January 29, 2015 Medical Science
Interesting facts about the brain The brain contains about 10 billion neurons, along with cells called glia, which support the neurons and help them do what they do. Each neuron consists of a cell body, a long tendril called an…
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January 29, 2015 Social Science
Using a simple definition, behavioural psychology is studying the behaviour of humans. Providing more clarity to this definition, it is a branch of psychology which focuses on the study and alteration of people’s actions, thoughts and emotions. Behavioral psychology is also…
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January 29, 2015 Social Science
Behavior modification is based on operant conditioning principles as observed and studied by B. F. Skinner, in which behavior that is reinforced (whether through rewards or incentives) tends to be repeated, and behavior that is not reinforced tends to die…
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January 29, 2015 Medical Science
When a person ages, there are certain structural changes that takes place in many organs of the body. Bones are one of the organs which see a significant change in its structural integrity with the losing of mineralization, proteins, as…
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January 29, 2015 Physical Science
Radioactivity is dangerous to biological organisms and needs to be evaluated based on the frequency and magnitude of the exposure. There is always the point about doing a risk/benefit analysis but there seems to be some serious misunderstandings about what…
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January 29, 2015 Physical Science
There are two Ramanujan prizes, both of which were first awarded in 2005, and both of which are for 10,000. The Ramanujan Prize offered by the Shanmugha Arts, Science, Technology and Research Academy (SASTRA) of Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu, India, is…
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January 29, 2015 Social Science
Abraham Maslow was a psychology and was mentored by anthropologist Ruth Benedict and Gestalt psychologist Max Wertheimer. His research was on mental health and how to become a better person by creating a hierarchy of needs, metaneeds, metamotivation, self-actualization and…
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January 29, 2015 Medical Science
Causes of birthmarks… *Don’t believe old wives tales: Many old wives tales use to make a woman feel she did something she shouldn’t have done if her newborn was born with a birthmark. Women don’t believe anyone’s tales about birthmarks…
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January 29, 2015 Physical Science
Protons are tiny. A proton has a diameter of just 1 femtometer, or 0.000000000000001 meters. This is around 100,000,000,000 times smaller than this dot: . So, looking inside protons requires great ingenuity. In normal life we can use visible light…
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January 29, 2015 Medical Science
Smoking is bad for the human body. There are billboards, commercials, and even warnings on the package. Yet thousands are addicted to the drugs in cigarettes and continue to smoke. Smoking is harmful to the body in many ways, but…
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