Do you ever just get overwhelmed by the number of statistics printed in daily news and aren’t sure what to believe any longer? Have you ever wanted to be absolutely sure about the side effects of a medicine you are taking or the health impact of your favourite instant ramen?

If these are thoughts you have then it is important you too discover the fundamentals of medical research and how to research on the research that internet algorithms throw at you.

In this episode Dr Anurag Agarwal, dean of biosciences and health research at Ashoka University and former director Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology, explains the basics of good quality research, why it matters, and how much should it matter to the common person.

Listen in!

Produced by Anna Priyadarshini

Sound Mix by Kapil Dev Singh