Health
What is a generic drug, and is it really the same medicine?
A generic has the same active ingredient as the brand and must prove it behaves the same way in the body. What differs is the packaging, the price and the…
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Priya Nair
Priya Nair covers science and health for Tilias News, translating peer-reviewed research and public-health guidance into plain English. She is careful to separate what the evidence shows from what is still uncertain.
Science
What is the scientific method, and how closely is it followed?
The scientific method is usually taught as a tidy sequence of steps. The logic behind it matters more than the sequence — and real research rarely runs in order.
Science
How do vaccines work — training the immune system
How do vaccines work? A vaccine shows the body a harmless preview of a pathogen, so it builds antibodies and memory cells before a real infection arrives.
Health
What “evidence-based medicine” actually means
The phrase gets used loosely. Its real meaning is narrower, more careful, and more useful than the marketing version suggests.
Science
What CRISPR gene editing can — and can’t — do
CRISPR lets scientists cut DNA at a chosen spot with unusual ease, but precision, delivery and ethics still bound what it can safely achieve.
Health
How much sleep you really need, by the science
Most healthy adults need at least seven hours a night. The number shifts with age, and the quality of the evidence is better than you might think.
Science
Why the night sky is dark, and what telescopes really capture
If the universe were infinite and eternal, the night sky would blaze. Its darkness is a clue about cosmic age, light's finite speed, and expansion.
Health
BMI explained — and where it falls short
Body mass index is a simple, useful population screen — but it was never meant to diagnose any one person's health, and it can mislead.
