Disease has become a part of our everyday lives. While we do our best to take preventive measures and avoid contracting various pathogens, harmful microbial life follows us. Microbes can be found across a wide range of environments and ecosystems,…
Have you ever heard the term “arrhythmia”? The term circles the media, though few can define it properly. Arrhythmia describes a broad group of conditions, altering our regular heart rhythm.Arrhythmia can cause our hearts to beat too fast, too slow…
We’ve all heard that knuckle cracking has a negative effect on our joints and can lead to arthritis. It is a common belief that people hold about the popping sound that some of us make habitually. However, is it actually…
Twinkle, twinkle, little star… We have all heard or sang this song as a kid. But is the song actually based on facts? Do stars really twinkle or is it just an illusion? What is a Star? According to the…
After 3 years of the COVID-19 pandemic, no one wants to hear about rising cases of any virus. However, the bad news is that monkeypox cases are spreading; not only in countries where the virus was previously endemic. There are…
Every year a large group of people wait for the announcement of 5 Nobel Prize laureates in the field of physics, chemistry, medicine or physiology, literature & peace, and economic sciences. This year, the Nobel Prize in medicine or physiology…
We have always been told that global warming is slowly damaging our Earth’s atmosphere. However, does global warming affect beyond our planet? Read to find out… What is Global Warming? Global warming refers to the heating-up of the earth’s surface…
Black holes are one of science’s biggest mysteries. Known to us as the result of the death of a star with the ability to suck in anything around it, this natural phenomenon is one with a captivating beauty to marvel…
We live in a world where it is not possible to survive one day without the use of plastic. It is such a common material that it is probably safe to assume that at any given minute, everyone is wearing…
The prevalence of many civilization diseases is increasing. One of the most well-known of these is diabetes. The World Health Organisation (WHO) reports that the prevalence of both type I and type II of diabetes increased from 108 million to…