Host: Subhra Priyadarshini; Sound editing: Prince George

How would it be if the next cosmic mystery was found by volunteers peering into radio maps?

And what if plants carry a 500-million-year-old switch to survive heat waves?

Those are the two stories we will talk about today. Welcome to This Week in India’s Science. I’m Subhra Priyadarshini — let’s explore a community-driven cosmic discovery and a molecular secret plants use to beat the heat.

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Host: Subhra Priyadarshini; Sound editing: Prince George

River Ganga’s story of drought stretched a thousand years — right now is this river’s worst chapter yet?

What if the next revolution in green transport began not with batteries, but with a single converter?

What if the sea’s gentlest mammals were quietly absorbing our pollution?

And what if elephants made decisions the way we do — by thinking, feeling, and remembering?

This is This Week in India’s Science on the Nature India podcast.

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Host: Subhra Priyadarshini; Sound editing: Prince George

A device to transform dairy health — plus, snowflake fractals, molecular antibodies, and ageing skin in a dish.

What if snowflakes could cage electrons? What if your skin could tell its age before wrinkles appear? What if fighting disease started when antibodies acted like architects, not just guards? Can a handheld gadget spot mastitis in milk before farmers even see the signs?

All this in This Week in India’s Science.

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