Smartphones and Childhood: Screen Time, Mental Health and the Anxious Generation (UPSC Society)
Childhood went from play-based to phone-based in barely a decade, and the world is now arguing about what that did to a generation's mental…
Category
Study Notes
Everything published under Study Notes on Anantam IAS, newest first.
3454 articles
Dark Patterns: How Apps Trick You, and How India Is Fighting Back (UPSC Governance)
From fake countdown timers to pre-ticked donation boxes, dark patterns are deceptive interface designs that nudge you into spending more, sharing more data or…
Deliberative Democracy and Citizens’ Assemblies: Beyond the Ballot (UPSC Polity)
Voting once every five years is the floor of democracy, not its ceiling. Deliberative democracy asks what happens when ordinary citizens are chosen by…
Fertility Decline and Pronatalism: India’s Coming Demographic Shift (UPSC Society)
India's total fertility rate has fallen to about 1.9 — below the replacement level — with the south already at developed-world lows while parts…
The Loneliness Epidemic: Social Isolation as a Public-Health Crisis (UPSC Society)
The WHO now treats loneliness as a global health priority: 1 in 6 people are affected and it is linked to roughly 871,000 deaths…
The Ethics of Autonomous Vehicles: The Trolley Problem on the Road (UPSC Ethics)
When a self-driving car cannot avoid harm, whom should it protect — and who decides? This is the trolley problem made real. Here is…
Bioethics and Gene-Editing Ethics: The Designer-Baby Debate (UPSC Ethics)
When a scientist edited the genes of twin babies in 2018, he forced the world to confront a question older than CRISPR: just because…
Intergenerational Equity and Climate Ethics: Our Duty to Future Generations (UPSC Ethics)
We did not inherit the Earth from our ancestors; we are borrowing it from our children. Intergenerational equity turns that idea into a moral…
Personalised Medicine: Pharmacogenomics and Treatment Tailored to You (UPSC Science & Tech)
Personalised or precision medicine replaces the average patient with you — tailoring prevention, diagnosis and treatment to your genes, environment and lifestyle. Here is…
DNA Data Storage: Archiving the World’s Data in Molecules (UPSC Science & Tech)
A single gram of DNA can hold hundreds of petabytes and survive for thousands of years. Here is the full picture of DNA data…
Vertical Farming: Growing Food in Stacked Layers Indoors (UPSC Science & Tech / Agriculture)
Vertical farming stacks crops indoors under controlled light, temperature and humidity, growing soil-less and using up to 95% less water. Here is how it…
Precision Fermentation: Brewing Real Food Without Farms (UPSC Science & Tech)
Precision fermentation programs yeast, fungi and bacteria to brew the exact proteins, fats and enzymes found in dairy, eggs and meat — no cow,…