Reportage
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Against a Science of Sacrifice
This reportage suggests that science academia in India is structured to put research scholars at risk of deteriorating mental health.
November 1st 2019
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Café Mythbusting: The neuroscience of mental health disorders
At a café in Kolkata, a gang of PhD dropouts talks about the neuroscience of mental health with their psychiatrist-friend.
October 28th 2019
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STEMming the tide of mental health crises
Two neuroscientists and a sociologist reflect on mental health experiences of people in science. What is it about the environment in STEM labs that might increase the risk for anxiety and depression?
October 2nd 2019
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Physicists meet to talk gender equity (and some physics)
At the first of its kind scientific conference, Indian physicists start to agree that something must be done about the gender gap
October 1st 2019
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The case for open science
A tour through an open science laboratory in Switzerland where scientists are realising the hacker culture
August 28th 2019
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India’s Fusion Dance
Nandita reports from a recent visit to one of the largest big science experiments of the world: ITER. She writes about India’s participation in this project.
August 7th 2019
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The many-eyed eight-legged beauties of India’s rainforests
Spurred on by a Twitter challenge, this ecologist-educator lists her favourite and little-known spiders in the rainforests of India’s Western Ghats. Enjoy this photo-listicle!
July 3rd 2019
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The hunt for superflares from the Sun
For years, astronomers wondered whether the Sun is a special star – a star sans superflares. All that changed earlier this year, thanks to a meteorite called Efremovka and some neat detective work from a group of scientists including Kuljeet Kaur Marhas from PRL, Ahmedabad.
June 18th 2019
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Excerpts from our first published study!
A study describing some findings about gender equality in Indian science from our labhopping journey
April 8th 2019
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Snippets from Spoorthi—Celebrating Indian Women in Science
Spoorthi is a resource for women in science in India and includes a diversity of voices of women.
March 6th 2019