Spherical Hysterical

Cancer Basics From the day you were conceived, your body has been busy dividing its cells rapidly and today you are comprised of 37 trillion cells of different form and function. With 3 billion nucleotide bases to copy for each division cycle, your DNA can aggregate nearly a trillion mutations every time the cell divides. Luckily, our cells have advance...

If you’re wondering how you’re unable to wake up on your own in the morning (even after your alarms ring fifteen times), then you’re in the right place. How does the body measure time? The body doesn’t measure time as usual periods of the day, but rather in accordance with the periods for which certain genes produce certain chemicals. Working through...

Light perception extends far beyond just vision. Light is an amalgam of other components apart from the visible spectrum. Heat sensation is possible due to light’s presence, body’s Vitamin D synthesis relies entirely on the UV rays, light sets a morning alarm to wake your body and is one of the main participants in how the body manages its internal timing. It...

For ageing parents, wayward and intractable children may be an obvious reason for gray hair. However, scientifically the questions as to why old age cause hair to turn gray still isn’t very well understood. Let’s start with the basics. Some terminology Each hair consists of two parts: shaft— the colored part that we see emerging out of our heads root— the...

Tl;dr Plants may contain multiple pigments with different colours. While other-coloured plants also have chlorophyll, they have other pigments in greater quantities than chlorophyll, so even though they appear red they can perform photosynthesis. Have you noticed that while most grass, bushes, trees and such are green – there are a few that didn’t get the memo? Red and purple...

Introduction So, you know what I am talking about: the time when you are just about to fall blissfully asleep and you suddenly feel like you’re falling as if someone threw you off a tree! According to scientists there are 60-70% people who experience this falling sensation and then twitch and jerk in their sleep. Science refers to any such...

If you’ve ever seen a nature documentary you’ve probably noticed how new-born babies of most animals can walk and live (mostly) independent of any caregiver; humans on the other hand need a bit more help. Ever since the comparisons between humans and animals of other species have come about, one of the biggest questions has been: Why are Human babies...

As summer sets in all we can think about is a nice cold refreshing shower and some cold sweet drink with a fancy straw. This ethereal combination is however a positive feedback loop of even more suffering. How? Let’s start with the idea of homeostasis which is a bodily phenomenon that keeps your metabolism under constant control based on multiple...