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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-without-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?
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
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-care about evidence based medicine
s. don-t-ignore-these-head-injuries
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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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!https://www.sciencealert.com/this-rare-condition-caused-a-baby-to-b...
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https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-think-they-may-have-discove...
Scientists May Have Discovered Where Stress Lives in The Human Brain
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https://techxplore.com/news/2020-05-groundbreaking-all-electric-pla...
Groundbreaking all-electric plane paving way to greener aviation
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https://medicalxpress.com/news/2020-05-greedy-glucose-cancer-cells-...
Greedy for glucose: Cancer cells rely on a primeval energy-producing pathway to proliferate and spread
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https://phys.org/news/2020-05-mathematical-biological-complexity.ht...
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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https://phys.org/news/2020-05-non-destructive-method-analysing-mole...
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
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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
https://www.forbes.com/sites/startswithabang/2020/05/20/no-the-univ...
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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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https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg24632843-300-at-work-school-...
At work, school and seeing friends: How to lower your coronavirus risk
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Smart window controls light and heat, kills microorganisms
https://phys.org/news/2018-07-smart-window-microorganisms.html
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https://techxplore.com/news/2020-05-smart-window-technology-automat...
Smart window technology that automatically changes color by sunlight
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https://techxplore.com/news/2020-05-high-tech-banknotes-eye.html?ut...
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.
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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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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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https://medicalxpress.com/news/2020-05-molecular-effects.html?utm_s...
Study details molecular effects of exercise
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https://phys.org/news/2020-05-state-element-periodic-table.html?utm...
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
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Tightening up facial biometrics
https://techxplore.com/news/2020-05-tightening-facial-biometrics.ht...
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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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corona virus in waste water
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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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https://www.sciencealert.com/the-cdc-is-warning-people-about-an-inc...
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
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"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
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Extraction of skin interstitial fluid using microneedle patches
https://phys.org/news/2020-05-skin-interstitial-fluid-microneedle-p...
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https://phys.org/news/2020-05-coupled-electronic-structural-magneti...
New type of coupled electronic-structural waves discovered in magnetite
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https://phys.org/news/2020-05-mathematics-sea.html?utm_source=nwlet...
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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** https://phys.org/news/2020-05-asteroid-climate-responsible-mass-ext...
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
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Heat now more lethal than cold for people with respiratory diseases
https://phys.org/news/2020-05-lethal-cold-people-respiratory-diseas...
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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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https://medicalxpress.com/news/2020-05-prevalence-silent-covid-infe...
Prevalence of 'silent' COVID-19 infection may be much higher than thought
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https://techxplore.com/news/2020-05-breach-users-rarely-passwords-t...
After a breach, users rarely change their passwords, and when they do, they're often weaker
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Scientists unravel secrets from the faults in our genes
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2020-05-scientists-unravel-secrets-f...
More information: The mutational constraint spectrum quantified from variation in 141,456 humans, Nature (2020). DOI: 10.1038/s41586-020-2308-7, www.nature.com/articles/s41586-020-2308-7
Evaluating drug targets through human loss-of-function genetic variation, Nature (2020). DOI: 10.1038/s41586-020-2267-z , www.nature.com/articles/s41586-020-2267-z
A structural variation reference for medical and population genetics, Nature (2020). DOI: 10.1038/s41586-020-2267-z , www.nature.com/articles/s41586-020-2287-8
Transcript expression-aware annotation improves rare variant interpretation, Nature (2020). DOI: 10.1038/s41586-020-2267-z , www.nature.com/articles/s41586-020-2329-2
The effect of LRRK2 loss-of-function variants in humans, Nature (2020). DOI: 10.1038/s41586-020-2267-z , www.nature.com/articles/s41591-020-0893-5
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Study shows erosion of ozone layer responsible for mass extinction event
There have been a number of mass extinction in the geological past. Only one was caused by an asteroid hitting the Earth, which was 66 million years ago when the dinosaurs became extinct. Three of the others, including the end Permian Great Dying, 252 million years ago, were caused by huge continental scale volcanic eruptions that destabilised the Earth's atmospheres and oceans.
Now, scientists have found evidence showing it was high levels of UV radiation which collapsed forest ecosystems and killed off many species of fish and tetrapods (our four limbed ancestors) at the end of the Devonian geological period, 359 million years ago. This damaging burst of UV radiation occurred as part of one of the Earth's climate cycles, rather than being caused by a huge volcanic eruption.
The ozone collapse occurred as the climate rapidly warmed following an intense ice age and the researchers suggest that the Earth today could reach comparable temperatures, possibly triggering a similar event. Their findings are pu blished in the journal Science Advances.
J.E.A. Marshall el al., "UV-B radiation was the Devonian-Carboniferous boundary terrestrial extinction kill mechanism," Science Advances (2020). DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aba0768 , advances.sciencemag.org/content/6/22/eaba0768
https://phys.org/news/2020-05-erosion-ozone-layer-responsible-mass....
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