Vera Rubin
Ashley Jean Yeager VERA RUBIN began her career at a time when women were denied access to telescopes at leading observatories. Eventually her work helped scientists rethink the content of the cosmos. In Bright Galaxies, Dark…
Castor, Pollux and T.R. Rajakumari
One evening, this January, I ventured up to the mottai-madi, the open terrace, to welcome the onset of darkness. The sun was still an orange-red ball. Flocks of rose-ringed parakeets, whizzed towards their nightly roosts, squawking…
Science at Sundance 2023
Illustration by Islenia Mil for Science This year I had a chance two science-related films screened at the Sundance Film Festival in Utah — two vastly different films, but both struck a chord. Poacher A gunshot…
Goodbye, Pittsburgh
by Ramesh Mahadevan I have lived in Pittsburgh for almost an eternity. And now it is time to move on. In a matter of weeks, I will be relocating to the Denver/Boulder area. (look me up…
Darkness Manifesto
In the twilight, bats, which nest in the old church of Suntak in Sweden, fly around, hunting for insects. The twelfth century church’s façade is not lit up at night. So, as in the past,…
Luz House
The name engraved on yellowing marble called out to me. “Luz House,” the very name had gravitas, a certain ring to it. My errand was in Baliah Avenue, only a few steps away from this…