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Tiny Giants: Bizarre and Mind-Blowing Tales from the Land of Ants!

"Oh no!" I jumped towards the bag of chocolates, which now had a parade of dots moving out in perfect congregation. I squinted to...

Against All Odds: HPV Vaccination Rollout Begins in Flood-Affected Regions Despite Societal Pushback

In Pakistan, an HPV vaccination campaign targeting girls aged 9–14 years is being held from September 15 to 27, 2025, across Punjab, Sindh, AJK,...

Can Your Brain Really Grow New Cells? Exploring the Hype and Hope of Neuroplasticity

For more than a century, that belief reigned over the field of neuroscience like gospel. Neurons, the core units of thinking, feeling, connecting, remembering,...

Bugs in Your Bites: How Insects Sneak into Food Packages and What You Can Do

A week after buying a bag of rice from a trusted store, I opened it only to find tiny insects crawling through the grains....

The Time is Now: Urgent Need for a Bold Call to Action for Universal Health Coverage in Pakistan

It was a sunny July afternoon when Sameer, a 45-year-old resident of Swat, rushed his mother to a nearby private hospital because her chest...

Taming Jumping Genes: Could Controlling Junk DNA Delay Aging?

For a long time, scientists believed that much of our DNA was just biologically static, i.e., sequences that didn’t code for anything meaningful. These...

In the Shadows of War— How Trauma Writes Its Legacy on the Bodies of Women and Children

Some wars end with ceasefires. And then some wars live on in the womb, in the DNA, in the tear ducts of children too...

It Begins with a Heartbeat: The Quiet Power of Science and Health in Healing a Nation from Within

It begins with a heartbeat. A child’s first cry in a distant village hospital. A worried mother is waiting outside an ICU. A scientist bent...

Tracing the Blueprint of Life – A Review of The Gene: An Intimate History

The story of genetics begins long before the word itself existed—hidden in the cross-pollinated flowers of Gregor Mendel’s monastery garden, in the careful records...

Fighting Noncommunicable Diseases: The Impact of iTFAs Reduction in Our Food Supply

There is a strong correlation between iTFAs (industrially produced trans fatty acids) as dietary risk factors for noncommunicable diseases (NCDs); an increase in disease...

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