Vasudevan Mukunth

Vasudevan Mukunth is the science editor at The Wire.

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Why Independent Media is Essential to Good Science Journalism

Vasudevan Mukunth 30/12/2016

The ideal of 'speaking truth to power' that sections...

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Seven of the Fishiest ‘Science’ Claims Indians Made in 2016

Vasudevan Mukunth 27/12/2016

The claims, and their popularisation, were further hobbled by...

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Infinite in All Directions: War’s TB, Einstein’s First Wife, Evolution of Elves

Vasudevan Mukunth 26/12/2016

Infinite in All Directions is The Wire‘s science newsletter....

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Why We Need Dark Matter – Even Though We Don’t Fully Understand It

Vasudevan Mukunth 20/12/2016

Verlinde has been claiming since the start of the...

A headline has at least two responsibilities: to be cognisant of an interesting scientific idea, perhaps nuanced, as well as to quickly captivate the reader. Credit: thomasleuthard/Flickr, CC BY 2.0

What is a Headline’s Relationship With an Article About Uncertainty?

Vasudevan Mukunth 19/12/2016

Many articles are beginning to deal with objects that...

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Bad Press? Why You Shouldn’t Blame Journalists Alone for Exaggerated Health News

Vasudevan Mukunth 17/12/2016

Studies have found that bloated claims in news reports...

A computer simulation shows two neutron stars, the extremely dense cores of now-dead stars, smashing into each other to form a blackhole. Credit: NASA Goddard Space Flight Centre/Flickr, CC BY 2.0 (quantum)

Has LIGO Actually Proved Einstein Wrong – and Found Signs of Quantum Gravity?

Vasudevan Mukunth 15/12/2016

Three physicists have predicted that finding 'echoes' of gravitational...