Seema Singh
Until Dec 31,2013, I was a Senior Editor at Forbes India and I usually wrote about science and technology on this blog. I believe while we may have settled into consuming the nicely packaged final products of science - technology being a hand maiden of science - we are distancing ourselves from all the effort that goes into it. This blog was an attempt to bring occasional peek into those efforts and ideas. I've been a journalist for 17 years and have written for The Asian Age, The Times of India, Mint, Red Herring, IEEE-Spectrum, Cell, New Scientist and others. I'm now available at seema@seemasingh.in You will find my future articles on <a href="http://seemasingh.in/"> www.seemasingh.in<a>
If 2013 proved to be good for ISRO and space enthusiasts, 2014 can prove to be even better. Mankind will get more details, pictures and data of the awesome Martian landscape
While stress reduces neural activity in the hippocampus, it makes amygdala hyperactive. This is the key contrast that explains why our factual memory declines but anxiety increases and why most anti-depressants are not very effective
It appears that the human race is at crossroads as well as at a frontier which is as much technological as moral and philosophical.
I realised the paradox of genomics: it’s intimate and abstract at the same time. For computational biologists in the room my DNA sequences amounted to a mere case; for me, genomics was never more personal
As genome sequencing cost plummets, we'll soon be bar coded. What are we going to do with all the sequencing data? Have better control over our health or grapple with suspicion or privacy?
Assuming that the data protection policy comes into effect soon, by linking each UID number to a person’s electronic health record (EHR), India can leapfrog health management.
More than 150 varieties of seaweeds are used as human food worldwide. Can India pour research money and attention to seaweeds for tackling chronic malnutrition?
Most-of the innovation effort today exhibits one-sided emphasis which is lopsided and based on an incomplete understanding of what makes market leaders
The system which was meant to be inclusive has turned out to be favouring a certain Board and section of society
Why don't we engage in scientific public debates on critical issues; why do our scientists remain socially insensitive?
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