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Home Statistics and the non-scientist: The need for communicating uncertainty
In an earlier episode of The Joy of Science Shambhavi Chidambaram spoke to Professor Shravan Vasishth about, among other things, the joy of psycholinguistics. In this interview, Professor Vasishth talks in detail about teaching statistics and the need to understand uncertainty both to students and the general public. He is the author of "Shravan Vasishth's...
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Home C-CAMP, UNHIE and Social Alpha come together to push forward COVID-19 innovations for immediate deployment
As COVID-19 pandemic marches on in India with over 800 positive cases and 19 deaths at the time of this article, there is an urgent need for deploying out-of-the-box innovations that can help curb this menace. Centre for Cellular and Molecular Platforms or C-CAMP, India's premier biosciences innovation hub and one of the largest...
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Home Understanding pain, virtually
A computer based model of neurons in the urinary bladder One of the hardest things to do is resisting the urge to urinate. Our brain receives signals from the bladder that it is full, and directs our action to empty the bladder. While science tells us that holding a full bladder is unhealthy, we still wait to relieve ourselves. However, individuals suffering from a range of bladder disorders, like bladder...
- 3 days ago
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Home The urgency for social distancing in India: Lessons to learn from Past and Present
Written by: Jyoti Sharma1 and S. K. Varshney2, Senior Scientist1 and Head2, International Bilateral Cooperation Division, Department of Science and Technology, Government of India The World Health Organisation (WHO) has declared the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (under International Health Regulations...
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Home Here's what scientists aim to gain from Aditya-L1, India's first mission to the Sun
In 2008, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) announced Aditya-1, India's first solar mission to study the Sun. This ambitious endeavour, with various indigenously-developed instruments onboard, holds much promise for our scientific community as they expect to unravel the mysteries of our closest star, the Sun. Now renamed as Aditya L1, the data...
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Home Chickpea's trick can help mustard fight fungi
India is the third-largest producer of mustard and rapeseed, with an annual production of 8.5 million tonnes in 2018. About 70% of the crop is cultivated in five states - Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Haryana and Gujarat. The moist and foggy weather in winter is conducive for fungi to infect the mustard crop, which needs about 90 to 145 days to be ready for harvest. One such fungus is...
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Home The Joy Of Science: The Journey of a Psycholinguist
In this episode of The Joy of Science, Shambhavi Chidambaram speaks to Professor Shravan Vasishth, an Indian-origin professor of psycholinguistics at the University of Potsdam in Germany. In addition to his research, Prof Vasishth is an author of two interesting blogs-" Shravan Vasishth's Slog ", where he talks about statistics, and "Things People Say", a moving...
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Home Numbers mean strength, in a dog's world too
Study finds dogs interact with humans with higher confidence when they are in groups In a human-dominated world, animals deserve praise for having devised grand strategies to survive. Unlike some of us, who fuss about their mere existence, animals change their natural behaviour in the presence of humans. Studies have shown that monkeys have developed unique gestures to communicate with us, and...
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Home On a search for tough trees for rough Indian roads
Vehicular exhaust is a significant cause of air pollution in India, resulting in the rise of many fatal respiratory illnesses. With 249 million registered vehicles that contribute to growing levels of air pollution, India faces a hazy future. A solution to this problem seems to be 'urban greening' or planned plantation of trees within cities, as evidenced by a study of 55 cities in the...
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Home A nuclear war between India and Pakistan could threaten global food security
Research shows a regional nuclear conflict could affect global crop yields and food supply Since Independence, India and Pakistan have been at loggerheads over Kashmir, a region both countries claim to be theirs. The two countries have made several attempts to find a 'solution' to the Kashmir problem, including three major wars, mediation by the United...
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