Rakesh Kalshian

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Rakesh Kalshian is a Delhi-based writer on science, environment and development

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A scrapbook of wonder

Caspar Henderson inspires us to broaden the horizons of our sense of wonder

Air

A wake-up call to reclaim the forgotten darkness in our lives

Light pollution is playing havoc with age-old rhythms of life—of sleep, procreation, metabolism, migration and foraging

Economy

Cautionary tales

Jean Dreze argues that we should not leave the making of an equitable society to experts alone

Health

दर्द देती दवा

नैदानिक शोध यानी क्लिनिकल ट्रायल में सरकारी हस्तक्ष�…

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Let's take a less bigoted view of history

With DNA adding to the slippery narratives about the past; historians, archeologists, and geneticists need to collaborate if we are to take a …

Science & Technology

Trial by hire

Laissez-faire in clinical research has unleashed a ruthless profit-making machine blind to notions of justice or equity. It is time to rein in …

Health

अथ एंटीबायोटिक कथा

इस विचार का सबूत नहीं मिला है कि एंटीबायोटिक को जल्दी बं�…

Economy

प्लास्टिक की सनक

वैज्ञानिकों ने प्लास्टिक के गंभीर खतरे बताएं हैं फिर भी…

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Beyond DNA

Maurizio Meloni's book is a fascinating social and political history of human heredity spanning over 150 years

Health

चिकित्सकीय परीक्षणों में लिंगभेद

आधुनिक चिकित्सा के इतिहास में अनुसंधान प्रयोग हमेशा लै�…

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The `feeling' in nature

Andrea Wulf resurrects the forgotten intellectual explorer, Alexander von Humboldt, whose work has left a lasting imprint on our understanding of …

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Making sense of sexual swings

Is your sexual preference only a result of your genes or do environment and culture also influence it?

Governance

Legal gimmick

Calling only the Ganga human will not wash away our mounting environmental sins

Science & Technology

Debased database

Statistical data has been used and abused for centuries by a range of people for a variety of reasons. Is there a way out?

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What if the Lazarus returns

We may never be able to bring extinct species back to life. Yet, scientists are drawing up secret plans for their resurrection

Science & Technology

The brew of `post-truth'

Popular opinion can now be engineered using fake news grapevines spawned by new technologies. Here's how

Science & Technology

Overwhelmingly WEIRD!

The edifice of Western science is built on generalisation, where homogeneity has replaced diversity

Science & Technology

‘पोस्ट ट्रुथ’ का सच

सरकारों ने हमेशा से काल्पनिक तथ्यों के जरिए प्रोपेगंडा…

Science & Technology

Unmasking the monsoon

Putting together the finer pieces of the monsoon puzzle remains a challenge as new key drivers have emerged

Energy

The joker among 'trumps'!

Logging trees to generate power is emerging as the new game to gain carbon credits. But this climate strategy is burning the ecology

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Mortal combat

Can life be extended indefinitely? There is a renewed vigour among scientists looking for ways and means to cheat death

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Wannabe Noahs

Scientists are trying to bring back extinct animals from the dead, throwing open the Pandora's box

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Scientific stutter

Do animals have a language, and hence a mind, of their own?

Health

Sharing love's labour

Why should women always take on the burden of contraception medications, and not men?

Science & Technology

Chimeras of afterlife

A growing number of the elite are freezing their bodies in the hope for a rebirth. Is it possible?

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