Falling Dominoes: India’s embarrassment of complexity and a way out
India has a growing complexity science community with tools to make sense of the interacting networks we now live within
June 20, 2026
Gita explores the idea of “The Man of Science”
A series of deeply personal and reflective conversations between a sociologist and male scientists prompts us to rethink how we articulate the problem of gender equity in science.
April 2, 2026
2026 Labhopping Calendar is here
The special edition calendar embraces uncertainty as it expresses our difficult yet undying love for science. Support the project by buying one now!
December 19, 2025
Recording sex and gender data in clinical settings
While human sex is a combination of many attributes, it typically refers to sex-assigned-at-birth in clinical settings. But, genitals are neither the only markers of sex nor does sex development begin — or stop — at the birth of an individual.
October 24, 2025
Reimagining science needed now more than ever
As we grapple with ethics in the AI age, science education can offer us liberation and emancipation, says educationist Vetti Giri.
August 14, 2025
Postcolonial theory has a Hindutva problem
Ideas meant to challenge colonial power are now being used to justify myth and religion in India, with real costs to science and secularism.
July 30, 2025
Tuning into the radio sky with Shilpa
Shilpa is an observer at the Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope near Pune. Her troubleshooting skills have kept India’s eyes into the universe open for many years.
August 13, 2021
How Beena went from handling tech to leading a scientific team
It's not everyday that one hears about gifted technical officers making it into faculty. This is why Beena DB's journey from technical officer to faculty member stands out.
October 15, 2020
Grace Banu: A Dalit-Trans technologist fights for a better world
What is it to be Dalit, trans, and still persist in STEM? Grace Banu, a technologist and a fierce activist, talks about the same as she takes us through her life in this comix.
October 2, 2020
The nuts and bolts of getting science done
A tour across some of India’s most sophisticated research facilities guided by the technologists who run these hi-tech spaces.
August 27, 2020
Postcolonial theory has a Hindutva problem
Ideas meant to challenge colonial power are now being used to justify myth and religion in India, with real costs to science and secularism.
July 30, 2025
Accidental IITian: The tempered radicalism of Ravinder Kaur
An IIT Delhi-based sociologist shares her evolving views of science and technology, and traces her attempts to study and bring change in her own institute.
March 4, 2025
रोहिणी गोडबोले की ‘हाई एनर्जी’ प्रज्ञा
प्रिय फ़ेनोमेनोलॉजिस्ट एक विशाल बौद्धिक विरासत छोड़ गयीं, जिस पर भारतीय विज्ञान समुदाय गर्व कर सकता है।
January 8, 2025
रोहिणी गोडबोले यांची उच्च-ऊर्जापूर्ण विद्वत्ता
भारतीय वैज्ञानिक समुदायाला अभिमान वाटेल असा मोठा बौद्धिक वारसा मागे ठेवणाऱ्या आपल्या लाडक्या कणभौतिकशास्रज्ञ
January 8, 2025
TLoS team member Sayantan Datta is delivering a talk at TISS-Mumbai titled "Interrogating Brahminical Cis-Heteropatriarchy in Indian Science Through Feminist Science Journalism" on 01 February 2022, 4:30 PM.
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The IUBS Working Group on Gender Equality is organising a webinar series on the "Gender Gap and the Biological Sciences".
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Check out Notes on the Academy's powerful piece on students' deaths by suicide over the last year and the institutional response to these unfortunate deaths
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