Vasudevan Mukunth

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Parsing the Math in D.D. Kosambi the Polymath

Vasudevan Mukunth 13/06/2017

The criticism Kosambi faced over his papers on the...

The GSLV Mk III D1 lifts off. Credit: ISRO

What ISRO Must Do To Take India’s Space Story to More People

Vasudevan Mukunth 06/06/2017

We all had richly imagined ‘space’ phases as children...

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After GSLV Mk III Cruises to Success, ISRO Is Back to Its Hectic Schedule

Vasudevan Mukunth 05/06/2017

The D1 mission has injected the GSAT-19 communications satellite...

Mahesh Chandra Sharma. Source: YouTube

The Place of Science When the ‘Peacock’ Judge Struts His Faith

Vasudevan Mukunth 03/06/2017

Science does not have answers to every question we've...

Front view of locked synchronous motion in a rotary motor. Credit: 10.1126/science.aam8808

Scientists Playing Molecular LEGO Unlock New Achievement: Synchronous Rotors

Vasudevan Mukunth 01/06/2017

A dutch Nobel laureate and his colleagues have built...

This image shows a numerical simulation of a binary black hole merger with masses and spins consistent with the third and most recent LIGO observation. Caption and credit: University of Maryland

India’s Star Rises Higher With LIGO’s Third Gravitational Wave Detection

Vasudevan Mukunth 01/06/2017

Indian physicists verified a century-old prediction and then used...

A harlequin ladybird. Credit: spacebirdy/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0

The Harlequin Ladybird Is a Conqueror Extraordinaire Among Bugs

The Wire Staff 29/05/2017

Humans either accidentally imported the ladybird from different locations...