Agrima Bhatt, Rajasthan University The progression of an epidemic comes at a rapid pace for us to be able to understand it. What is more devastating than this progression is the ability of a pathogen to evolve and spread. The reality of it is already heart-breaking as we can see in the current pandemic of […]
Agrima Bhatt, Rajasthan University The continuous changes in climate conditions are happening at a very rapid pace due to global warming. We are already observing the effects of climate change whether it is the heat waves in Canada or the recent flooding in Germany. The predicted results of the past are quickly coming true. Although […]
Mustafa Vora, DY Patil University, Navi Mumbai In a recent study, a team of researchers compiled the measurements of brain and body size of over 300 fossils of Homo around the globe with the world’s regional climate over the last million years. This study showed how the size of the brain and body fluctuated over […]
Esha Mukherjee, Amity University Noida Growth in groups of undifferentiated cells followed by differentiation into soma and germ-like cells is a common feature of the evolutionary transition to multicellular life. According to theory, a convex trade-off between survival and reproduction aids germ soma differentiation. The present study of interest: The research team of Professor Lutz […]
Saakshi Bangera, DY Patil School of Biotechnology and Bioinformatics The predecessors of modern cetaceans – whales and dolphins, went through an evolutionary transition from terrestrial to aquatic settings more than 50 million years ago. During this transition, cetaceans developed morphological as well as behavioural innovations. Streamlined bodies, echolocation, filter-feeding, and loss of body hair, dermal […]
Akash Singh, Banaras Hindu University Malaria claimed the lives of an estimated 409,000 people worldwide in 2019. The most vulnerable population to malaria is children under the age of five. They were responsible for 67% of all malaria deaths globally in 2019. Caused by Plasmodium parasites, which are single-celled parasitic organisms that cannot survive outside […]
Sumedha B S, Bangalore University “Hygiene” is the practice used to prevent the spread of infections. The term “cleaning” refers to practices used, to remove soil/dirt to make any surface visibly and aesthetically clean by using products. “Too clean for our own good”? The ‘hygiene hypothesis’ states that early childhood exposure to germs (microorganisms) protects […]
Monika R, PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore Australia has the highest recorded rate of species extinction in the world. During the European colonization in 1788, 34 terrestrial species were declared to be extinct. (i.e.) Since European colonization, native rodents have been the most severely tormented by these recent extinctions, contributing around 41% of Australian mammal […]
Sayak Banerjee, Amity University Kolkata Environmental impacts on wildlife There has been an unexpected change in the environment such as severe climatic changes, and the destruction and fragmentation of habitat, due to recent human activity. These also include the discharge of novel substances to the environment with the capacity to affect the physiology, behaviour, and […]
Avani Dave, Jai Hind College Background Based on historical evidence, the epidemics of plant diseases have been quite destructive and continue to scar global well-being. Most of these epidemics came into existence due to international transactions and merchandising of plant materials which eventually takes the face of species declination. Hymenoscyphus fraxineus is an invasive fungus […]
