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Alind Chauhan
Alind is a Delhi-based journalist with the Explained team of The Indian Express. His body of work includes analysis and reporting on science, climate change and artificial intelligence. He has previously worked with The Hindustan Times and CNN-News18. He has a postgraduate diploma in journalism from Asian College of Journalism, Chennai, and a Bachelor of Technology degree in mechanical engineering. His email: alindchauhan998@gmail.com
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More people are bitten by humans in New York than by sharks in the entire world. Sharks’ perception as bloodthirsty monsters, a product of their portrayal in Jaws, has driven their population to the brink
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Air India crash victim identification: DNA identification is the gold standard for identifying human remains, especially after mass fatality events in which bodies might not be easy to identify otherwise.
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It will take around 28 hours for Indian astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla to reach the ISS from a launchpad in Florida. Here’s a look at what his journey will entail
Wed, Jun 11, 2025
Explained: Why scientists study tardigrades, tiny eight-legged ‘water bears’, in spaceSubscriber Only
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Tardigrades have been a part of space missions since 2007, when some 3,000 moss piglets hitched a ride to space aboard the European Space Agency’s Foton-M3 mission
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People living in Delhi, Maharashtra, Goa, Kerala, Gujarat, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, and Uttar Pradesh face the highest risk from heat in the country, according to a new study
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How bad is the situation in Gaza, where almost no food or aid entered for almost three months until this week? How has the work of aid agencies been impacted? Jonathan Fowler, Senior Communications Manager of UNRWA, the biggest aid organisation in the Strip, explains.
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Explained: In a first, how a customised gene-editing tool was used to treat 9-month-old boySubscriber Only
May 27, 2025 07:00 IST
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If successful, the mission will place China in a group of a handful of countries — including the United States and Japan — which have been able to sample asteroids and return the samples to Earth successfully.
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Explained: As Trump blocks Harvard from enrolling international students, what this means for existing, aspiring studentsSubscriber Only
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The negotiations for a global pandemic treaty began in December 2021, at a time when the Omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2 was spreading across the world and producing a massive new surge of COVID-19
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