Why we fear the food we eat?
Reading Time: 5 minutesPRESERVATIVES, artificial food colorings, gluten, and more… the grocery store aisle can be a scary place these days. It seems like there are new stories from social media influencers every day about potent food additives or ingredients that will either kill you or make you live forever. Despite what we hear in the media and […]
How does soap and water kill germs?
Reading Time: 1 minuteSOAP and water are two things you need to wash your hands. Since in the middle of the 18th century hand washing has been considered crucial before any standard medical procedure. In our world today washing is important in our daily routine not only when our hands are visibly dirty, but also [ihc-hide-content ihc_mb_type=”show” ihc_mb_who=”2,3,5″ […]
Which animal can sleep for 3 years?
Reading Time: < 1 minuteTHIS animal is known as a slow moving animal. Snail is a small mollusc with a soft and wet body covered with spiral shaped shells. Snails have bizarre sleeping habits. Normally, snails sleep twice as much as human beings. They do this by [ihc-hide-content ihc_mb_type=”show” ihc_mb_who=”2,3,5″ ihc_mb_template=”1″ ] falling in and out of sleep seven […]
How Hygienic are your Hellos?
Reading Time: 3 minutesBY NARVIINYA MURUGAPPAN DID YOU KNOW that we carry an average of 3200 bacteria on our hands? There are two types of microbes found on our skin – resident and transient. Resident microorganisms are always present in our skin and are mostly harmless, and are [ihc-hide-content ihc_mb_type=”show” ihc_mb_who=”2,3,5″ ihc_mb_template=”1″ ] less likely to cause an […]
Coffee Break March 2020
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Study: Incubation period for COVID-19 is 5.1 days
Reading Time: 3 minutesAN ANALYSIS of publicly available data on infections from the new coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2, that causes the respiratory illness COVID-19 yielded an estimate of 5.1 days for the median disease incubation period, according to a new study led by researchers at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. This median time from exposure to onset of […]
Rice production in constant challenges
Reading Time: 2 minutesSERDANG: An adverse weather pattern that may come with climate change will be a major concern for rice growers in the country. Mohammad Hariz bin Abdul Rahman, Deputy Director of Climate Change Programme at the Malaysian Agricultural Research and Development Institute (MARDI), says prolonged dry spells unleashed by impending climate change will severely impact national […]
The big teacher in Covid-19
Reading Time: 3 minutesA 125NM PARTICLE is shaking up the world, thousands of lives are lost, world economy is crashing down and the world has come to an almost standstill. In the midst of this chaos, what are the valuable lessons that we can draw from this pandemic? What does COVID-19 teach us? A lot of things apparently, […]