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How scientific illiteracy can harm you...

                                                                  Interactive science series “Science literacy is a vaccine against the ch…

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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…

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Literate people living in urban areas are too scientifically illiterate!

                            "If you are scientifically literate the world looks very different to you" Literate people living in urban are…

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Some Qs. people asked me on science and my replies to them - Part 31

                                                                  Interactive science series Q: What are the disadvantages of doing DIRECT…

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4 Dec 1
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New mutation hotspot discovered in human genome

Researchers have discovered new regions of the human genome particularly vulnerable to mutations. These altered stretches of DNA can be pas…

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1 Dec 1
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Insomnia: why some minds can't switch off at night

Researchers have found compelling evidence that insomnia may be linked to disruptions in the brain's natural 24-hour rhythm of mental acti…

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1 Dec 1
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Bird flu viruses are resistant to fever which makes them a major threat to humans

Bird flu viruses are a particular threat to humans because they can replicate at temperatures higher than a typical fever, one of the body'…

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1 Dec 1
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Why do some people feel extreme cold?

Q:Why do some people feel extreme cold? People show different sensitivities to low temperature because of variations in body mass, muscle m…

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1 Dec 1
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Scientists identify five structural eras of the human brain over a lifetime

Neuroscientists  have identified five "major epochs" of brain structure over the course of a human life, as our brains rewire to support di…

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1 Nov 30
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How much CO₂ does your flight really produce? How to know if carbon footprint claims are accurate

When two people book the same flight, they can get wildly different carbon footprints from online calculators. Many carbon calculators leav…

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1 Nov 20
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The importance of snakes in our eco-systems

Crawly creepy creatures. Big eyes and protruding tongues. Hissing sounds and hoods in ready to attack poses. What would people do if they c…

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5 Nov 19
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Humans are evolved for nature, not cities, say anthropologists

This mismatch is creating lots of problems for us and we need to change our thinking and behaviour. A new paper by evolutionary anthropolog…

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1 Nov 19
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Phytomining: A fern that makes rare earth elements!

Credit: Environmental Science & Technology (2025). DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.5c09617 Scientists have discovered a fern from South China…

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1 Nov 14
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