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Niranjana Rajalakshmi

Niranjana Rajalakshmi

Niranjana Rajalakshmi is a veterinarian from South India. After a master’s in veterinary microbiology, she has combined her subject matter expertise with her fervor for storytelling and transitioned as a science journalist. From the three seasons of her city – summer, summerer, and summerest – she thinks moving to NYC will add at least one more season to her life and more flavor to her writing. Niranjana enjoys cooking, singing, and feeling nostalgic about her furry patients.

August 26, 2022

Decades after the last Indian cheetah was killed, 36 will soon be imported from Africa. Conservationists aren’t sure it will work

April 8, 2022

Road expansion in West Africa is threatening the critically endangered western chimpanzee population

March 21, 2022

Psychotherapists have different opinions about making climate anxiety a diagnosis

February 11, 2022

Some researchers argue testing on primates is both unethical and irrelevant, but vaccine developers and others say it saves human lives — and the pandemic is their latest example

January 12, 2022

Mitochondria counts may be a crucial tool for measuring the risks of radiation and weightlessness

December 6, 2021

A new study says a simple stick of chewing gum relieves post-surgical discomfort and shortens hospital stays

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