Rising retractions prompt national reform – plus, a promising snakebite antidote, rise of biofoundries and why Ladakh glows in auroras. Host: Subhra Priyadarshini; Sound editing: Prince George ***** Welcome to This Week in India’s Science . Four big stories this episode — why rising paper retractions are forcing national reform, a potential region-specific solution for snakebite treatment, India’s sprint into biofoundries, and why a strange sequence of solar eruptions lit up Ladakh in red aurora...
Aug 11, 2025•13 min•Season 6Ep. 20
Host: Subhra Priyadarshini; Sound editing: Prince George ***** Welcome to This Week in India’s Science on the Nature India podcast This week, we bring you three stories that speak to our changing world — and how we choose to understand it. We’ll start with a look inward, at the state of science journalism itself. Why is it so often reactive, underfunded, and seen as optional — a side dish in newsrooms — when the stakes have never been higher? Then we head to space — where ISRO and NASA have just...
Aug 04, 2025•9 min•Season 6Ep. 19
Host: Subhra Priyadarshini; Sound editing: Prince George Episode 61: How scientists caught the heaviest black hole merger ever seen Teamwork behind GW231123 — plus, beetles reveal coinfection risks, how COVID evades antibodies, and what ageing muscles really need. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jul 28, 2025•9 min•Season 6Ep. 18
Host: Subhra Priyadarshini; Sound editing: Prince George Ultrathin material for 6G technology, endangered dolphins caught in India–Pakistan tensions, flexible snake-inspired robots and colour-changing virus sensors. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jul 21, 2025•8 min•Season 6Ep. 17
This Week in India's Science: 14 July 2025 Host: Subhra Priyadarshini; Sound editing: Prince George Lunar cooling during lockdowns, El Niño floods in Maharashtra talavs, a cancer-triggering protein and the race to save India’s ancient horseshoe crabs. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jul 14, 2025•9 min•Season 6Ep. 16
Host: Subhra Priyadarshini; Sound editing: Prince George This Week in India's Science: Vanishing Antarctic ice, a toxic toad's invasive journey, next-gen non-silicon processors and an AI enzyme-hunter. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jul 07, 2025•8 min•Season 6Ep. 15
Host: Subhra Priyadarshini; Sound editing: Prince George This Week in India’s Science: Why India’s carbon offset schemes are failing communities, a Martian basin teeming with salt and ancient water, and a flexible new battery that breathes air. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jun 30, 2025•6 min•Season 6Ep. 14
A whale skeleton beneath a desert. Wild pigs tamed by ancient Indian farmers. Rogue tigers identified by their DNA. And nanoparticles that keep human blood flowing. This is This Week in India’s Science. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jun 23, 2025•8 min•Season 6Ep. 13
From probing ancient volcanic dykes to forecast underground magma, to tracing how sunspot swirls shape solar storms, mapping climate-driven venom shifts in Russell’s vipers, and decoding monsoon-triggered marine crashes in the Bay of Bengal — this week’s top science stories as reported by Nature India. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Jun 16, 2025•9 min•Season 6Ep. 12
This week, we take you from the Moon’s ancient past to India’s experiments at the International Space Station, from courtroom debates on genetically modified crops to a conservation story that’s turning heads around the world. India’s scientific landscape is shifting fast — and we’re here to unpack the stories that matter. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jun 09, 2025•7 min•Season 6Ep. 11
In this special episode, we take you inside the Public Communication of Science and Technology PCST 2025 Conference in Aberdeen, Scotland, a global gathering of science communication researchers, practitioners, and educators, all asking one urgent question: How can science communication drive meaningful change in a world full of transitions, traditions, and tensions? Against this rich international backdrop, we spotlight a group of science communicators from India who are navigating their own co...
Jun 02, 2025•8 min•Season 6Ep. 10
Episode 52: This Week in India's Science: 26 May 2025 Cosmologist Jayant Narlikar’s legacy and the Global South’s push for culturally rooted AI Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
May 26, 2025•6 min•Season 6Ep. 9
Episode 51: This week in India's science: 19 May 2025 Self-swimming synthetic cells, surprise erosion hotspots, immune cells behind severe dengue and how ancestral diets shaped immunity. Host: Subhra Priyadarshini; Sound editing: Prince George Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
May 19, 2025•7 min•Season 6Ep. 8
Ancient forests, immune diversity map, ecological twist to drug resistance and potential cancer treatment. Host: Subhra Priyadarshini; Sound editing: Prince George Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
May 12, 2025•6 min•Season 6Ep. 7
Gene-edited rice, spacebound Indian astronaut, plastic-eating microbes, antibiotic access crisis and mitochondria revealing secrets of evolution Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
May 05, 2025•10 min•Season 6Ep. 6
Episode 48: This week in India's science: 28 April 2025 Remembering K. Kasturirangan, climate risks to mothers, India's pandemic preparedness, mosquito threats from rising seas, and a tulsi boost for goat health Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Apr 28, 2025•8 min•Season 6Ep. 5
Episode 47: This week in India's science: 21 April 2025 India's gravitational wave research milestone, the wisdom of Indigenous communities in conservation and an archaeological twist to South Asia's farming origin. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Apr 21, 2025•6 min•Season 6Ep. 4
Host: Subhra Priyadarshini; Sound editing: Prince George On this week's show: Bacteria that patch up Moon bricks, magnetic gels that grow muscle in mice, cool leather from waste and a vanishing forest tree’s comeback. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Apr 13, 2025•7 min•Season 6Ep. 3
AI cracks ancient Tamil scripts, a glacial lake flood could threaten Sikkim again, and a lab grown cow lung reveals TB secrets Host: Subhra Priyadarshini; Sound editing: Prince George Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Apr 07, 2025•7 min•Season 6Ep. 2
Staying updated on the latest scientific developments can be difficult. This podcast brings to you a concise overview of the most important science news from India, perfect for those who may not have the time to read all our stories, or for listeners on the go. This week we talk about how India’s Guillain-Barré syndrome outbreak highlights water contamination risks, discuss the absence of a national natural history museum in India,explores the birth of massive stars, the launch of India's first ...
Mar 30, 2025•8 min•Season 6Ep. 1
Th e Biolore podcast series presents lesser-known stories from the history of biological sciences in India. This richly researched audio retrospect draws on expert insights, science archives, oral histories, literature reviews and field reportage. Biolore delves into foundational science, analyzing its lasting impact on humankind. This episode of Biolore explores the science and history of plant tissue culture and its transformative impact on agriculture and forestry in India. It highlights key ...
Mar 28, 2025•24 min•Season 5Ep. 5
In this episode of Biolore, experts Ankila Hiremath, Manzoor Shah, and Ninad Mungi uncover the hidden impact of invasive plant species on India’s biodiversity. From the aggressive spread of Lantana camara choking forests to the unexpected dominance of Canadian horseweed in Kashmir, invasive species are altering landscapes, disrupting food webs, and affecting local economies. The discussion explores how history, climate, and human activity drive these invasions and why prevention is the key to co...
Mar 18, 2025•28 min•Season 5Ep. 4
In the third episode of Biolore, we explore how scientists are using cutting-edge genetic sequencing to uncover the mysteries held within centuries-old remains of animals and humans, and hear how this knowledge is important for conservation of species and medicine today. The Biolore podcast series presents lesser-known stories from the history of biological sciences in India. This richly researched audio retrospect draws on expert insights, science archives, oral histories, literature reviews an...
Oct 17, 2024•30 min•Season 5Ep. 3
The Biolore podcast series presents captivating, lesser-known stories from the history of biological sciences in India. This richly researched audio retrospect draws on expert insights, science archives, oral histories, literature reviews and field reportage. Biolore delves into foundational science, analyzing its lasting impact on humankind. In the second episode of Biolore, we discuss the science, culture and controversy surrounding the world's most favourite rice — basmati. Hosted on Acast. S...
Aug 31, 2024•28 min•Season 5Ep. 2
The Biolore podcast series presents captivating, lesser-known stories from the history of biological sciences in India. This richly researched audio retrospect draws on expert insights, science archives, oral histories, literature reviews and field reportage. Biolore delves into foundational science, analyzing its lasting impact on humankind. In the first episode, discover how the zebrafish, a tropical fish from the Ganga river, journeyed to a US lab to become a beloved model organism in biomedi...
Jun 26, 2024•29 min•Season 5Ep. 1
Voting is underway in the 2024 general elections in India, the world's largest democracy, with nearly 970 million eligible voters. This election period, spanning over a month and a half, provides a unique opportunity to look back on the course of science and innovation in India, celebrating milestones achieved while pondering over the challenges that lie ahead. Nature India brings to you an exclusive conversation around the pressing questions scientists in India are contemplating — their wish li...
Apr 25, 2024•25 min•Season 4Ep. 12
What goes into producing the science podcast at Nature India? Listen in. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Mar 22, 2024•23 min•Season 4Ep. 11
In this final episode of the "Our mobile world" series, we look at the future of mobile devices and communication technologies. Host: Subhra Priyadarshini, production and script: Sahana Ghosh, sound editing: Prince George. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Feb 27, 2024•18 min•Season 4Ep. 10
इस एपिसोड में हम चर्चा करेंगे कि मोबाइल फोन से पैदा हुए डिजिटल विभाजन को कैसे भारत जैसे देश कम कर सकते हैं, जिससे की ज़्यादा से ज़्यादा लोगों तक डिजिटल सुविधाएँ पहुंच सकें। हम बात करेंगे आईआईएम (IIM) कोलकाता और तिरुचिरापल्ली के दो शोधकर्ताओं और शिक्षकों से – विमल कुमार और जुंग बहादुर सिंह से - जिन्होंने इस विभाजन को काफी करीब से जांचा परखा है। नेचर इंडिया की 'मोबाइल की दुनिया' (Our mobile world) पॉडकास्ट श्रृंखला उन कई तरीकों पर नज़र डालती है जिनसे स्मार्टफोन ने भारत में विज्ञान और समाज के बीच क...
Jan 28, 2024•20 min•Season 4Ep. 9
आज के एपिसोड में हम सुनेंगे कि कैसे मोबाईल फोन विज्ञान की शिक्षा के लिए और जनता के साथ जुड़ने का एक बहुत मददगार साधन हैं। मोबाइल फोन लोगो को बड़ी मात्रा में सूचना और शैक्षिक संसाधनों तक पहुंच प्रदान करते हैं। इंटरनेट कनेक्टिविटी के साथ, छात्र तेजी से विषयों पर शोध कर सकते हैं, डिजिटल पाठ्यपुस्तकों तक पहुंच सकते हैं और इंटरैक्टिव शिक्षण सामग्री का पता लगा सकते हैं। आज के एपिसोड में, हम सुनेंगे कि कैसे मोबाईल फोन विज्ञान की शिक्षा के लिए और जनता के साथ जुड़ने के लिए एक बहुत मददगार साधन हैं। हम बात...
Dec 28, 2023•17 min•Season 4Ep. 8
