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Karthik Vinod is a recent postgraduate from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. He reports on science, education and public health.

Previously, I interned with The Hindu, a national newspaper of record in India. In 2024, I co-founded EdPublica, a science and educational news platform.

I have master’s degrees in physics and astronomy, and science and technology studies.

You can reach out to me on Signal @karthik.171 or via kv2462@columbia.edu

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    An overlooked molecule could help solve the Venus water mystery

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    December 12, 2025
    An overlooked molecule could help solve the Venus water mystery

    There’s a mismatch between the amount of water scientists estimated Venus to have lost in the last 4.5 billion years and how much spacecraft data say it has actually lost.

    Continue reading →: An overlooked molecule could help solve the Venus water mystery
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    More solar storms brewing after last week’s aurorae as Sun ‘wakes up’

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    December 12, 2025
    More solar storms brewing after last week’s aurorae as Sun ‘wakes up’

    Since early May, scientists have been monitoring the sunspot AR 3664. By May 7, it was 16-times as wide as the earth and brimming with magnetic energy.

    Continue reading →: More solar storms brewing after last week’s aurorae as Sun ‘wakes up’
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    ‘Outstanding work’: IIT-M team makes mineral nanoparticles with water

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    December 12, 2025
    ‘Outstanding work’: IIT-M team makes mineral nanoparticles with water

    Infusing soil with silica nanoparticles made using the technique could transform agriculture.

    Continue reading →: ‘Outstanding work’: IIT-M team makes mineral nanoparticles with water
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    Chandrayaan’s Pragyan rover offers evidence of magma ocean on young moon

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    December 12, 2025
    Chandrayaan’s Pragyan rover offers evidence of magma ocean on young moon

    As Pragyan travelled around 100 m from the lander over two weeks, it occasionally stopped to observe moon dust with its instruments. And it laid unbare evidence of an ancient magma ocean on the surface.

    Continue reading →: Chandrayaan’s Pragyan rover offers evidence of magma ocean on young moon
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