Rising retractions prompt national reform – plus, a promising snakebite antidote, rise of biofoundries and why Ladakh glows in auroras.

Host: Subhra Priyadarshini; Sound editing: Prince George

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Welcome to This Week in India’s Science.

Four big stories this episode — why rising paper retractions are forcing national reform, a potential region-specific solution for snakebite treatment, India’s sprint into biofoundries, and why a strange sequence of solar eruptions lit up Ladakh in red auroras last year.

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Host: Subhra Priyadarshini; Sound editing: Prince George

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Welcome to This Week in India’s Science on the Nature India podcast

This 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.

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Host: Subhra Priyadarshini; Sound editing: Prince George

Episode 61: How scientists caught the heaviest black hole merger ever seen

Teamwork behind GW231123 — plus, beetles reveal coinfection risks, how COVID evades antibodies, and what ageing muscles really need.

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