Nature India Podcast

Host: Subhra Priyadarshini; Sound editing: Prince George*****Welcome to This Week in India’s Science on the Nature India podcastThis 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 launched their first Earth-mapping satellite together. It's a big step for science diplomacy and for the way we track climate change, disaster zones, and land use. And finally, back on the ground — to Kolkata, where researchers have created glowing nanoparticles that hunt down cancer cells with striking precision.

Host: Subhra Priyadarshini; Sound editing: Prince GeorgeEpisode 61: How scientists caught the heaviest black hole merger ever seenTeamwork behind GW231123 — plus, beetles reveal coinfection risks, how COVID evades antibodies, and what ageing muscles really need.

Host: Subhra Priyadarshini; Sound editing: Prince GeorgeUltrathin material for 6G technology, endangered dolphins caught in India–Pakistan tensions, flexible snake-inspired robots and colour-changing virus sensors.

This Week in India's Science: 14 July 2025Host: Subhra Priyadarshini; Sound editing: Prince GeorgeLunar cooling during lockdowns, El Niño floods in Maharashtra talavs, a cancer-triggering protein and the race to save India’s ancient horseshoe crabs.

Host: Subhra Priyadarshini; Sound editing: Prince GeorgeThis Week in India's Science: Vanishing Antarctic ice, a toxic toad's invasive journey, next-gen non-silicon processors and an AI enzyme-hunter.

Host: Subhra Priyadarshini; Sound editing: Prince GeorgeThis 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.

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.

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.

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.