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I don't unmix science and politics. "Marxist in the garb of a science educator." Science and environment, @the_hindu: mukunth dot v at thehindu dot co dot in. rootprivileges.net India Joined December 2008

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VM @1amnerd

a week ago

India's Ig Nobel wins are indicators of a culture of inquiry that deserves more institutional support randomwalking.org/2025/09/20/cur…

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Vipin M. Vashishtha @vipintukur

a week ago

Dengue is worsening in South Asia, and a surprising culprit has emerged: waning immunity against Japanese Encephalitis Virus (JEV). ➡️ A new study from Nepal shows that fading JEV protection may predispose people to severe dengue. 1/ @dr_puneet and me wrote a piece for…

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a week ago

Maxwell's demon forces us to ask what it means to know something about a system and whether that knowledge can be used without consequence randomwalking.org/2025/09/19/dis…

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The Hindu @the_hindu

2 weeks ago

Today, India faces the challenge of large parts of its hydrological infrastructure ageing en masse. Many major dams of the post-1950 period are now in the last stages of their originally intended lifespan, writes @1amnerd trib.al/z8wxlGe

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Saurav Das @SauravDassss

2 weeks ago

#StoryAlert 🚨 ALARMING ORDER by a Delhi court in favour of Adani. Adani has been given blanket liberty to compile its own rolling blacklist and have platforms takedown “alleged defamatory content” within 36 hours, without further judicial scrutiny, until the court says…

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Sobhana K Nair @SobhanaNair

2 weeks ago

It's a year since we began our podcast -- The Rearview. What a fun journey it has been and a very enriching one too. Listen in to all our episodes: youtube.com/playlist?list=… open.spotify.com/show/1QvB3OeXw…

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2 weeks ago

The companies whose services became the spark for the protests in Nepal offered little more than boilerplate statements about respecting digital rights and calls for dialogue. Do social media platforms do too little during political unrest? My analysis: thehindu.com/sci-tech/techn…

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2 weeks ago

"Sportspersons are not soldiers and their gestures matter because they dramatise fellowship. To withdraw from even this minimal courtesy confuses solidarity with victims of terrorism with the repudiation of fellow athletes." thehindu.com/opinion/editor…

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2 weeks ago

The "key features" of Diabe-250 are that it created 250+ jobs and that Prime Minister Narendra Modi "mentioned the startup" in his podcast. What of its clinical credentials? randomwalking.org/2025/09/14/csi…

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2 weeks ago

To cancel an India-Pakistan cricket match is to concede that no space can remain where ordinary citizens of India and Pakistan might encounter each other beyond the logic of hostility rootprivileges.net/2025/09/13/a-c…

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Rishika Pardikar @rishpardikar

3 weeks ago

Environment clearance for Nicobar mega project was granted conditionally. One condition was setting monitoring committees and uploading minutes of meetings online. But instead of uploading recent minutes, @aniidco has removed minutes of last 3 meetings that were already uploaded

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3 weeks ago

And to Paul Feyerabend :) rootprivileges.net/2025/09/09/a-t…

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3 weeks ago

Price cuts sans warning labels expand access but don't help shoppers pick healthy foods. Without robust labels and tax rates rationalised along public health lines, GST 2.0 may add to India’s burgeoning NCD burden. My analysis in today's @TheHinduComment thehindu.com/business/gst-2…

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Nirupama Subramanian @tallstories

2 months ago

Excellent work ⁦@ThehinduData⁩ ⁦@TheHinduScience⁩ Heat index: how heat-stressed are you? Fab graphics and great idea to use heat stress monitor. thehindu.com/infographics/2…

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VM @1amnerd

3 weeks ago

Lighting the way with Parrondo’s paradox rootprivileges.net/2025/09/07/lig…

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3 weeks ago

Challenging the neutrino signal anomaly rootprivileges.net/2025/09/06/cha…

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3 weeks ago

"The defence of keeping [the Collegium's] reasons confidential has rested on two claims: that openness can harm the reputation of candidates who are not selected and that it'd expose the system to political pressures. On scrutiny, both claims collapse." thehindu.com/opinion/lead/c…

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The Hindu @the_hindu

4 weeks ago

Rampant development, not climate, pushing Himalaya to the edge ✍️M. Rupa Rasagna thehindu.com/sci-tech/energ…

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4 weeks ago

The signatories to a new statement include 14 Nobel laureates, five Fields Medal winners, 20 Breakthrough Prize recipients, 34 Dirac Prize winners, and four Wolf Prize winners thehindu.com/sci-tech/scien…

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4 weeks ago

.@Kaju_Nut recently asked other physics teachers on X how much time they spend teaching the interpretations of quantum physics. His question inspired me to write this post rootprivileges.net/2025/09/03/wha…