Pandemics as paradigm shifts

Aditya Dwarkesh

Looking back at the European Black Plague as an archetype of a pandemic, which ravaged human lives in the 14th century, and drawing parallels to the coronavirus pandemic of the 21st century.

The COVID-19 lockdown: Our self-induced psychological experiment?

Arunita Banerjee

One-third of the world population is currently living in isolation, under enforced lockdowns.The evolutionarily ‘social’ brain of humans can be massively affected through this. Here’s why this COVID-19 lockdown may be the biggest psychological experiment that mankind has induced upon itself, and how this will affect us.

#WIISER Spotlight | Dr. Nisha N. Kannan: Synchronizing work, life and science with time

Ashwathi Prithviraj and Arunita Banerjee

Dr. Nisha K. Kannan, Assistant Professor, studies ‘Chronobiology’ in fruit flies, at IISER Thiruvananthapuram. She spoke to Cogito137 over an email interview, where she talks about her tryst with science from an early age to a career in research and how life and society influenced it.

#WIISER Spotlight | Dr. R. S. Swathi : Where there is a will, there is a way

Anvy Kuriakose and Arunita Banerjee

Dr. R. S. Swathi, Associate Professor, is a theoretical chemist at IISER Thiruvananthapuram. She spoke to Cogito137 over an email interview, where she talks of overcoming different hurdles for securing a higher education in basic sciences and a career in scientific research.