Portfolio as (Science) Journalist and Communicator
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Liquid Marbles Could Lead To Greener Pesticides That Don’t Slide Off Leaves [49th byline/21st house]
I explain how scientists are trying to create pesticides that stick.
Asian Scientist Magazine — Journalistic — 18th December, 2025
India’s Trees Are Flowering Out of Season—and Citizen Scientists Are Noticing [48th byline/21st house]
I explain how citizens and social media are informing the science of flowering plants.
Asian Scientist Magazine — Journalistic — 17th December, 2025
Is the world betting too much on carbon removal technologies? [Explainer] [47/21]
We investigate carbon removal technologies in the Indian context.
Mongabay India– Journalistic — 16th December, 2025
Salt-Tolerant Bacteria Could Help Sundarbans’ Farmers Fight Rising Salinity [46/21]
I explain how science could help solve the region’s persistent problem.
Asian Scientist Magazine — Journalistic — 17th November, 2025
Cicadas sing in sync as the sun rises [45/21]
I explain the curious phenomenon, the reason for which is unclear.
Mongabay India — Journalistic — 27th October, 2025
How Lung and Breast Cells Fight Cancer Differently [44/20]
I explain the science behind heart rate variability and its relationship to stress.
Asian Scientist Magazine — Journalistic — 23rd October, 2025
HRV and stress explained: How your body signals overload [43/19]
I explain the science behind heart rate variability and its relationship to stress.
Ultrahuman Blog — Communication — 9th October, 2025
From periods to ovulation: How your uterine cycle speaks in signals [42/19]
I explain the science behind the dual ovarian and uterine cycles.
Ultrahuman Blog — Communication — 8th October, 2025
Sympathetic vs parasympathetic – your guide to everyday balance [41/19]
I explain the science behind the two nervous systems that keep you healthy and productive.
Ultrahuman Blog — Communication — 18th September, 2025
Why 3 AM stress destroys your sleep – and how to combat it [40/19]
I explain how to safeguard recovery and long-term health from stress.
Ultrahuman Blog — Communication — 12th September, 2025
How the timing of stress can protect your health – and stay productive [39/19]
I explain how stress isn’t the enemy – mistiming is.
Ultrahuman Blog — Communication — 5th September, 2025
A Case for Charging Climate Arsonists [38/18]
The era of untraceable climate damage is over. It’s time to name the polluters and hold them accountable.
DebduttaPaul’s Blog — Journalistic — 29th June, 2025
The Universe Is More Complicated Than We Thought [37/18]
I investigate the claims and counter-claims of what dark energy is up to.
DebduttaPaul’s Blog — Journalistic — 15th June, 2025
The science of AI and the AI of science [36/17]
I report on the history, development, and future of artificial intelligence.
The Hindu — Journalistic — 1st May, 2025
This story was published in March, 2025 as Chapter 3 of the e-book, ‘Artificial Intelliegence: A history of the present’.
A welcome mat [35/17]
I explain new research prescribing how to look for life in future asteroid missions.
Shaastra Magazine — Journalistic — 14th April, 2025
Clouds From Equator Will Affect Monsoon Rains in Unexpected Ways [34/16]
I explain new research predicting changes in intensity of monsoon rainfall over India.
The Wire — Journalistic — 13th April, 2025
New study reexamines time symmetry in quantum systems [33/16]
I examine new research claiming quantum mechanical processes do not distinguish directions of time.
First Principles — Journalistic — 9th April, 2025
Not Just the Poles, More Spots on the Moon Could Be Home to Water-Ice [32/15]
I explain how areas of high latitudes on the Moon could be potential sources of water-ice.
The Wire — Journalistic — 18th March, 2025
Physicists propose tabletop experiment to test gravity’s quantumness [31/15]
I explain how the relatively simple experiment is still complicated.
The Hindu — Journalistic — 25th February, 2025
Chandrayaan-3 Finds Evidence of Global Lunar Surface Magma Ocean [30/15]
I report the observations by a Chandrayaan-3 instrument and its interpretations.
The Wire — Journalistic — 21st August, 2024
Kitchen sponges can be used as memory devices [29/14]
I explain how sponges can have mechanical memory.
Nature — Journalistic — 1st August, 2024
Universe had spiral galaxies 4 billion years sooner than expected: study [28/14]
I write on how astronomers are digging the universe’s past.
The Hindu — Journalistic — 4th July, 2024
India’s plan for junk-free space missions by 2030 [27/13]
I review how space debris are created and mitigated presently.
Nature — Journalistic — 10th May, 2024
Opinion: A Defence of Merit or a Case for Sustaining the Biases in Science? [26/12]
I critique a paper that seeks to undermine recent efforts in academia to embrace diversity.
The Wire Science — Opinion — 12th June, 2023
Is Therapy in India Inherently Casteist? [25/12]
I question the absence of caste-affirmative therapy and probe the reasons behind it.
The Swaddle — Journalistic — 8th October, 2022
Stardust laden eyes with Sonal Thorve [24/11]
I documented the work and life of a science and astronomy communicator.
SciRio — Communication — 22nd December, 2021
Another Case Against Science’s Objectivity Myth: Nepotism in Publishing [23/10]
I delved into the findings of a metaresearch study.
The Wire Science — Journalistic — 30th November, 2021
AstroSat confirms neutron stars interact with their extreme environment [22/10]
Astronomers are probing neutron stars’ surface and environment with X-ray telescopes.
Deccan Herald — Journalistic — 18th November, 2021
The Dark Side of “Excellence” [21/9]
I analyse how academic power structures sustain poor mental health conditions.
Notes on the Academy — Journalistic — 15th November, 2021
AstroSat Catches Nuclear Reactions Spreading Across a Neutron Star [20/8]
Scientists have shed important new light on the astrophysics of thermonuclear bursts.
The Wire Science — Journalistic — 7th October, 2021
Tuning into the radio sky with Shilpa [19/8]
Shilpa’s troubleshooting skills have kept India’s eyes into the universe open for many years.
The Life of Science — Communication — 13th August, 2021
শীর্ষ প্রতিষ্ঠানগুলির চালক জাতিবাদ [18/8]
কীভাবে জাতিবাদ আধুনিক ভারতীয় শিক্ষাপ্রতিষ্ঠানগুলিতে প্রকাশিত এবং সমৃদ্ধ হয় তা আমাদের সামনে এলো দলিত, বহুজন ও আদিবাসী সাংবাদিক, শিক্ষাবিদ এবং কর্মীদের মধ্যে একটি অনলাইন আলোচনার মাধ্যমে।
The Life of Science — Transcreation — 29th July, 2021
Hidden in plain sight: A mental health crisis in academia (Part 2) [17/8]
We examine the status of mental health awareness within Indian academia and discuss possible strategies and interventions to improve the situation.
IndiaBioscience — Journalistic — 2nd October, 2020
Hidden in plain sight: A mental health crisis in academia (Part 1) [16/8]
We examine the status of mental health awareness within Indian academia and discuss possible strategies and interventions to improve the situation.
IndiaBioscience — Journalistic — 29th September, 2020
A new approach to quantum information processing at room temperatures [15/8]
Scientists have come up with a novel approach to realise qubits, the fundamental units of quantum computers.
Research Matters — Communication — 27th August, 2020
Rachana’s pursuit of the oldest stars in the universe [14/8]
I report on the recent discovery by Rachana Bhatawdekar and her team, and profile her journey from IT jobs to the European Space Agency. (This story got an honourable mention in the SciShortform roundup July–December 2020.)
The Life of Science — Communication — 20th August, 2020
COVID19 and Cyclone Amphan batter Hobjapara’s ‘migrant’ families [13/7]
Residents of a village an hour from Kolkata live in absolute apathy of all governments and administrations.
Gaon Connection English — Journalistic — 20th August, 2020
Speeding up computing by introducing defects in solids [12/6]
I report on how scientists have carefully engineered defects in materials to speed up computing speeds.
Research Matters — Communication — 3rd August, 2020
Observations of the Sun’s surface defy present understanding of its interiors [11/6]
Scientists are clueless in understanding the Sun, the nearest star and the source of life on the Earth.
Research Matters — Communication — 23rd July, 2020
Radio-images of the Sun explains the anomaly in its atmospheric temperature [10/6]
Researchers explain the Sun’s ‘coronal heating problem’ by studying it via the radio wavelengths.
Research Matters — Communication — 22nd June, 2020
Could One Type of Neutron Stars Explain Where Fast Radio Bursts Come From? [9/6]
A new discovery in the frontier of astronomy supposedly explains the enigmatic fast radio bursts as extragalactic magnetars. I report on theoretical research examining this link and establishing the details of this complicated relationship.
The Wire Science — Journalistic — 3rd June, 2020
Black hole shadows could throw light on dark matter [8/5]
Researchers have investigated the effects of dark matter particles on the growth of black hole shadows.
Research Matters — Communication — 15th May, 2020
Tackling a mental health crisis during a global pandemic [7/4]
I discuss the various ways in which the COVID-19 pandemic can prey upon our mental health, and some small steps that can help one stay connected and grounded during the crisis.
IndiaBioscience — Opinion — 13th May, 2020
First Person: ‘I survived neglect in UK and stigma in India after I tested positive for Covid-19’ [6/4]
I write in first person anonymous for an Indian student who has recovered from COVID-19.
Scroll — Journalistic — 1st May, 2020
Indian Researchers Work Round The Clock In Quest To Contain Coronavirus [5/3]
I report on how scientists have prepared themselves and others for COVID-19 diagnosis.
Huffington Post India — Journalistic — 13th April, 2020
Battling the Contagious Disease of Racism: A Personal Account From Germany [4/2]
I write in first person anonymous for a person living in Germany.
LiveWire (The Wire) — Journalistic — 26th March, 2020
Park Circus Maidan: Kolkata’s Shaheen Bagh [3/2]
I report from the ground on the developing situation of civic protests against the CAA-NPR-NRC, in Kolkata.
LiveWire (The Wire) — Journalistic — 14th January, 2020
Wake up academia, it’s a brand new mental health patient [2/1]
I draw insights from my own experiences in graduate school to suggest what institutions and individuals can do to improve mental health conditions within academic spaces.
IndiaBioscience — Opinion — 16th October, 2019
Busting a few PhD myths [1st byline/1st house]
I discuss a few myths often believed and perpetuated by graduate students throughout India, which can prove detrimental to their scientific journeys.
IndiaBioscience — Opinion — 8th May, 2019
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