Pranay Lal

Pranay Lal is a biochemist and an artist who works in public health and environment

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In the 1960s, another experimental weather-modification operation was underway. Called Project Stomfury, the military deployed pilots (pictured here) armed with silver iodide in the hopes of weakening damaging tropical storms.

Science & Technology

Governing the clouds

27 Oct 2025

6 min read

An aerial view of the heavily damaged and collapsed buildings in Gaza city, taken 25 October, 2023

Band-aiding Gaza: Israel’s war may have ceased, but Palestine’s battles remain

13 Oct 2025

6 min read

BIll Gates has invested in capturing carbon from the air using colossal vacuum pumps, a process called direct air capture. The carbon is then dissolved in alkali and injected deep into volcanic rocks. Photo: @LowyInstitute / X (previously known as Twitter)

Bill Gates is not entirely wrong about trees. He’s not entirely right either

06 Oct 2023

4 min read

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