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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
You will find the entire list of discussions here: http://kkartlab.in/group/some-science/forum
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Very Large Telescope sees star dance around supermassive black hole, proves Einstein right
https://phys.org/news/2020-04-eso-telescope-star-supermassive-black...
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https://techxplore.com/news/2020-04-bacteria-around-the-clock-biose...
Mining bacteria parts to build around-the-clock biosensors
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https://medicalxpress.com/news/2020-04-high-glucose-flu-patients-se...
High glucose levels may explain why some flu patients have more severe symptoms
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Computer scientists and engineers are working on a smartphone app that could let people know if they have come in contact with someone who has tested positive for COVID-19, while protecting the privacy of all parties. The app uses Bluetooth-enabled cell phones to notify a person if they have come into close proximity with someone infected with SARS-CoV-2. The app requires many people to use it, whether they have had COVID-19 or not. The app transmits and captures random Bluetooth signals via nearby cell phones that also have the app installed. App users who have been diagnosed with COVID-19 voluntarily and anonymously report their positive results, which then causes their Bluetooth pings from the last 14 days to be uploaded to a database that's coded to ensure that the diagnosed user is uploading their own pings. From there, those signals are compared with pings of other app participants in the system. The app then alerts users of possible proximity to an infected person, and subsequently directs them to follow up with health officials (or their doctor). All of the uploaded information is verified by a public health agency, and all apps must be installed by users voluntarily.
You will find more details here: https://techxplore.com/news/2020-04-contact-app-covid-exposure-priv...
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Bats Are a Key Source of Human Viruses—but They May Not Be Special
Statistical analyses suggest surveillance efforts for the next pandemic should look beyond the flying mammals
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/bats-are-a-key-source-of...
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https://phys.org/news/2020-04-evidence-elusive-metabolon.html?utm_s...
Study finds evidence for existence of elusive 'metabolon'- the enzyme clusters
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https://phys.org/news/2020-04-key-component-autonomous-cars.html?ut...
Engineers are trying to shrink a key component to help make autonomous cars affordable to common people
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https://phys.org/news/2020-04-scientists-superconducting-metal-hydr...
Scientists find a rule to predict new superconducting metal hydrides: a new 'law within a law' discovered showed a link between an element's position in the Periodic Table and its potential to form a high-temperature superconducting hydride.
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https://phys.org/news/2020-04-healthy-climate-news-fava-beans.html?...
Healthy climate news: Fava beans could replace soy
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Physical distance? 'Cough chamber' shows six feet not far enough!
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2020-04-chamber-feet.html?utm_source...
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https://medicalxpress.com/news/2020-04-adult-brain.html?utm_source=...
When damaged, the adult brain repairs itself by going back to the beginning
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https://medicalxpress.com/news/2020-04-massive-reveals-hypermutated...
Massive study reveals how 'hypermutated' malignant brain tumors with many mutations escape chemotherapy, immunotherapy
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https://medicalxpress.com/news/2020-04-heavy-wildfire-out-of-hospit...
Breathing heavy wildfire smoke may increase risk of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest
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* https://medicalxpress.com/news/2020-04-high-blood-pressure-night-ef...
Could high blood pressure at night have an effect on your brain?
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https://www.space.com/comet-atlas-falling-apart-photos.html
Comet Atlas is falling apart, new photos confirm
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https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/exotic-creature-in-antar...
Exotic Creature In Antarctica Has Survived More Than 30 Ice Ages
Its perseverance is rewriting the history of life, and of ice, across the continent
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How does COVID-19 kill? Uncertainty is hampering doctors’ ability to choose treatments
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-01056-7?utm_source=Natur...
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https://phys.org/news/2020-04-kombucha.html?utm_source=nwletter&...
Kombucha is fermented tea
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https://medicalxpress.com/news/2020-04-autism-males-linked-defect-b...
Autism in males linked to defect in brain immune cells, microglia
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https://medicalxpress.com/news/2020-04-stress-remodels-brain.html?u...
Research shows how stress remodels the brain
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https://medicalxpress.com/news/2020-04-sight-mice-skin-cells-light-...
Researchers restore sight in mice by turning skin cells into light-sensing eye cells
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Cavitation science: heard about it before?
A type of damage in soft materials and tissue called cavitation is one of the least-studied phenomena in physics, materials science and biology, say expert observers. But strong evidence suggesting that cavitation occurs in the brain during sudden impact leading to traumatic brain injury (TBI) has accelerated interest recently.
The researchers intend it to spark fresh discussion and drive collaboration among new communities of biologists, chemists, materials scientists, physicists and others to advance knowledge. They define high-priority goals and point out new opportunities in the field of how matter deforms and flows with cavitation.
Researchers are breaking down barriers that separate different scientific fields to spur progress in understanding cavitation—how it causes difficult-to-diagnose injuries or unseen failure in soft materials."
Studied mainly in fluids for many years, cavitation is the creation and collapse of bubbles in liquids. . When bubbles collapse they force liquid into a smaller area, causing a pressure wave and increased temperature, which lead to damage. In a pump, cavitation can erode metal parts over time, for example. Cavitation inside artificial heart valves can damage not only the parts but the blood, he says. Microcavitation in the brain as a result of high-impact blows or being near an explosion are factors in TBI.
Scienitsts hope this will lead to advances in medical devices for diagnosing disease, novel devices for protective gear and new sustainable approaches for cleaning materials.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cavitation
https://phys.org/news/2020-04-scientists-perspectives-cavitation-sc...
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New textile could keep you cool in the heat, warm in the cold
https://phys.org/news/2020-04-textile-cool-cold.html?utm_source=nwl...
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https://phys.org/news/2020-04-probiotic-bifidobacteria-celiac-disea...
How probiotic Bifidobacteria could help celiac disease patients
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New research helps explain why the solar wind is hotter than expected
https://phys.org/news/2020-04-solar-hotter.html?utm_source=nwletter...
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https://phys.org/news/2020-04-satellite-galaxies-milky-dark-theory....
Satellite galaxies of the Milky Way help test dark matter theory
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https://phys.org/news/2020-04-fossil-analysis-hints-evolutionary-in...
Fossil record analysis hints at evolutionary origins of insects' structural colours
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https://phys.org/news/2020-04-covid-quickly-accurately-viral-dna.ht...
New COVID-19 test quickly and accurately detects viral DNA
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https://phys.org/news/2020-04-didnt-universe-annihilate-neutrinos.h...
Why didn't the universe annihilate itself? Neutrinos may hold the answer
Why didn't the universe annihilate itself in a humungous burst of energy not long after the Big Bang?
The new research suggests that the answer comes down to a subtle discrepancy in the way that neutrinos and their evil twins, the antineutrinos, behave—one of the first indications that phenomena called matter and antimatter may not be the exact mirror images many scientists believed.
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*COVID-19 puts new science to the pressure test
https://phys.org/news/2020-04-covid-science-pressure.html?utm_sourc...
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Long spaceflights affect astronaut brain volume
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2020-04-spaceflights-affect-astronau...
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Discovered: eye damage from repeated intravitreal injections
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Returning to roots: Manuka honey nanofibrous wound dressings
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https://phys.org/news/2020-04-earth-atmosphere-dustier-previously-b...
* Earth's atmosphere far dustier than previously believed
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https://phys.org/news/2020-04-carbons-absorbing-lightand-people-hea...
As the temperatures in a cookstove begin to drop, and the black smoke turns grayish-white, soot (or black carbon) emission is replaced by organic carbon.
despite its whitish appearance, organic carbon particles absorb as much—if not more—sunlight in the atmosphere as black carbon. And its health effects may be worse for the nearly 2.7 billion households worldwide that use them.
Researchers find organic carbons are also absorbing light—and likely harming people's health
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https://techxplore.com/news/2020-04-fanfare-apple-iphone-budget-min...
Apple launches new iPhone for the budget-minded
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Scientists provide new insight on how bacteria share drug resistance genes in hospitals
https://phys.org/news/2020-04-scientists-insight-bacteria-drug-resi...
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https://phys.org/news/2020-04-scientists-synthetic-toxic-sugar-mosq...
Scientists develop synthetic toxic sugar to manage mosquito populations
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https://medicalxpress.com/news/2020-04-right-brained-left-brained-m...
Being right-brained or left-brained comes down to molecular switches: The answer lies in how certain genes on each side of the brain are switched "on" and "off" through a process called epigenetic regulation.
Each cell in the brain has the same genes but it is epigenetics that dictate whether those genes are switched "on" or "off." Labrie and her collaborators found numerous epigenetic differences between the hemispheres of healthy brains that are linked to variations in gene activity. Notably, these differences, or asymmetry, could make one side of the brain more vulnerable to neurological diseases.
For example, epigenetic abnormalities on one side of the brain could make that hemisphere more susceptible to the processes that cause the death of brain cells in Parkinson's. The differences in cell death across hemispheres leads to the appearance of the disease's hallmark symptoms, such as tremor, on one side of the body before the other. As the disease progresses, symptoms on the side first affected often are more severe than symptoms on the other side of the body.
The findings also give scientists a vital window into the various biological pathways that contribute to symptom asymmetry in Parkinson's, including brain cell development, immune function and cellular communication.
"We all start out with prominent differences between the left and right sides of our brains. As we age, however, our hemispheres become more epigenetically similar.
For Parkinson's, this is significant: people whose hemispheres are more alike early in life experienced faster disease progression, while people whose hemispheres were more asymmetric had slower disease progression. There is huge potential to translate these findings into new therapeutic strategies."
Peipei Li et al, Hemispheric asymmetry in the human brain and in Parkinson's disease is linked to divergent epigenetic patterns in neurons, Genome Biology (2020). DOI: 10.1186/s13059-020-01960-1
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