Science is the systematic study of the nature and behavior of the material and physical universe, based on observation, experiment, and measurement, and also formulation of laws to describe these facts in general terms. It has always been known to explain and answer so many questions about life in general but till recent times, not all questions which we often ponder about as human beings have been met with answers – backed by science.
Here is a selection of some top questions which science hasn’t still been able to answer till date;
- HOW DOES THE “PLACEBO EFFECT” WORK? The “PLACEBO Effect” is a phenomenon whereby a fake treatment can improve a patient’s health, simply because they believe it will. This phenomenon has stumped doctors for decades. A review of clinical trials that tested pain medications over the past 25 years or so has shown that in American drug trials, the healing power of the placebos has become even stronger with time. Experiments have since been carried out to understand the power the mind has to improve health and how some patients are more susceptible to the placebo effect than others. However, no viable explanation has ever been found.
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- IS THERE A GOD? Science estimates that about some 13.7 billion years ago the Big Bang created the universe. However, science has never revealed why the Big Bang happened and what preceded it. Moreover scientists still remain perplexed about how the first living organisms grew from lifeless matter.
Mathematician – Roger Penrose calculated that the probability of creating our universe filled with life would be a number closer to zero than anyone has ever imagined. The question therefore remains whether there is an omnipotent individual who, against all odds, had the power to create our cosmos.
- HOW ARE MEMORIES STORED AND RETRIEVED? When a new fact is learned, physical changes in the brain occur across a network of synapses and neurons. However, neurologists do not fully understand what these changes are and how they hold knowledge. Although some theories exist about how memories are stored, the concept that has left neurologists most baffled is “memory retrieval”.
Scientists hope to understand how – in just a tiny fraction of a second we can recollect events from decades in the past. Although the subject has been heavily researched, it still remains unresolved.
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