It's safe to say the scientific method is one of the main pillars of science, which helps researchers understand our complex world. In simple terms, the scientific method structures the…
I recently defended my PhD thesis and got grilled… or did I? Why pretend? I was shaky at first. My thoughts were all over the place, my 10-min presentation contained…
I sometimes find myself in discussions, unable to counter highly doubtful statements that I feel I should be able to debunk. There—I said it. But how about you? You've probably…
“Listen to me, don’t believe me. Trust but verify.” Former United Nations weapons inspector Scott Ritter’s final remarks got me thinking almost as much as the actual interview on the…
Alright. She’s been giving me the evil eye and judging me for too long now. It’s time to pick her off the floor. It’s time to dust off the dandruff-covered…
Even an optimist beyond saving like me can, at times, get the shivers from a dystopian science fiction portrayal of the potential dangers of genetics. Especially if they are realistic.…
Although I’m happy that they finally let us out for an hour a day in our part of the world, I’m sick of wearing a surgical mask whenever I go…
"The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear, and the oldest and strongest kind of fear is fear of the unknown" – H.P. Lovecraft (1927). The thing about fearing…
Did you know that the US intelligence has listed gene-editing technologies like CRISPR-Cas as weapons of mass destruction threats in the Worldwide Threat Assessment? The technology that we’ve welcomed as…
I was about to write another type of post for today, but people keep requesting the answer to one question above all this week. “How do we test for viral…