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Your Biological Age Can Be Different From Your Actual (Chronological)Age!
Recently I have seen an old lady teasing an young girl who became breathless after climbing up a few steps. "Look I am 78. But still I can climb steps with ease. I can go anywhere I want without any difficulty. I don't have joint pains like you people have. What are you eating? Rubbish! Ha,…
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Metabolic health subtypes are responsible for blood sugar response to various carbohydrates
Blood sugar response to various carbohydrates may point to metabolic health subtypesA study by researchers shows that differences in blood sugar responses to certain carbohydrates depend on details of an individual's metabolic health status.The differences in blood sugar response patterns among…
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How scientific knowledge helps understand a health condition accurately
Recently an interesting thing happened. One of my friends came along with her sister and her sister's daughter ( niece) to my house. The girl is five and very active. But I noticed something peculiar about her immediately. Whenever she wanted to see something in front of her, she 's turning her…
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AI s Assistance in Microbial Research
Q: How has AI changed research methods in your field of research?Krishna: There isn't a field these days that is not touched by AI. AI, under human supervision, can work efficiently and very speedily.…
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Earth's seasonal rhythms are changing, putting species and ecosystems at risk
Seasonality shapes much of life on Earth. Most species, including humans, have …
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What might happen when you take lots of medicines...
What might happen when you take lots of medicines...One of our uncles died of liver cirrhosis ten years back. He never touched alcohol in his life. He didn't have any viral infection to cause this. He didn't have diabetes, heart problems and he was not obese. Actually there was no reason that…
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Emulsifiers' assault on the microbiome is bad for your health
Researchers say emulsifiers may cause a variety of health problemsThe difference between commerce and science: Commerce wants to sell its products by showing you eye and attention catching ads and videos, while science tries to see what lies behind the masks and makes people alert. Which one do…
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From soil to slugs to songbirds: How plastic is moving through ecosystems
For many people, "plastic pollution" calls to mind pictures of turtles and other marine life drowning in single-use plastic bottles and discarded fishing nets. My own research looks at how the same story is playing out on land.Plastics are increasingly found in …
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How to stay curious like a kid?
Q: How do I stay curious like a little kid throughout life and never let the hardships wash out the sparkle in my eyes?Krishna: It takes tremendous mind control to stay curious like some kids throughout an adult life.Kids stay curious only when you put them in a trauma-free environment, encourage…
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If gravity pulls everything down, why don’t airplanes fall like stones?
Q: If gravity pulls everything down, why don’t airplanes fall like stones?Krishna: Like everything else on Earth, airplanes are subject to gravity, which pulls them downwards. In order to fly against gravity, planes develop a force that counters gravity.Airplanes don't fall like stones because of…
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All about Science - to remove misconceptions and encourage scientific temper
Communicating science to the common people
'To make them see the world differently through the beautiful lense of science'