Perspective: I Fell in Love With a Dead Wasp
Up close and dead, the wasp is enchanting, a tableaux vivant of the great and terrible beauty of nature.
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Kausik Datta
- Jan 9, 2022
- 9 min
Perspective: A Day of the Crocs
Operating in land, air, or water, they swallow small prey whole; larger victims are either dragged into the water and drowned or crushed.
Cydney Wong
- Nov 8, 2021
- 6 min
Perspective: What I Learned (And Did Not Learn) From Genetic Ancestry Tests
Nothing could give me a satisfying, one-word answer to the “what are you” question.
Siddhant Pusdekar
- Oct 24, 2021
- 7 min
Perspective: Saying DEI in an Indian Accent
Contrary to popular American belief, there is no such thing as an Indian accent, there are many.
The Xylom
- Sep 30, 2021
- 7 min
443 Days Later, This Postdoc Gets To See Her Daughter and Go Back to Her Lab
She ate breakfast as her husband prepared dinner on the other end of the line, on the other end of the day, on the other end of the world.
Saugat Bolakhe
- Sep 26, 2021
- 5 min
२० वर्षपछी सुल्झिएको नेपाली रैथाने आसामी बाँदरको रहस्य ।
“अध्ययनको यो पाटो, मेरो लागि गर या मर बराबर थियो,” उनी भन्छन्, “अनुसन्धानाको अस्तित्व नै यी नमुना सङ्कलनमा भर पर्थ्यो ।”
Saugat Bolakhe
- Sep 3, 2021
- 5 min
Nepal’s Assam Macaque Is Its Own Beast
“It was literally a do or die situation for me,” he said. “Either collect samples or your research is for nothing!”
Nidhi Parekh
- Jun 28, 2021
- 5 min
Wealthy Countries: Keep the COVID Vaccines You Definitely Need, Donate the Rest!
The solution to this problem is seemingly simple, but is convoluted by politics: Keep what you will definitely need, donate the rest!
Saugat Bolakhe
- Jun 1, 2021
- 13 min
लौठसल्ला: जीवन रक्षामा हिमाली वरदानको खोज यात्रा
“ओहो ! गल्ति पो गरियो कि ? आखिर किन मैले कलेजको आन्तरिक परिक्षा छोडे? के मध्ये नेपालको सुदुर भिराला पहाडका जङ्गलहरुसँग पैठेँजोरी खेल्न?”
Joy N. Ismail
- Apr 13, 2021
- 5 min
End of a Chapter, Beginning Of a Book
I live in a city that is almost an exact replica of the one in my childhood dreams. Ironically, the one thing that is missing is happiness.