Synonymous with witchcraft, devilry, and dark enchantments. Considered by many cultures as unholy and sinister. Bats sure have had a bad rep throughout the world and its many people. Their only redemption point so far has been through the movie and comic series ‘Batman’; in that too the protagonist lives with an acute phobia of …
“How to get through tough times” by Nature For the past year, you know who has destabilised our lives (I am just going to say “you know who” because I am sick of that word). Last year we were unprepared, but with a potential second wave, we need to stay strong and get through this …
The human heart is known for its predominant function of pumping blood to parts of the body. The four chambers in the heart are responsible for carrying out this function. The right atrium (auricle) receives deoxygenated blood and the left atrium receives oxygenated blood, which they pour into the ventricles. The right ventricle pumps blood …
THE VIRAL BULLETIN AND THE GALACTICAL HIGHLIGHT OF FEBRUARY This was an unprecedented year with a long stretch of trials and tribulations that brought in some bright sparks of success. What many would prefer to call the ‘Doomsyear’, 2020 was probably the public health community’s worst nightmare come true. It felt like we were living …
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The past month saw the world rejoice as major pharmaceutical companies rolled out their vaccines against Covid-19. Previously, Pfizer-BioNTech had already formulated its mRNA- the based vaccine in November 2020. Now, FDA has approved another similar vaccine on 18 December 2020: the Moderna Covid-19 vaccine by Moderna Tx, Inc. This meant that the vaccine could …
Music is a protean art form. It is something delicate and is easily able to influence human emotions. We habitually listen to it when we are not feeling our best. It helps us to change our mood and gain a new perspective in our life. We always turn to music when we think that people …
The Puzzling Powers of Poop Our environment shows a plethora of diversity in plants, animals and birds living in a diversity of habitats from the ice-cold poles to the scorching hot desserts, eating a diversity of food. Not surprisingly, this diversity is retained even in the excreted You Know What, showing a variety of …
“The beginning of wisdom is to call things by their right names” The previous edition had been a knowledge tree for the seekers of the under-rated gem of all sciences-TAXONOMY! Here’s something a little offbeat yet interesting enough to grab everyone’s attention. As Wendy Carroll has rightfully stated: “It’s all in the name.” So …
A few hundred years ago, there was a beautiful landscape somewhere in the tropics of the Earth. Rich with flora and fauna, it was a paradise. Different plant families co-existed there for years. But we will talk about two of them, the Gram family (Gramineae = grasses) and the Areca family (Arecaceae = Palms). Both …
Highschool biology lessons would be incomplete without reading a bit about Carolus Linnaeus, the Swedish Botanist who most definitely skipped his literature lessons for he truly missed the famous Shakespearean quote ‘What’s in a name?’. He ended up naming pretty much everything that exists around us. Although quite contrary to the previous supposition, Linnaeus was …
