Chitra Kannabiran

carbon capture, greenhouse gases, Paris Agreement, carbon dioxide, climate tipping points, methane, deforestation, cement, fossil fuels,

The Carbon Conundrum

Chitra Kannabiran 03/01/2020

As things stand, reducing the amount of carbon dioxide...

organ donation, organ transplant, organ transplantation, hiranandani illegal organ transplant, heart transplant, liver transplant, kidney transplant, keratoplasty, corneal graft, xenotransplant, monkeys, pigs, Registration of Births and Deaths Act, Transplantation of Human Organs and Tissues Act, brain death, cardiac death, circulatory death, immune system, stem cells, organoids, organ donation, tissue donation,

The Ins and Outs of Organ Donation

Chitra Kannabiran 09/12/2019

The advent of organ transplantation was a landmark in...

Aryabhata, Bhaskara I, Madhava, Bhaskara II, scientific method, Francis Bacon, scientific revolution, industrial revolution, Copernican model, Galileo Galilei, Charles Darwin, theory of evolution, Al Biruni, Al Haytham, scientific temper,

The Shapeshifting Relationship Between Science and Religion

Chitra Kannabiran 27/11/2019

Religion in different forms has largely co-existed with science,...

women in STEM, women in science, Jocelyn Bell Burnell, Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard, female role models, leaky pipeline, childbearing, boys' club, manel, STI policy, gender-based discrimination, gender bias,

The Long Road to Getting, and Keeping, More Women in Science

Chitra Kannabiran 17/11/2019

The status of women in science has become a...