Vasudevan Mukunth

Vasudevan Mukunth is the science editor at The Wire.

Galaxy NGC 1398, photographed by the Dark Energy Survey. Credit: uclmaps/Flickr, CC BY 2.0

Centennial: Einstein’s Desperate Mistake, the Cosmological Constant

Vasudevan Mukunth 09/02/2017

There are multiple implications of the cosmological constant that...

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Infinite in All Directions: Apolitical Scientists, Bose v. Newton, Science That Matters

Vasudevan Mukunth 06/02/2017

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Review: Enrico Fermi, the Quiet ‘Pope’ in a Collapsing World

Vasudevan Mukunth 06/02/2017

The Pope of Physics, by Bettina Hoerlin and Gino...

Image of diamond anvils compressing molecular hydrogen. Caption and credit: R. Dias and I.F. Silvera

All That Is Shiny May Not Be Metallic Hydrogen

Vasudevan Mukunth 31/01/2017

Scientists aren't sure if an intriguing feat performed at...

Two halves of the PSLV-C22 heat shield enclosing the IRNSS-1A satellite, whose clocks have developed glitches, ahead of launch in July 2013. Source: ISRO

Three Atomic Clocks Have Failed Onboard India’s ‘Regional GPS’ Constellation

Vasudevan Mukunth 30/01/2017

A replacement satellite will be launched in the second...

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Indian Researchers Unravel How a Common Insecticide Can Cause Diabetes

Vasudevan Mukunth 29/01/2017

They found that organophosphates, common in India, are broken...

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Infinite in All Directions: India’s Caves, Quantum Dots, the Mathematicus

Vasudevan Mukunth 23/01/2017

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