Stop Trusting Everything You See

By Anupum Pant Background Everyone who comes on this blog often knows that I’m a huge fan of Prof. Rischard Wiseman. If you don’t know that, well, I urge you to check out every other post where I’ve mentioned him (Yes, he’s the same man who makes videos for the YouTube channel 59 seconds). The … Continue reading Stop Trusting Everything You See

World’s Most Relaxing Music and a Trick to Waking Up Happy

By Anupum Pant Warning: I like to boast in public because it helps me stick to my resolutions better. Following is a paragraph that brags a bit, so please understand… Phew! It’s been 179 days since I started this website and there isn’t a single day I’ve missed writing something here. Some days the articles … Continue reading World’s Most Relaxing Music and a Trick to Waking Up Happy

Practical, Impractical and Bizarre Ways to Lose Weight

By Anupum Pant Here are some impractical, practical and bizarre ways to lose weight scientifically: 1. Practical – Switch to Smaller Plates [Study] While it may sound like switching plates won’t help your diet, it actually greatly affects the way you see, and consume food. In the long run it helps you lose weight effortlessly. … Continue reading Practical, Impractical and Bizarre Ways to Lose Weight

Carrots Don’t Really Make your Eyes Better

By Anupum Pant I have been lied about taste areas on the tongue, gas station & cellphones and what not! I feel everything I have ever known is wrong. And here we have one other myth that got busted today. I always thought was true. Thanks to the following Vsauce video (0:28 seconds) which opened my eyes and … Continue reading Carrots Don’t Really Make your Eyes Better

Whatsapp Uses This Mind Trick for Effective Persuasion

By Anupum Pant Okay, time and again I’ve urged you to subscribe to 59Seconds on YouTube – A relatively new channel where Richard Wiseman, a professor of the Public Understanding of Psychology at the University of Hertfordshire, talks about interesting psychological studies that actually matter. If you haven’t done it already, you’ve probably missed their new … Continue reading Whatsapp Uses This Mind Trick for Effective Persuasion

Appreciating Ants and Their Counting Skills

By Anupum Pant Success = Ants Ants are arguably the most successful multi-cellular organisms to have ever existed on earth. The first ants on earth started appearing long before humans, even before dinosaurs – about 120 million years from now. Since then, they have even survived a mass extinction event (Cretaceous-Paleogene extinction event) which wiped … Continue reading Appreciating Ants and Their Counting Skills

Sun’s Green Flash

By Anupum Pant More often while setting than rising, if the conditions are right, a part of the sun (on the top) can appear green. This happens for very short interval lasting for about 2-3 seconds and is considered a rare phenomenon. Since it is green and lasts for a very small interval, it is … Continue reading Sun’s Green Flash

Cellphones and Safety at Gas Stations

By Anupum Pant I’ve been chided several times for taking a call while filling up my vehicle at a petrol pump. All these times I’ve felt bad for going against the clearly displayed signs which say “no cellphones”. Unfortunately, phones today have become our extended arms, we are not always aware when we click the … Continue reading Cellphones and Safety at Gas Stations