Science up!

Ever wondered how your brain takes out the trash? 🧠🚛 In this episode of Science Up!, we dive into the brain's waste disposal system—the glymphatic system—and how it keeps your neurons squeaky clean. But here's the twist: aging slows down this clean-up crew, potentially leading to cognitive decline.

🔬 Key Takeaways:

✅ The glymphatic system flushes out metabolic waste using cerebrospinal fluid (CSF).

✅ Aging disrupts bloo...

Cancer has nerves—literally.

We usually think of cancer as a rogue army of cells growing out of control. But what if we told you that cancer isn’t just running wild—it’s plugged in? In this episode, we unravel the cutting-edge field of Cancer Neuroscience.

From gliomas hijacking neural circuits to prostate and gastric cancers using nerve pathways to spread, we break down how the nervous system isn’t just an observer—it’s a key pl...

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...

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-ho...

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, Ind...

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 w...

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, Can...

Autism Spectrum Disorder is not well known by majority of people. We may have come across autistic people but even we do not know they have autism and they perhaps don't know themselves. The episode explores about Autism, what it is, its causes, types, and how to diagnose it. 

Tune in till the end of this episode to get yourself Scienced up! with not only science-y facts but also a sip of understanding and kindness. Understand...

You already know the current pathetic situation due to COVID-19 across the world. So through this podcast episode, we have tried answering some of your most important questions, doubts related to COVID-19, vaccines and all other stuffs.

We are thankful for having Dr Soma Chattopadhyay, Scientist E from Institute of Life Sciences, Bhubaneshwar India, who answered our concerning questions.

Here are some questions, that we addressed.

You've sure been cringed on your recorded voice if you sound like that. So, Why do you hate your own voice in recordings? Why your voice in your head while you speak and voice from recording sounds different? All your questions have been answered..

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