Science up! Niraj Gupta
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What is the shortest distance in space-time?
Do you believe the shortest distance between two points is a straight line?? Do you understand the general theory of relativity?? We are back with another episode to Science up! yourself .
We are thankful to Dr Ujjal Dey, Asst Prof, IISER Berhampur for answering our curious questions and this amazing learning experience.
This Science up! episode is hosted by Alphonza Joseph. Cheers to Amrita Mukherjee for co-hosting. Also thanks to 137 Inverse, Physics club of IISER Berhampur, as we, together brought out another episode of this series. Thanks to Science up! Team, Niraj Gupta (Founder & Host) and Mayank Agarwal for helping in editing the audio.
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Why can't we travel at speed of light?
Universe seems to follow some traffic rules, that's, no matter can travel faster than speed of light! Through this amazing conversation, Science up! has answered Why can't we reach speed of light?
We are thankful to Dr Sandeep Chatterjee, Asst Prof, IISER Berhampur for answering our curious questions and this amazing learning experience.
This Science up! episode is hosted by Niraj Gupta. Cheers to Baibhav Srivastava for co-hosting. Also thanks to 137 Inverse, Physics club of IISER Berhampur; and Adarsh Dash for coordinating. Thanks to Science up! Team, and Mayank Agarwal for helping in editing the audio.
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The episode covers
Measurement and coordinate system
Concept of Time as another coordinate
Post-Einstein era, Time as 4th dimension
Special theory of relativity and why
Maximum speed attained by humans
Large Hadron Collider (LHC), CERN
Time dilation and length contraction
Why can't we travel at light speed- concept of infinite energy required and mass increase
and, Time travel
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Brain Matters
As it’s brain awareness week going on. For people, at every education level, has a lot to know about his/her own brain. We are here to share some info, facts and a great discussion, Having special attention on - India and the awareness in the country.
The episode is hosted by Niraj Gupta. Cheers to Nisha Kumari and Pratyush Mishra who discussed Brain awareness. Also, thanks to La Vida, the Biology Club of IISER Berhampur, India for the collab for Brain Awareness Week 2022. Thanks to Science up! Team and Mayank Agarwal for helping in editing the audio.
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Find below links to factsheets, puzzles, tests for brain and few research articles for reference.
Puzzles: https://bit.ly/Scienceup-puzzles
Fact sheets (How we see, smell, taste, hear and neurotransmission, stroke etc): https://bit.ly/scienceup-factsheets
How does brain work: https://bit.ly/scienceup-brainworking
Cognitive test - Wisconsin Card sorting test: https://www.psytoolkit.org/experiment-library/experiment_wcst.html
COVID-19 and brain
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-022-04569-5
https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/long-covid-even-mild-covid-linked-damage-brain-months-infection-rcna18959
La Vida website: https://sites.google.com/iiserbpr.ac.in/lavida
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Why we Sleep?
We need sleep. Have you ever given it a thought- Why? We spend one-third of our lives sleeping- doing nothing. So why do we need sleep? What’s the science behind? And also your curious questions about sleep that we have received- like the amount of sleep you need, consequences of insufficient sleep and also oversleep.
We are thankful to Dr Nasreen Akhtar, AIIMS, New Delhi for answering all our curious questions.
The episode was hosted by Niraj Gupta and Muskan Mittal (Welcome to the Science up! Team)
We answered,
Why do we need Sleep- the science behind
how much sleep do humans need
Importance of getting enough sleep
Can you actually compensate the amount of sleep you didn't take previous night
Compromising sleep amid exams
Consequences and long-term effects of insufficient sleep/ sleep loss
What happens if a person doesn't sleep for a few days? Or sleep only for just few hours
Effect of prolonged use of screens- mobile phones/laptops
Is Oversleeping bad
Connection of sleep and diseases like Alzeihmer's
General advice on Sleep Hygiene and a quality sleep
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What would a World without Bees look like?
We knowingly-unknowingly are dependent on Bees. From the food on your plate to the cotton denim jeans that you're wearing, all thanks to the Bees. So what if the Bees went extinct? What would a World without Bees look like? Listen the whole episode to get your curious questions answered.
The Host, Niraj Gupta was joined with a pretty guest, Olga Koppel on the Science up! Podcast. Olga is a PhD candidate at University of Ottawa, Canada.
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It's time to Science up! (Trailer)
Here's the most awaited trailer of Science up! Stay tuned for your questions to be answered by experts. Tune in to the Podcast episodes to give your curious minds the treat it needs.