June 2026

Serious side effects dim hopes for first chikungunya vaccine

The shots fell short during a massive outbreak on a French island. Cheap chikungunya vaccines are still far away at a time when the mosquito-borne disease is expanding its range

Times of India • July 2025

A Clean-Up That's No Cruise

Two decades after the 2005 deluge, Mumbai's Mithi River is a patchwork of half-finished projects, pollution, and memories of a flood

Science • September 2024

"We should know our own history"

To distance its science education systems from centuries-long British colonialism, India is leaning into its history and traditions—but is there a cost?

Science • September 2023

Heat-proofing India

Cities in India are testing measures that could help urban populations worldwide cope with rising temperatures.

Hakai Magazine • December 2022

Mumbai Embraces Its Booming Flamingo Population

Despite pressure from development, flamingos seem to be thriving on the shores of one of the world’s most populous cities, and local people are becoming protective of the birds and their habitat.

Yale E360 • October 2022

As Himalayan Glaciers Melt, a Water Crisis Looms in South Asia

Warmer air is thinning most of the vast mountain range’s glaciers, known as the Third Pole because they contain so much ice.

National Geographic • April 2022

Can this 19th-century health practice help with long COVID?

Doctors used to swear by the slow recovery period known as convalescence.

The Atlantic • February 2022

Climate Change Is Stretching Mumbai to Its Limit

Facing sea-level rise, flooding, and landslides, the city’s residents are finding resilience—because they have little other choice.

Undark Magazine • September 2019

As droughts spread across India, so does water budgeting

Villages across India’s Maharashtra state are working together to get themselves through worsening droughts

Archaeology • December 2017

The Lion City's glorious past

The founding mythology of Singapore was once thought to be pure fiction—archaeology says otherwise