Make Math Learning Enjoyable and Effective
Three out of ten students find mathematics to be a tough subject. It’s a nightmare for large percentage of kids. Maths exams are seen as a dreadful event by both kids and parents. Many...
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Blow up Balloon: This time with Baking soda and Vinegar
Science is Boring when it’s read, but it’s completely fun when you do the experiments with your own hands ! The best way to get your child interested in science is by doing SCIENCE...
Genetically Modified Mustard coming soon in India
India’s central biotech regulator, Genetic Engineering Appraisal Committee (GEAC), cleared the genetically modified (GM) Mustard for commercial cultivation and recommended its approval to the environment ministry. The mustard hybrid was developed with transgenic technologies...
Help your children enjoy science: Parents buckle up
There is considerable concern regarding a future where industries around the world will face shortage of high quality science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) workers to meet the demands of the labor market. This...
Leading ‘Direct to Consumer’ genetic testing companies
From allergy to alzheimers, cancer to coeliac disease, we can blame everything on our ‘Genes’. These genes spread across our 23 pair of chromosomes and remains more or less the same throughout our life...
Predictive Genetic Testing : Angelina Jolie, Anne Wojcicki, Anu Acharya
Angelina Jolie hit the news headlines in early 2013 by announcing her decision to go for elective double mastectomy after testing positive for mutated BRCA1. People from around the world suddenly came to know...
Do you Remember Dolly ?. Not Dolly Parton
Dolly the sheep, made from breast cells, was famously named after Dolly Parton, the American singer known for her large chest as well as her voice. Dolly was the first example of successful cloning...
Biotechnology: is this a field of Hope or field of Disappointment for Biotech aspirants
Biotechnology is globally recognized as a rapidly emerging and far-reaching technology. It is aptly described as the “technology of hope” . But in Indian scenario, this field has failed in delivering what it promised in...
Food we eat can contribute towards Climate Change
Food’s carbon footprint, or Foodprint, is the greenhouse gas emissions produced by growing, rearing, farming, processing, transporting, storing, cooking and disposing of the food you eat. How the food is grown or raised and...
Chikungunya ‘bit’ India in 2016: over 58,000 cases across country
Chikangunya continued its menace across states in India from Kashmir to Kanyakumari. 2016, June – September months reported maximum number of cases across India, especially in Delhi and Karnataka. As per data from National...
