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Vasudevan Mukunth

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How Tom Stoppard s play Arcadia reimagines science and literature as entwined pursuits

The article discusses how Tom Stoppard's play 'Arcadia' intertwines the themes of science and literature, while also critiquing C....Go to article

04/12/2025

Malaria parasites corkscrew their way deeper through skin

The article discusses how malaria sporozoites navigate through human skin to reach capillaries that lead to the liver, highlightin...Go to article

04/12/2025

The climate is breaching the wall of urban metrics

The article discusses the significant impact of extreme natural events in Asia, highlighting the inadequacies in how modern urban ...Go to article

03/12/2025

Science quiz The natural artists called minerals

The article discusses a phenomenon related to minerals that absorb UV light and reemit it as visible light, inviting readers to fi...Go to article

03/12/2025

Why do we feel the need to go to the bathroom when we re nervous or scared?

The article explores how stress and anxiety trigger the need to use the bathroom, linking it to the effects of adrenaline on bladd...Go to article

02/12/2025

Steve Smith s eye-blacks and the slippery slope of cricket s tech rules

The article discusses how sports, particularly cricket, have accepted certain equipment that mitigates nuisances but generally res...Go to article

01/12/2025

What is the Baikonur cosmodrome?

The launch of a Soyuz-2.1a rocket on November 27 resulted in damage to the Baikonur cosmodrome, leading to the suspension of crewe...Go to article

29/11/2025

Hong Kong blaze Why buildings have disastrous fires and how they can be prevented

The article discusses how many large fires since 2000 have originated from small localised blazes, which were exacerbated by the g...Go to article

27/11/2025

The INO that wasn t and the JUNO that is

The article discusses how India had the potential to solve a significant scientific mystery in the past decade but has now fallen ...Go to article

26/11/2025

WiFi signals can quietly surveil you study

A study reveals that WiFi signals can be used for surveillance without the knowledge of users, as they do not indicate their surve...Go to article

26/11/2025