Survival seems to be a fundamental law that all organisms obey. Then, what makes some people kill themselves in order to murder others?

Harshitha Ramu (BSc 2nd year) explored the psychology of these people in "The psychology of radiscalisation" using multiple examples from the recent Christchurch mosque killings to Gujarat riots in 2002.

"Is there anything more dangerous than dissatisfied and irresponsible gods [Humans] who don't know what they want?"

~Sapiens, Yuval Noah Harari

Satyajit Dey Pereira (2nd year MSc Molecular biology and Human genetics) enlightened everyone on the challenges that Harari predicts humans will face in 21st century - from war to decisions on genetic engineering to dominance of technology.

"Society needs our thought processes, our contributions should not only be in the field of science, scientific thinkers and researchers should be the bridge that completes the societal circle of philanthropists, citizen, social activists and government. Our achievements and innovations should not merely be for the upliftment of scientific temperament in public sector, but our perspectives and ideas should be the foundations and pillars for the new generation."

~ Dinesh Reghunathan (Research scholar, SOLS)

Dinesh Reghunathan held a wonderful discussion on the role of a scientist in the society.

Almost 80 percent of the ocean is still unexplored but from the 20 percent that has been, incredible diversity can be seen! To give a glimpse of this, we screened the first episode of Blue planet 2 called 'One ocean'. This episode was narrated by Sir David Attenborough and produced by Jonathan Smith.

There is a very common misconception that research in science should be complex with 'fancy' instruments and even more intricate calculations. But this isn't always the case.

Adam Savage explains how even the simplest of ideas could lead to discoveries in the TED talk we screened.

After watching the video, we held a discussion on the nature of science. It was very enduring to listen to participants' talk about what fascinates and inspires them in science!

Through this talk, Yash Goel (2nd year BSc Biotechnology) beautifully painted a picture of how the brain perceives the world around us. This was exploited by artists (both consciously and unconsciously) to make their art work appealing and portray different perspectives.