5 Steps to Unlock Indian Science’s Full Potential
The Life of Scienceby aashima3 Sept 2026
Even in 2026, Indian science appears to be plagued by mediocrity. In the scientific world, mediocrity translates to bad research papers.
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top 70%Deepak Dhar’s Dirac Medal will bring physics into small-town dreams
The Life of Scienceby aashima20 Aug 2026
The 2026 Dirac Medal awarded to TIFR-ICTS (Bangalore) Prof. Deepak Dhar recognises his pioneering contributions to statistical mechanics and, more broadly, to our understanding of complex physical...
Labhopping is open to pitches!
The Life of Scienceby TLoS Team7 Jul 2026
Is there a story about the Indian science ecosystem that you’ve always wanted to tell – but there was nobody to listen?
Whose science festival is it anyway?
The Life of Scienceby Sayantan Datta3 Jul 2026
Two editions of the India Science Festival (ISF) had concluded when science communicator Sarah Hyder Iqbal joined its organising body, the not-for-profit Foundation for Advancing Science and...
Ladies only: Learning science in a woman’s world
The Life of Scienceby Nandita26 Jun 2026
Though I didn’t study in one myself, women’s colleges were all around me in Chennai where I grew up.
Falling Dominoes: India’s embarrassment of complexity and a way out
The Life of Scienceby aashima20 Jun 2026
My mother worked the counters at the State Bank of India when she was my age. She counted bills, served customers, and moved between branches before returning to the mess at home.
Gita explores the idea of “The Man of Science”
The Life of Scienceby Nandita2 Apr 2026
In 2023, sociologist Gita Chadha was chosen as the third Obaid Siddiqi Chair in the History and Culture of Science at the Archives at NCBS.
2026 Labhopping Calendar is here
The Life of Scienceby aashima19 Dec 2025
The Calendar is our annual fundraising ritual. We love to work on it, and we love it so much that you all can’t get enough of it year after year.
Recording sex and gender data in clinical settings
The Life of Scienceby Sayantan Datta23 Oct 2025
On April 16, 2025, the United Kingdom (UK) Supreme Court ruled that the legal definition of “woman” refers to biological females; the judgment also stated that biological sex is “binary”.
Reimagining science needed now more than ever
The Life of Scienceby Nandita14 Aug 2025
“Is social darwinism a scientific theory?,” Vetti Giri asked his students at the start of his class.
Postcolonial theory has a Hindutva problem
The Life of Scienceby aashima30 Jul 2025
I am often irked by the term “Western science”. This phrase not only overlooks the global and collaborative nature of science but also carries more profound implications.