack pathogens through a process called phagocytosis—where a pathogen is engulfed by the white blood cell. In fungal infections, however, this process sometimes 'reverses' - ejecting the fungus back out of the white blood cell via a process called vomocytosis.

In a new study, published in PLOS Pathogens, the researchers were able to show that this process of expulsion is rapidly accelerated when the white blood cell detects a virus.

The team used advanced microscopy techniques to study live white blood cells exposed to two different types of virus, HIV, and measles, alongside the fungal pathogen, Cryptococcus neoformans. This opportunistic pathogen is particularly deadly among HIV+ patients, where it causes around 200,000 deaths per year worldwide.

The researchers found that, instead of becoming simply less able to deal with the fungus, the white blood cells began expelling the fungal cells much more rapidly.

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2020-02-unravels-immune-fungal-viral...

Learning difficulties due to poor connectivity, not specific brain regions

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2020-02-difficulties-due-poor-specif...

--

How does the brain put decisions in context? Study finds unexpected brain region at work

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2020-02-brain-decisions-context-unex...

Comment by Dr. Krishna Kumari Challa on February 28, 2020 at 6:16am: Computer scientists' new tool fools hackers into sharing keys for better cybersecurity

https://techxplore.com/news/2020-02-scientists-tool-hackers-keys-cy...

--

Scientists show how caloric restriction prevents negative effects of aging in cells

https://phys.org/news/2020-02-scientists-caloric-restriction-negati...

--

Quantum researchers able to split one photon into three

https://phys.org/news/2020-02-quantum-photon.html?utm_source=nwlett...

--

https://phys.org/news/2020-02-snowflakes-soot-particles-unique-affe...

Like snowflakes, soot particles are unique, affecting climate modelling ... now that we know this we can make models that agree with actual conditions ...

--

When developed countries decide to stop offshoring their plastic problem, less developed ones can breathe easy ...

https://phys.org/news/2020-02-offshoring-plastic-problem.html?utm_s...

--

Tying up molecules as easily as laces: scientists are trying to knot molecules together to create new, custom-made mechanical properties that could give rise to new materials.

https://phys.org/news/2020-02-tying-molecules-easily-laces.html?utm...

--

https://phys.org/news/2020-02-sniprs-aim-disease-related-mutations....

SNIPRs take aim at disease-related mutations

Comment by Dr. Krishna Kumari Challa on February 27, 2020 at 7:08am

Comment by Dr. Krishna Kumari Challa on February 27, 2020 at 6:54am: Scientists 'film' a quantum measurement. Measuring a quantum system causes it to change—one of the strange but fundamental aspects of quantum mechanics. Researchers now have now been able to demonstrate how this change happens.

https://phys.org/news/2020-02-scientists-quantum.html?utm_source=nw...

--

Scientists discovered entirely new class of RNA caps in bacteria and described the function of 'alarmones' and their mechanism of function.

https://phys.org/news/2020-02-discovery-class-rna-caps-bacteria.htm...

--

Chemists learn how to detect phenols in smoked food samples using vitamin B4

https://phys.org/news/2020-02-chemists-phenols-food-samples-vitamin...

--

Mosaic evolution - where subsets of traits evolve independently of others - painted lorikeets a rainbow of colour ...

https://phys.org/news/2020-02-mosaic-evolution-lorikeets-rainbow.ht...

--

Researchers turn bacterial cell into biological computer: Currently, the computer identifies and reports on toxic and other materials. Next up: the ability to warn about hemorrhaging in the human body.

https://phys.org/news/2020-02-bacterial-cell-biological.html?utm_so...

--

Cannibalism on rise among polar bears, say Russian scientists: Cases of polar bears killing and eating each other are on the rise in the Arctic as melting ice and human activity erode their habitat.

https://phys.org/news/2020-02-cannibalism-polar-russian-scientists....

--

Sugary drinks a sour choice for adults trying to maintain normal cholesterol levels

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2020-02-sugary-sour-choice-adults-ch...

Comment by Dr. Krishna Kumari Challa on February 26, 2020 at 8:42am: Hundreds of bird species in India are in decline, according to the country’s first major report on the state of bird populations. Birds of prey and waterbirds seem to have been hit particularly hard owing to habitat destruction, hunting and the pet trade.

But it’s not all bad news. Species such as the house sparrow seem to be doing better than previously thought.

The State of India’s Birds report, released on 17 February, relied on more than 10 million observations from birdwatchers recorded in the online repository of worldwide bird sightings, eBird.

The report’s authors — researchers from 10 government and non-profit research and conservation groups — used eBird data to analyse long-term trends for 261 bird species. That is, the proportional change in the frequency of reported sightings of since 1993. They found that more than half of those species have declined since 2000. The group also looked at the current annual trends in 146 species; nearly 80% have declined in the past 5 years.

The researchers classified 101 species as of high conservation concern, and another 319 species as of moderate conservation concern, on the basis of declines in their abundance and range, and their status on the International Union for Conservation of Nature’s Red List.

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-00498-3?utm_source=Natur...

--

Can a rogue star kick Earth out of the solar system?

https://www.space.com/rogue-star-kick-earth-out-solar-system.html

--

New study allows brain and artificial neurons to link up over the web. Research on novel nanoelectronics devices has enabled brain neurons and artificial neurons to communicate with each other over the Internet.

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/02/200226110843.htm

Comment by Dr. Krishna Kumari Challa on February 26, 2020 at 8:03am: Arms race between bacteria and viruses: New light

A new study reveals how bacterial immune systems can be harmful for their hosts, and why they are not found in all bacteria.

The existing CRISPR anti-viral immunity was often a disadvantage to the bacterium when infected by certain viruses.

CRISPR has become well known for its repurposing as a tool for precise genetic engineering. However, CRISPR systems (segments of DNA) naturally occur in many bacteria and have the important function of providing bacteria with immunity against viruses or foreign DNA.

This triggered a major question as to whether autominnunity is important in other bacterial pathogens.

Triggering the powerful CRISPR defence systems is risky for a bacterium. "Importantly, this may help answer a long-standing question of why these defence systems are absent in 60 per cent of bacteria."

For example, Staphylococcus aureus pathogens that often take up extra genes to become multidrug resistant, seldom have CRISPR defence. An example of this is MRSA (Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus) an infection often occurring in people who have been in hospitals or other healthcare settings like residential care homes, which has become resistant to many of the antibiotics used to treat ordinary staph infections. It seldom has CRISPR defence.

More information: Clare Rollie et al, Targeting of temperate phages drives loss of type I CRISPR–Cas systems, Nature (2020). DOI: 10.1038/s41586-020-1936-2

Journal information: Nature

https://phys.org/news/2020-02-arms-bacteria-viruses.html?utm_source...

--

Challenges that we will have to overcome while printing 3-D organs ...

https://www.the-scientist.com/news-opinion/on-the-road-to-3-d-print...

Comment by Dr. Krishna Kumari Challa on February 26, 2020 at 7:48am: Henneguya salminicola: Microscopic parasite has no mitochondrial DNA

An international team of researchers has found a multicellular animal with no mitochondrial DNA, making it the only known animal to exist without the need to breathe oxygen. In their paper published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, the group describes their study of Henneguya salminicola, a microscopic, parasitic member of the group Myxozoa and its unique physiology.

One of the common characteristics of all multicellular animals on Earth is mitochondrial respiration—the process by which oxygen is used to generate adenosine triphosphate—the fuel used to power cellular processes. The process takes place in mitochondria, which has both its own genome and the main genome found in the rest of the body's cells. But now, there is a known exception: Henneguya salminicola.

H. salminicola is a microscopic parasite that infects salmon. When the host dies, spores are released that are consumed by worms, which can also serve as hosts for the parasite. When salmon eat the worms, they become infected as the parasite moves into their muscles. They can be seen by fishermen as white, oozing bubbles, which is why salmon with H. salminicola infections are sometimes said to have tapioca disease.

In their work, the researchers sequenced the DNA of H. salminicola tissue and found no mitochondrial DNA at all. Believing they had made an error, the team repeated their work and once again found no sign of mitochondrial DNA. Confused, they sequenced the DNA of close relatives of H. salminicola and found evidence of the expected mitochondrial genomes. H. salminicola did have structures that resembled mitochondria but they were not capable of producing the enzymes needed for respiration, a finding that suggested the creature was capable of surviving without oxygen—a first. The presence of structures that resemble mitochondrial DNA suggests that the tiny parasites have undergone a process of de-evolution. In addition to losing the apparatus to create ATP, they also have lost tissue, nerve cells and muscles.

The researchers did not find any other mechanism for producing the fuel cells in H. salminicola would need to survive, but suggest they likely steal energy from their host using some type of proteins.

More information: Dayana Yahalomi et al. A cnidarian parasite of salmon (Myxozoa: Henneguya) lacks a mitochondrial genome, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (2020). DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1909907117

Press release

Journal information: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences