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Ask anyone in their mid 30s to 50s what they thought of the future while growing up - space colonies, orbital vacations and a Mars base will likely figure on…

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Jan 2016

Biology

How Does The Brain Store A Memory

Ever wondered how you can hear your name in a crowd, amidst all the chaos? Because it’s YOUR name. Your brain has been trained for several years to recognise it as…

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Jan 2016

Science

‘Smart’ Drugs: Is it smart to use them?

Take an exam - or any equivalent of a pressure situation - presentations at work, project submissions at college. Anything. The nights before deadlines stretch forever. For a large part of the…

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Jan 2016

Space

Why We Need More Plutonium-238

Remember the New Horizons mission? Beautiful images of Pluto will remain our closest encounter with any planet for the next few centuries at least. It's a momentous achievement for humanity…

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Jan 2016

Biology

Precision Medicine: The Ultimate Cure?

I grew up in a time when families had their own general physicians, who equipped with all the family medical history, were called on to treat every ailment – small…

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Jan 2016

Science

Nuclear Fusion: Persistently Decades Away

Our ability to harness energy would figure high up on the list of factors helping us dominate the planet as a species. With time, we've made expected strides on to…

01

Jan 2016

Biology

Optogenetic Method studied for Neuron Repair

Neural networks have always been an unexplored area of the human brain. Some of the negative consequences of evolution are neural anomalies. Neural anomalies make detection of neurological diseases harder. Despite that,…

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Dec 2015

Science

Supercharged Photosynthesis can double crop production

Adjudged one of the 10 best emerging technologies of 2015 according to MIT, Supercharged Photosynthesis is stepping up to meet the increasing crop demands of the world’s growing population. Recently, geneticists…

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Dec 2015

Science

Where Does All The Nuclear Waste Go?

Since the start of the industrial revolution, our main source of energy has been fossil fuels – coal, petroleum, and natural gas. But with the rising issues that arose with…

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Dec 2015

Science

Has the human brain stopped evolving?

As the self-proclaimed ‘superior’ species on planet Earth, we've always been quick to point that our brain, with its amazing thinking prowess, has given us our edge over other species. Our…

Space Age Still Too Far: Bringing Back Space Culture

How Does The Brain Store A Memory

‘Smart’ Drugs: Is it smart to use them?

Why We Need More Plutonium-238

Precision Medicine: The Ultimate Cure?

Nuclear Fusion: Persistently Decades Away

Optogenetic Method studied for Neuron Repair

Supercharged Photosynthesis can double crop production

Where Does All The Nuclear Waste Go?

Has the human brain stopped evolving?

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