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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 ...

.......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

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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...

Comment by Dr. Krishna Kumari Challa on March 3, 2020 at 7:02am: Egg stem cells do not exist, new study shows

https://phys.org/news/2020-03-egg-stem-cells.html?utm_source=nwlett...

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Rethinking 'tipping points' in ecosystems and beyond

https://phys.org/news/2020-03-rethinking-ecosystems.html?utm_source...

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https://phys.org/news/2020-03-groundwork-life.html?utm_source=nwlet...

When rocks lay the groundwork for the origin of life: Mineral catalysts found in deep-sea vents convert CO2 and H2 to biomolecules, showing striking parallels to known biological pathways.

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https://phys.org/news/2020-03-organ-on-a-chip-drug-toxicity-screeni...

New 'organ-on-a-chip' system holds promise for drug toxicity screening

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Swamp wallabies conceive new embryo before birth—a unique reproductive strategy

https://phys.org/news/2020-03-swamp-wallabies-embryo-birtha-unique....

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Genes that Escape Silencing on the Second X Chromosome May Drive Disease

https://www.the-scientist.com/features/genes-that-escape-silencing-...

Comment by Dr. Krishna Kumari Challa on March 2, 2020 at 9:50am: Cartilage cells, chromosomes and DNA preserved in 75 million-year-old baby duck-billed dinosaur

https://phys.org/news/2020-02-cartilage-cells-chromosomes-dna-milli...

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Computer from slime mould: A model to design logic gates inspired by a single-cell organism

https://techxplore.com/news/2020-03-logic-gates-single-cell.html?ut...

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Exploring neural mechanisms behind the perception of control in stressful situations

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2020-03-exploring-neural-mechanisms-...

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https://phys.org/news/2020-03-sea-mountains-muffle-earthquakes.html...

Sinking sea mountains make and muffle earthquakes

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Why billionaire climate philanthropists will always be part of the problem

https://theconversation.com/why-billionaire-climate-philanthropists...

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https://techxplore.com/news/2020-03-potassium-metal-battery-emerges...

Potassium metal battery emerges as a rival to lithium-ion technology

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https://techxplore.com/news/2020-03-tools-large-scale-storage-renew...

New tools show a way forward for large-scale storage of renewable energy

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A new tool for switching proteins on and off

https://phys.org/news/2020-03-tool-proteins.html?utm_source=nwlette...

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https://phys.org/news/2020-03-fast-ecofriendly-de-icing-aircrafts.h...

A fast, ecofriendly way of de-icing aircrafts

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https://phys.org/news/2020-03-epoxy-resins-hardening-button.html?ut...

Epoxy resins: Hardening at the push of a button

Comment by Dr. Krishna Kumari Challa on March 2, 2020 at 6:37am: Coronavirus: who is most at risk of dying?

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2020-03-coronavirus-dying.html?utm_s...

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Unraveling turbulence: New insights into how fluids transform from order to disorder

https://phys.org/news/2020-02-unraveling-turbulence-insights-fluids...

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One little bandicoot can dig up an elephant’s worth of soil a year – and our ecosystem loves it

https://theconversation.com/one-little-bandicoot-can-dig-up-an-elep...

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Carbon chains adopt fusilli or spaghetti shapes if they have odd or even numbers

https://phys.org/news/2020-03-carbon-chains-fusilli-spaghetti-odd.h...

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The natural direction of heat flows—from hot to cold—can be reversed thanks to quantum effects

https://sciencex.com/news/2020-03-natural-flowsfrom-hot-coldcan-rev...

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The magnet that didn't exist

https://phys.org/news/2020-03-magnet-didnt.html?utm_source=nwletter...

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https://techxplore.com/news/2020-03-deep-networks-statistical-intui...

Why deep networks generalize despite going against statistical intuition

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https://techxplore.com/news/2020-03-tackling-5g-based-mobile-cloud-...

Tackling 5G-based mobile computing and cloud computing security concerns head-on

Comment by Dr. Krishna Kumari Challa on March 1, 2020 at 9:17am: Paleontologists discover why the oceans are so diverse

A new study in the journal Science has given insight into why the world's oceans are full of more species than ever before -- a question that has long been a focus of paleontological research.

The most diverse kinds of animals in the modern oceans, such as fish, mollusks, and crustaceans, diversified slowly and steadily for long periods of time, and were buffered against extinction.

"Paleontology can help us identify traits that helped species survive and thrive in the past, including during mass extinctions. Hopefully, research like this can help us plan for the effects of environmental disruption in the coming decades."

The study examined approximately 20,000 genera (groups of related species) of fossil marine animals across the past 500 million years, and approximately 30,000 genera of living marine animals.

The findings clearly show that the species in the most diverse animal groups also tend to be more mobile and more varied in how they feed and live.

Being a member of an ecologically flexible group makes you resistant to extinction, particularly during mass extinctions. "The oceans we see today are filled with a dizzying array of species in groups like fishes, arthropods, and mollusks, not because they had higher origination rates than groups that are less common, but because they had lower extinction rates over very long intervals of time."

The "slow and steady" development of lineages through time has been a key factor in dictating which lineages have achieved the highest diversity.

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/02/200228105217.htm

Matthew L. Knope, Andrew M. Bush, Luke O. Frishkoff, Noel A. Heim, Jonathan L. Payne. Ecologically diverse clades dominate the oceans via extinction resistance. Science, 2020; 367 (6481): 1035 DOI: 10.1126/science.aax6398

Comment by Dr. Krishna Kumari Challa on February 29, 2020 at 7:27am: Fasting at night or in the morning? Listen to your biological clock, says new research

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2020-02-fasting-night-morning-biolog...

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Eating fruit during pregnancy boosts babies' brain development, new study confirms

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2020-02-fruit-pregnancy-boosts-babie...

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Wormholes Reveal a Way to Manipulate Black Hole Information in the Lab

A proposal for building wormhole-connected black holes offers a way to probe the paradoxes of quantum information.

https://www.quantamagazine.org/wormholes-reveal-a-way-to-manipulate...

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How to Permanently End Diseases

Smallpox was eradicated relatively quickly, but other diseases have proved harder to eliminate. The reasons are a mix of biology and psychology.

https://www.quantamagazine.org/why-smallpox-is-no-more-but-polio-an...