ISAAA: The ‘green’ way forward with biotech crops
Reading Time: 3 minutesBIOTECH CROPS offer enormous benefits to the environment as well as contribute to the enhancement of both, human and animal health. They also largely contribute to improving and upgrading the socioeconomic status of famers and crop producers everywhere, and more so in third world countries in Africa and Asia. This was the take home message […]
Experts laud inclusion of ‘Climate Change’ in ministry
Reading Time: 4 minutesPETALING JAYA: The creation of the Ministry of Energy, Green Technology, Science, Climate Change and Environment by the new Pakatan Harapan Federal Government has caught the attention of two world-renowned scientists. In an email message to The Petri Dish, both scientists lauded the creation of the ministry – which includes critical and related components such […]
How face blindness happens?
Reading Time: < 1 minuteWHEN we see someone we know, the easiest way to remember someone is by their face. But not everyone can do this. Researchers estimate that one in 50 people may have face blindness. In scientific term, this is known as prosopagnosia. Prosopagnosia is a neurological disorder where the part of the brain that recognises faces […]