Anusha Krishnan

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Anusha Krishnan is a part-time science writer and editor and full-time mom from Bangalore, India. She loves writing about new scientic discoveries, and believes that the art of storytelling is crucial for successful science communication.

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[Explainer] Where the plastic things are: unexpected plastic products in our lives

Anusha Krishnan 22 Feb 2022
A discarded mask found along the Mumbai coastline. Photo courtesy- Prasant Barik, Aahwahan Foundation

COVID-19 and the changing nature of waste

Anusha Krishnan 25 Jan 2022

[Explainer] The cost of plastic waste

Anusha Krishnan 30 Dec 2021

[Explainer] The life of plastic: born a hero, dying an outcast, resurrected a monster

Anusha Krishnan 10 Nov 2021

Tracking rivers, the highways of plastic waste

Anusha Krishnan 18 Oct 2021
Psedomelanistic tigers develop broader than average black stripes that look like they have spread or leaked onto the surrounding tawny background. All the black tigers of Similipal carry a single mutation in the gene Transmembrane Aminopeptidase Q (Taqpep) which seems to be the cause of this odd patterning. Photo by Rajesh Kumar Mohapatra/Nandankanan Biological Park.

Why tiger conservation efforts need genetic data

Anusha Krishnan 1 Oct 2021

[Explainer] What is molecular ecology and how does it help in conservation?

Anusha Krishnan 28 Jun 2021

[Interview] Science on a shoestring budget

Anusha Krishnan 4 May 2021
Termites inside a termite mound. Photo by Nikhil More.

Architectural secrets of termite mounds

Anusha Krishnan 28 Oct 2020

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