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Sethu Pradeep
Sethu Pradeep lives in Kochi, and he covers science, technology and the business of technology for indianexpress.com. He holds a Bachelor's degree in Media and Communication from the Manipal Institute of Communication with a specialisation in print journalism. Apart from writing deeply reported original articles, Sethu also writes "Watch this space," a popular weekly column aimed at people who want to know more about the universe and human efforts to explore it. When he is not writing about cutting-edge science and technology, he can be found at the kickboxing gym. You can follow him on Twitter @theSethu and on LinkedIn.
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Climate change is causing more frequent, intense cyclones on India’s western coastSubscriber Only
October 05, 2023 13:04 IST
Human-induced climate change is causing more frequent and intense cyclones on India's west coast, finds a new study.
Fri, Oct 06, 2023
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella speaks out against ‘dominant’ Google in antitrust trialSubscriber Only
October 03, 2023 16:48 IST
Satya Nadella gave a three-and-a-half hour testimony in a federal court in Washington as he laid out how Microsoft could not overcome Google’s use of multibillion-dollar deals to become the default search engine on smartphones and web browser.
Wed, Oct 04, 2023
Watch this space: Not all Chinese scientists question India’s Chandrayaan-3Subscriber Only
October 01, 2023 12:00 IST
In this week's Watch this space, Sethu Pradeep writes about how a celebrated Chinese scientist questioned Chandrayaan-3's success while some other Chinese experts praised it.
Mon, Oct 02, 2023
Scientists develop new artificial intelligence method to look for life on other planetsSubscriber Only
September 29, 2023 15:42 IST
Scientists have developed a new artificial intelligence-based method that can potentially help identify molecular biosignatures on different worlds.
Sun, Oct 01, 2023
Watch this Space: Chandrayaan-3 sleeps as US Space Force punches a hole in atmosphereSubscriber Only
September 24, 2023 12:00 IST
In this week's Watch this Space, Sethu Pradeep writes about how a US Space Force satellite launch may have punched a hole in the atmosphere as ISRO's Chandrayaan-3 mission modules "slept" on the Moon.
Sat, Sep 30, 2023
Watch this space: ‘Alien corpses,’ NASA UFO team director & Webb’s ‘life signature’ detectionSubscriber Only
September 17, 2023 12:00 IST
Everyone is thinking about extraterrestrial life as a UFOlogist presented what he claimed are "alien corpses" to Mexico's Congress in a testimony. NASA has appointed a new director for UFO research and Webb has hinted at some possible "life signatures."
Mon, Sep 18, 2023
NASA appoints new director for UFO research as panel urges more studySubscriber Only
September 14, 2023 21:24 IST
One of the biggest takeaways from the study was there is a need for the destigmatisation of UAPs. The space agency will now begin encouraging the public at large and both military and civilian pilots to report any instances of UAP.
Thu, Sep 14, 2023
New ‘string’ technology could revolutionise lithium productionSubscriber Only
September 13, 2023 13:03 IST
A new "string-based" technique for extracting lithium could revolutionise the production of the metal that is essential for all sorts of batteries, including those found in smartphones and electric vehicles.
Thu, Sep 14, 2023
Watch this space: NASA’s SLS too expensive, SpaceX’s Starship too explosiveSubscriber Only
September 10, 2023 09:57 IST
ISRO's back-to-back Chandrayaan-3 and Aditya L1 missions might mislead you into thinking that space is easy. That is far from the truth. Both NASA and Elon Musk's SpaceX suffered setbacks this week due to government agencies.
Sun, Sep 10, 2023
A newly-discovered brain cell could shake up neuroscienceSubscriber Only
September 08, 2023 15:07 IST
The discovery of a new kind of "hybrid cell" could create an upheaval in the field of neuroscience, giving scientists new potential way to target neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer's disease.
Tue, Sep 12, 2023
Watch this space: The Moon, the Sun and getting parcels from spaceSubscriber Only
September 03, 2023 11:30 IST
In his weekly column, Sethu Pradeep writes about ISRO’s Aditya L1, the European Space Agency’s helping hand and NASA’s ambitious asteroid sample mission.
Mon, Sep 04, 2023
ISRO Aditya L1 launch highlights: Launch successful as satellite separates from PSLV
September 01, 2023 17:01 IST
Aditya L1 mission highlights: India's first solar mission, Aditya L1 launched today. After a four month journey, it will study solar activity and its effect on Earth, other planets and space weather.
Tue, Sep 05, 2023
Watch this Space: ISRO on the Moon, SpaceX in hot waterSubscriber Only
August 27, 2023 13:00 IST
This was a big week for both ISRO and SpaceX, albeit for completely different reasons.
Tue, Aug 29, 2023
Chandrayaan-3 landing highlights: Pragyan rover roams on the Moon
August 23, 2023 07:33 IST
Chandrayaan-3 highlights: ISRO also shared a photo of Chandrayaan-3 Lander on the moon's surface, clicked by Chandrayaan-2's Orbiter High-Resolution Camera.
Fri, Sep 01, 2023
Watch this space: Luna-25, Chandrayaan-3, Artemis 2 and the ‘lunar economy’ raceSubscriber Only
August 20, 2023 12:02 IST
Russia's Luna-25, India's Chandrayaan-3, China's Chang'e 6 and the United States' Artemis 2 are just the beginning of a new race to "colonise" the Moon.
Mon, Aug 21, 2023
Watch this space: Chandrayaan-3, Luna-25 race against backdrop of Indo-Russia cooperationSubscriber Only
August 13, 2023 10:31 IST
India's Chandrayaan-3 and Russia's Luna-25 are in a bit of a "race" to be the first mission to reach the lunar south pole. But this race belies the long history of cooperation in space between the two countries.
Tue, Aug 15, 2023
Watch this space: Chandrayaan-3 enters lunar orbit, ‘Sun umbrella,’ and Voyager 2Subscriber Only
August 06, 2023 12:00 IST
Watch this space: The Chandrayaan-3 mission left Earth's orbit in the same week that NASA regained contact with Voyager-2.
Tue, Aug 08, 2023
Watch this space: David Grusch’s UFOs, a jet fired at Earth and nuclear rocket enginesSubscriber Only
July 30, 2023 09:24 IST
In this week's Watch this Space column, we discuss a former US intelligence officer's allegations that the country posesses UFOs, a high-energy jet of particles sent towards Earth by a distant supermassive black hole, and NASA's plans for a nuclear rocket engine.
Tue, Aug 01, 2023
One industry where humans may always be better than AISubscriber Only
July 29, 2023 16:38 IST
A new study reveals that there is one job which humans could always do better than artificial intelligence or robots.
Thu, Aug 03, 2023
Watch this space: Gaganyaan tests, Martian organic molecules and electron rains on MercurySubscriber Only
July 23, 2023 12:00 IST
Watch this Space brings together the biggest space-related developments that happened over the previous week. This edition speaks of Apollo 11, Gaganyaan, X-ray auroras on Mars and how a galaxy with no dark matter could change how we understand the universe.
Mon, Jul 24, 2023
A trinity of wild stories of the real J Robert OppenheimerSubscriber Only
July 21, 2023 13:48 IST
Christopher Nolan's movie Oppenheimer promises to be dramatic. But can it be as dramatic as the real life of J Robert Oppenheimer?
Wed, Jul 26, 2023
Watch this space: Chandrayaan-3, China’s future rocket and a monumental weekSubscriber Only
July 16, 2023 08:00 IST
In a big week for space exploration, a Chinese company launched the first methane-liquid oxygen rocket in the world, the James Webb Space Telescope celebrated its first anniversary, and Chandrayaan-3 launched.
Sun, Jul 16, 2023
Chandrayaan 3 mission highlights: Spacecraft leaves Earth orbit, heads to Moon
July 14, 2023 07:31 IST
ISRO Chandrayaan 3 launch live updates: The spacecraft left the Earth orbit and is now on its way to the Moon.
Wed, Aug 02, 2023
Chandrayaan-3: Why is it so difficult to land on the Moon?Subscriber Only
July 13, 2023 16:59 IST
More than half a century after the first Apollo mission landed on the Moon, a journey to Earth's lone natural satellite is still quite difficult and littered with hazards all over.
Wed, Aug 23, 2023
Watch this space: Supermassive black holes, supersonic flights and Chandrayaan 3Subscriber Only
July 09, 2023 07:00 IST
Watch this Space: Learn everything you need to know about the biggest developments in space over the past week.
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