Vasudevan Mukunth

Vasudevan Mukunth is the science editor at The Wire.

An eclipse. Credit: gsfc/Flickr, CC BY 2.0

Infinite in All Directions: String Wars, Ledecky’s Success and Subatomic Puzzles

Vasudevan Mukunth 15/08/2016

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

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ISRO Plans Return to Mars with Mangalyaan 2.0

Vasudevan Mukunth 12/08/2016

The next Mars mission will likely be launched in...

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LUX and LHC Haven’t Found the Particles They Were Looking for? No Problem

Vasudevan Mukunth 08/08/2016

Both the LHC and the LUX dark-matter experiment have...

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Physicists Downcast as New Particle ‘Spotted’ at LHC Vanishes With More Data

Vasudevan Mukunth 05/08/2016

A particle of some kind first hinted at in...

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If We’re Going to Search for Sanjeevani, This is How to Do It

Vasudevan Mukunth 29/07/2016

We have to ensure that Uttarakhand's new project stays...

The May 23 test, where the RLV-TD was fit upon an HS9 booster and carried to 70 km. Credit: ISRO

ISRO Plans Scramjet Engine Test Atop Its Heaviest Sounding Rocket in July

Vasudevan Mukunth 13/07/2016

The scramjet engine will eventually power the first indigenous...

Callisto, one of the four Galilean moons. Credit: NASA

Infinite in All Directions: Lehrer’s Comeback, Curbside Geology and Life on Titan

Vasudevan Mukunth 11/07/2016

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