Vasudevan Mukunth

Vasudevan Mukunth is the science editor at The Wire.

An architectural installation at Fermilab, the high-energy particle physics research centre, in Illinois. Credit: recommend group/Flickr, CC BY 2.0

Hopes for ‘New Physics’ Pave the Road to Rencontres

Vasudevan Mukunth 10/03/2018

The Rencontres de Moriond provides a snapshot of the...

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Let’s Talk About the Misogyny Pervading Holi, Not the Science of ‘Semen-Filled Balloons’

Vasudevan Mukunth 03/03/2018

People who use science need to be clear about...

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With Ministers Like These, Every Day Must Be Science Day

Vasudevan Mukunth 28/02/2018

The discovery of the Raman effect was a product...

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For Space, and ISRO, Frugality Is a Tightrope Walk Not Worth Celebrating

Vasudevan Mukunth 21/02/2018

Saying “Chandrayaan 2 is cheaper than Interstellar” is pernicious...

A screengrab from the film 'The Cloverfield Paradox' (2018). Source: Netflix

‘The Cloverfield Paradox’ Is a Textbook Case of How Not to Use Physics in a Movie

Vasudevan Mukunth 08/02/2018

The accelerator is a convenient insertion into a bland...

From left to right: Ram Madhav (Credit: PTI), Charles Darwin (Credit: Wikipedia Commons) and Satyapal Singh (Credit: PTI).

With Ram Madhav and Satyapal Singh in Charge, Even Lord Ram Can’t Help Indian Science

Vasudevan Mukunth 21/01/2018

If the minister's pen, with RSS support, blots the...

Students of the Farah Women’s Empowerment Center perform a song at the official dedication of the center, March 10, 2010, Farah, Afghanistan. Caption and credit: isafmedia/Flickr, CC BY 2.0

Debate: Why a Test Used to Spot Gender Bias in Science Reports Can Be Myopic

Vasudevan Mukunth 08/01/2018

In countries where women receive more institutional support than...