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Prabir Purkayastha
Richard Lewontin: The Pioneering Evolutionary Biologist
11 Jul 2021
In this episode of Talking Science, Newsclick editor-in-chief Prabir Purkayastha talks to immunologist Satyajit Rath about the life of Richard Lewontin and his key scientific discoveries.
Sandipan Talukdar
Man-made Climate Change Cooling and Contracting Mesosphere
06 Jul 2021
Three NASA satellites combined about 30 years of observation, which indicates that the summer mesosphere over Earth’s poles is on the track of cooling by 4 to 5 degree Fahrenheit and contracting 500…
Sandipan Talukdar
Astronauts Conduct First Spacewalk on China's Space Station
05 Jul 2021
In June, three astronauts aboard the Shenzhou-12 spacecraft were blasted off to the space station which they reached after a journey of over seven hours.
Newsclick Team
From 'Lab Leak' Theory to UFOs - How to Prove Something Did Not Happen?
05 Jul 2021
In this episode of Talking Science and Tech, Prabir Purkayastha talks about the common link between the Wuhan 'Lab Leak' theory, UFOs, and weapons of mass destruction in Iraq under Saddam Hussain.
Sandipan Talukdar
COVID-19: Scientists Identify Biomarkers for Predicting Vaccine Protection
02 Jul 2021
The team which developed the Oxford-Astrazeneca vaccine has reportedly identified a ‘correlate of protection’ from studying the immune responses of the participants in clinical trials of vaccine.
Sandipan Talukdar
China’s Mars Mission: Zhurong Rover Sends Intriguing Audio and Video Clips
01 Jul 2021
The Tianwen-1mission, launched by the CNSA on July 23, 2020, comprises a robotic spacecraft that contains an orbiter, a lander, and the rover named Zhurong.
Sandipan Talukdar
New Fossil Skull in Israel Stirs Up Debate: Earliest Neanderthal or Unknown Neanderthal Ancestor?
30 Jun 2021
Two recently published papers in Science have proposed that the fossils from Israel belonged to a previously unknown group of hominins, who were direct ancestors of the Neanderthals and might have…
Sandipan Talukdar
China’s ‘Dragon Man’ Skull May be From a Denisovan or a New Human Species
28 Jun 2021
Commonly known as the ‘Dragon Man’, the ancient skull has sparked new excitement among the scientists studying the evolutionary history of humans.
Newsclick Team
Diet of Our Ancestors: Humans Have Been Cooking Grains Longer than We Thought
27 Jun 2021
In this episode of Talking Science and Tech, Prabir Purkayastha discusses the latest findings on the diet of ancient human beings.
D. Raghunandan
India’s Deep Ocean Mission: A Literal Race to the Bottom
25 Jun 2021
Last week, the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs approved a Deep Ocean Mission proposed by the Ministry of Earth Sciences at