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When the Himalayas Collapse: Nepal’s Catastrophic Glacial Disaster and a Warning for the World

The Nepal disaster is a warning from a mountain system under stress — a warning that the next catastrophe may already be taking shape somewhere high above the valleys, beyond the sight of the people who will ultimately bear its consequences.

Santanu Basu
Music And Light Therapy

Both music and light therapies are non-invasive, person-centric, and well-supported interventions that positively alleviate physical, psychological, emotional and cognitive health issues through the medium of music and light.

Tanmoy Deb
From Junk DNA to Evolution’s Hidden Engine: Rethinking the Dark Genome

Drawing on genomics, evolutionary biology and systems-level thinking, Sudhakaran Prabakaran in his book Eclipsed Horizons: Unveiling the Dark Genome, argues that the dark genome is not a “junkyard” but nature’s “tinkering workshop”, a reservoir of potential solutions that organisms can draw upon when facing environmental challenges.

TV Venkateswaran
Tiny Terror The Secret Life of Dengue Mosquitoes — and How You Can Defeat Them

Defeating dengue does not begin in a hospital — it begins at home, in school and in every neighbourhood.

Debashis Biswas
An Oriental Pied Hornbill and a Blue Rock Pigeon spark thoughts on biodiversity in Delhi

The birds also imparted lessons in ethics that are very necessary for peaceful coexistence among humans and non-humans, not only in the city of Delhi but everywhere in the world today.

Shubhobroto Ghosh
Closing In on Broad-Spectrum Snake Antivenoms

Some snakes inject more venom, increasing toxicity from low-concentration toxins. While these challenges exist, they are manageable, and the development of multi-specific snake antivenoms is promising.

M. Saleemuddin
When Hands Speak and Science Listens The Journey of Sign Language from Human Gesture to Artificial Intelligence

The UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities affirms the right to inclusive education. Inclusion is not charity — it is policy. The future classroom must not separate learners. It must integrate them.

Ajai Chawla
Climate Change, El Niño and the Rise of Emerging Infectious Diseases

The erratic weather phenomenon has also resulted in the loss of species, some of which were the silent hosts for the pathogens. The loss of the primary hosts has made humans the most available, vulnerable and susceptible hosts.

Utkarsha Rathi and Monika Koul
Memes sprinkling fun in sci-math teaching

If you are puzzled as to why your peers laugh at a meme, you need to understand the meme. Understanding a sci-math meme requires some knowledge of the scientific-mathematical concept, and a contextual experience as well.

Kumar Gandharv Mishra
Bioluminescence — Lighting Up A Lightless World

Bioluminescence not only lights up the lightless world of the deep oceans but can also shine a light on our human mysteries, too!

Tanmoy Deb