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Has Mount Everest Shrunk?

When asked to imagine the world’s tallest mountain, which one comes to mind? Most people immediately think of Mount Everest, which at a whopping 29,029 ft (8,848 meters), is indeed the tallest mountain. But what if I told you that there is a chance that this legendary mountain has actually shrunk in size? Yes, you heard it right! In 2015, Nepal was struck by a 7.8 magnitude earthquake. Satellite images show that the capital city Kathmandu rose by 3 feet, while Mt Everest shrunk by one inch. And so, India’s Surveyor-General Swarna Subba Rao is out to uncover the truth. Where Is Everest? Mt...

Bioinformatics: Where Computers Meet Biology!

Biology is the study of life, and informatics is the science of processing information with computers. Thus, bioinformatics is the science of using computers to answer biological questions. Computers today are capable of designing new vaccines, tracing the ancestry of one person thousands of years back, and identifying a criminal with nearly 100% accuracy from just a speck of blood. None of these tasks would be possible without advances in bioinformatics. Let’s look at a simple example to understand how a biological problem can be solved using bioinformatics. Putting Two And Two Together All...

Carolina Grandellis: My Personal Story

My interest in science began with my curiosity about the natural world around me when I was a child. My father told me that I was full of questions, always asking about insects and plants in the garden, and wondering why it rained. He had a busy job trying to answer all my questions, trying to explain to me things like the water cycle. I recall that I wanted to be a doctor or a designer, and biology was not my favorite subject during high school. However, there was a turning point when I became fascinated with genes and DNA. It was absolutely remarkable to me to learn that every living...

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