INSTA SCIENCE – Volume 1, Issue 14 | 19 October 2026

Theme: Decisions and Biases – Why Smart People Make Predictable Mistakes

• Decisions and Biases: Discover how mental shortcuts, emotions and social influence shape our choices.

• Science World: Explore the physics journey from umbrella springs to atomic vibrations and superconductivity.

• How We Think and What We Believe: Understand heuristics, confirmation bias, the illusory truth effect and echo chambers.

• Risk, Chance and Loss: Uncover optimism bias, the gambler’s fallacy, base-rate neglect and loss aversion.

• Money, Tricks and the Crowd: Learn how pricing tricks, free offers, sunk costs, dark patterns and conformity influence decisions.

• Power, People and Memory: Explore authority, the bystander effect, stereotypes, false memories and other psychological biases.

• Public Health: Learn to prevent mosquito breeding, avoid bites and reduce disease risks.

• Science Monument: Discover the engineering behind NASA’s Vehicle Assembly Building.

• Math Artifact: Build and use Napier’s Bones for multiplication and division.

• Anatomy of an Object: Explore the pressure cooker’s science, components and safety features.

• Classic Gothic Horror: Experience H. G. Wells’s The Red Room and the psychology of fear.

• Mind Matters: Find practical guidance for overcoming substance dependence.

• Home Lab: Make batteries from accessible materials and explore redox reactions.

• Unasked Questions: Investigate consciousness, thinking, water purity, smart glasses and the future of food.

• Photo Essay: Discover the physics, colours and geometry of soap bubbles.

• Math in Life: Apply mathematics to time management, productivity and better habits.

A visually rich STEM magazine blending science, technology, mathematics, hands-on learning and critical thinking for curious minds.

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