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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!"

"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 ...

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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

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Comment by Dr. Krishna Kumari Challa on March 5, 2020 at 6:27am: Regional stability of ecosystems over time depends on local species diversity

https://phys.org/news/2020-03-regional-stability-ecosystems-local-s...

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https://phys.org/news/2020-03-electrical-power-moderate-temperature...

Electrical power generation from moderate-temperature radiative thermal sources

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Wearing clothes could release more microfibres to the environment than washing them

https://phys.org/news/2020-03-microfibres-environment.html?utm_sour...

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https://phys.org/news/2020-03-reveals-mechanism-dissipate-excess-su...

A mechanism that plants can use to dissipate excess sunlight as heat: excess energy is transferred from chlorophyll, the pigment that gives leaves their green color, to other pigments called carotenoids, which can then release the energy as heat.

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https://medicalxpress.com/news/2020-03-international-largest-geneti...

International study completes the largest genetic map of psychiatric disorders so far

International study completes the largest genetic map of psychiatric disorders so far: autism, ADHD, schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, depression, obsessive-compulsive disorder and Tourette syndrome were covered

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https://phys.org/news/2020-03-carbon-membrane-power.html?utm_source...

New carbon membrane generates a hundred times more power

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Paper sheds light on infant universe and origin of matter

https://phys.org/news/2020-03-paper-infant-universe.html?utm_source...

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https://phys.org/news/2020-03-natural-contaminant-threat-groundwate...

Natural contaminant threat to drinking water from groundwater

Comment by Dr. Krishna Kumari Challa on March 5, 2020 at 6:13am: Why men (and other male animals) die younger: It's all in the Y chromosome

According to popular theory, men live shorter lives than women because they take bigger risks, have more dangerous jobs, drink and smoke more, and are poor at seeking advice from doctors.

But research by scientists at UNSW Sydney suggests the real reason may be less related to human behaviour and more to do with the type of sex chromosomes we share with most animal species.

In a study published today in Biology Letters, researchers from UNSW Science's School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences analysed all available academic literature on sex chromosomes and lifespan—and they tried to establish whether there was a pattern of one sex outliving the other that was repeated across the animal kingdom.

Unguarded X hypothesis

Specifically, they wanted to test the 'unguarded X hypothesis' which suggests that the Y chromosome in heterogametic sexes—those with XY (male) sex chromosomes rather than XX (female) sex chromosomes—is less able to protect an individual from harmful genes expressed on the X chromosome. The hypothesis suggests that, as the Y chromosome is smaller than the X chromosome, and in some cases absent, it is unable to 'hide' an X chromosome that carries harmful mutations, which may later expose the individual to health threats.

Conversely, there is no such problem in a pair of homogametic chromosomes (XX), where a healthy X chromosome can stand in for another X that has deleterious genes to ensure those harmful genes aren't expressed, thus maximising the length of life for the organism.

First author on the paper and Ph.D. student Zoe Xirocostas says that after examining the lifespan data available on a wide range of animal species, it appears that the unguarded X hypothesis stacks up. This is the first time that scientists have tested the hypothesis across the board in animal taxonomy; previously it was tested only within a few groups of animals.

"We looked at lifespan data in not just primates, other mammals and birds, but also reptiles, fish, amphibians, arachnids, cockroaches, grasshoppers, beetles, butterflies and moths among others," she says.

"And we found that across that broad range of species, the heterogametic sex does tend to die earlier than the homogametic sex, and it's 17.6 percent earlier on average."

https://phys.org/news/2020-03-men-male-animals-die-younger.html?utm...

Comment by Dr. Krishna Kumari Challa on March 5, 2020 at 5:15am: High-tech contact lenses correct color blindness

https://phys.org/news/2020-03-high-tech-contact-lenses.html?utm_sou...

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https://techxplore.com/news/2020-03-tremors-ai-robots.html?utm_sour...

Fighting hand tremors with AI and robots

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https://phys.org/news/2020-03-energy-error-free-catalysts.html?utm_...

Energy researchers invent error-free catalysts

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https://phys.org/news/2020-03-bendable-cement-free-concrete-potenti...

New bendable cement-free concrete can potentially make safer, long-lasting and greener infrastructure

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https://phys.org/news/2020-03-scorpions-fluorescent-compound-parasi...

Scorpions make a fluorescent compound that could help protect them from parasites

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Excessive weight around our middle gives our brain's resident immune cells heavy exposure to a signal that turns them against us, setting in motion a crescendo of inflammation that damages cognition, according to new research.

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2020-03-visceral-fat-brain-cognition...

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https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/mind-reading-and-...

Mind Reading and Mind Control Technologies Are Coming

We need to figure out the ethical implications before they arrive

Comment by Dr. Krishna Kumari Challa on March 5, 2020 at 5:08am: Biomaterial discovery enables 3-D printing of tissue-like vascular structures

https://phys.org/news/2020-03-biomaterial-discovery-enables-d-tissu...

More information: Nature Communications (2020). DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-14716-z

Journal information: Nature Communications

https://phys.org/news/2020-03-scientists-reveal-mechanism-atmospher...

Researchers put cornstarch to use fighting pests

https://phys.org/news/2020-03-cornstarch-pests.html?utm_source=nwle...

Researchers identify breaking point of conducting material

https://phys.org/news/2020-03-material.html?utm_source=nwletter&...

Scientists reveal the transportation mechanism of atmospheric microplastics

https://www.scidev.net/asia-pacific/farming/feature/poisoning-cases...

Poisoning cases mar India’s bid to be a global pesticides hub

Engineers have created a tabletop device that combines a robot, artificial intelligence and near-infrared and ultrasound imaging to draw blood or insert catheters to deliver fluids and drugs.

https://techxplore.com/news/2020-03-robot-artificial-intelligence-i...

https://techxplore.com/news/2020-03-tunnel-safety-minutes.html?utm_...

Tunnel fire safety: With only minutes to respond, fire education really counts

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https://phys.org/news/2020-03-dna-sugars-characterised-unprecedente...

DNA sugars characterised in unprecedented resolution, atom by atom

Comment by Dr. Krishna Kumari Challa on March 5, 2020 at 4:57am: Tropical forests' carbon sink is already rapidly weakening

The ability of the world's tropical forests to remove carbon from the atmosphere is decreasing, according to a study tracking 300,000 trees over 30 years, published today in Nature.

The global scientific collaboration, led by the University of Leeds, reveals that a feared switch of the world's undisturbed tropical forests from a carbon sink to a carbon source has begun.

Intact tropical forests are well-known as a crucial global carbon sink, slowing climate change by removing carbon from the atmosphere and storing it in trees, a process known as carbon sequestration. Climate models typically predict that this tropical forest carbon sink will continue for decades.

However, the new analysis of three decades of tree growth and death from 565 undisturbed tropical forests across Africa and the Amazon has found that the overall uptake of carbon into Earth's intact tropical forests peaked in the 1990s.

By the 2010s, on average, the ability of a tropical forest to absorb carbon had dropped by one-third. The switch is largely driven by carbon losses from trees dying.

The study by almost 100 institutions provides the first large-scale evidence that carbon uptake by the world's tropical forests has already started a worrying downward trend.

More information: Asynchronous carbon sink saturation in African and Amazonian tropical forests, Nature (2020). DOI: 10.1038/s41586-020-2035-0 , https://nature.com/articles/s41586-020-2035-0
Journal information: Nature

Provided by University of Leeds

https://phys.org/news/2020-03-tropical-forests-carbon-rapidly-weake...

Comment by Dr. Krishna Kumari Challa on March 4, 2020 at 7:58am: WOW! Parrots get probability, use stats to make choices: study

https://phys.org/news/2020-03-parrots-probability-stats-choices.htm...

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https://phys.org/news/2020-03-cells-defend-viruses.html?utm_source=...

Researchers clarify how cells defend themselves from viruses

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https://sciencex.com/news/2020-03-evolution-famous-image-wrong.html...

Evolution: That famous 'march of progress' image is just wrong

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The origin of satiety: Brain cells that change shape after a meal

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2020-03-satiety-brain-cells-meal.htm...

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Busting junk science related to dreams: Real reasons Why People Dream About Their Teeth Falling Out

https://elemental.medium.com/why-people-dream-about-their-teeth-fal...

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Paleontologists Are Skeptical About Baby Dinosaur Cells Supposedly ...

https://gizmodo.com/paleontologists-are-skeptical-about-baby-dinosa...

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Alarming: Plastic Nests: Seabirds are using fishing debris to construct nests.

https://www.the-scientist.com/image-of-the-day/image-of-the-day-pla...

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https://medicalxpress.com/news/2020-03-ultra-precise-mind-controlle...

It's like you have a hand again: In a major advance in mind-controlled prosthetics for amputees, researchers have tapped faint, latent signals from arm nerves and amplified them to enable real-time, intuitive, finger-level control of a robotic hand.

Comment by Dr. Krishna Kumari Challa on March 4, 2020 at 7:47am: Anti-evolution drug could stop antibiotic resistance

The spread of antibiotic resistance is partly due to the ability of bacteria to pick up DNA from their surroundings. A new study, which started at the University of Groningen, showed that drugs blocking this ability (which is called 'competence') in the bacterium Streptococcus pneumoniae can indeed stop the spread of resistance in mice. As competence is blocked without affecting cell growth, it will be difficult for the bacteria to evolve resistance to the blockade. The study was published online by the journal Cell Host & Microbe on 3 March.

n order to pick up these resistance genes, a chain of events is needed that brings the bacteria in a state called 'competence.' During competence, bacteria express all the machinery required to 'catch' and incorporate the resistance genes into their own genomes.

Growth stress: Researchers figured out how to stop the cells from becoming competent.

In this assay, 1366 approved drugs were screened. It turned out that 46 of them blocked the induction of competence, without negatively affecting growth.

"When cells are under growth stress, for instance in the presence of antibiotics, they try to find a solution and become resistant to these drugs," explains Domenech. "Importantly, we did not observe resistance to the drugs found here as they do not cause growth stress." The 46 drugs could be divided into two groups: drugs affecting ion homeostasis, and antipsychotics. Several candidates were selected for further exploration. "This showed that they all acted through the same mechanism," says Domenech. They disrupted the proton-motive force: the electrochemical gradient that moves protons across the bacterial membrane and powers various processes.

https://phys.org/news/2020-03-anti-evolution-drug-antibiotic-resist...

Comment by Dr. Krishna Kumari Challa on March 4, 2020 at 6:04am: Air pollution 'pandemic' shortens lives by 3 years: study

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2020-03-world-air-pollution-pandemic...

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Engineers zap and unstick underwater smart glue

With a small zap of electricity, biomedical engineers at Michigan Technological University take an underwater smart glue prototype from sticky to not in seven seconds.

https://phys.org/news/2020-03-zap-unstick-underwater-smart.html?utm...

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https://medicalxpress.com/news/2020-03-visceral-fat-brain-cognition...

Visceral fat delivers signal to the brain that hurts cognition

Excessive weight around our middle gives our brain's resident immune cells heavy exposure to a signal that turns them against us, setting in motion a crescendo of inflammation that damages cognition, according to new research.

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https://medicalxpress.com/news/2020-03-obesity-virulence-influenza....

Obesity promotes virulence of influenza

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https://phys.org/news/2020-03-microstructures-self-assemble-materia...

Microstructures self-assemble into new materials

A material that is designed at the nanoscale but assembles itself—with no need for the precision laser assembly.

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Scientists shed light on mystery of dark matter

https://phys.org/news/2020-03-scientists-mystery-dark.html?utm_sour...

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They are there and they are gone: A fourth neutrino chase

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Scientists created an 'impossible' superconducting compound

https://phys.org/news/2020-03-scientists-impossible-superconducting...

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https://phys.org/news/2020-03-protein-meteorite.html?utm_source=nwl...

Protein discovered inside a meteorite

Protein called hemolithin discovered inside a meteorite ...

Comment by Dr. Krishna Kumari Challa on March 3, 2020 at 7:39am: Free lists of grants and fellowships around the world available online

Three searchable databases provide information on global opportunities for graduate students, postdocs and junior faculty members.

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-00599-z?utm_source=Natur...

The databases — one for graduate students, one for postdoctoral researchers and one for junior faculty members — are produced and posted

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Contraception: Stopping sperm in their tracks

An automated high-throughput platform can screen for molecules that change the motility of sperm cells and their ability to fertilize.

https://elifesciences.org/articles/55396?utm_source=content_alert&a...

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How Fake News Goes Viral—Here’s the Math

Models similar to those used to track disease show what happens when too much information hits social media networks

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-fake-news-goes-viral...

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Protective bio-shell could extend egg shelf life

https://www.scidev.net/global/innovation/news/protective-bio-shell-...

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Images of 'invisible' holes on cells may jumpstart research

https://phys.org/news/2020-03-images-invisible-holes-cells-jumpstar...

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One of the hallmarks of cancer is cell immortality.Researchers now have developed a promising molecular tool that targets and inhibits one of cell immortality's underlying gears: the enzyme telomerase.

https://phys.org/news/2020-03-chemists-inhibit-critical-gear-cell.h...