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Diabetes; The Silent Killer

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Diabetes Mellitus (DM) or commonly known Diabetes is a group of metabolic disorders characterized by hyperglycemia resulting from defects in insulin secretion, insulin action or both. In simpler terms, it is a disease or a condition that occurs when ... Read more
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Back from the Dead; Evolution of Aldabra Bird

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Have you ever heard about Iterative Evolution? Iterative evolution refers to the repeated evolution of similar or parallel structures in the development of the same main line. There are many examples of iterative evolution in the fossil record, spanning a ... Read more
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A Milestone in the History of Metric Systems; A Kilogram is not a Kilogram as we know it anymore!

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On Friday, 16th of November 2018, scientists representing 60 countries, at the General Conference on Weights and Measures (CGPM) held in Versailles, France voted to change the way a kilogram is defined. Even though the difference between this day ... Read more
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