Biplab Das
A science journalist and writer who has been writing since 1997 on a wide range of science and technology topics. Worked with print, audio, audio-visual and online media. Over the years, he honed his skills to tell stories of how we and other living organisms emerged on earth and our and their place in cosmos.
He is elated to get the opportunity to write for ‘Starlust’. He hopes that it will give him scope to know, explore and portray space and its unending mystery more intimately.
He is an avid reader. His favorite subjects are origin of the universe, big bang, black holes, evolution and films. The books by Carl Sagan, Paul Davies, and Lee Smolin fuel his interest in space further.
His stories appeared in online magazines of Springer Nature, UK, Australian magazine ‘Cosmos’, US-based ‘Chemical & Engineering News’, London-based ‘SciDev.Net’, and India-based ‘Down To Earth’, ‘The Telegraph’, and ‘The Statesman’. He wrote scripts for science documentary films for CSIR, New Delhi, and science radio talks for ‘All India Radio’, Kolkata and did research work for an audio-visual series on zero-waste for Mumbai-based ‘Times Television Network’.
Latest From Biplab Das
What will happen when the solar activity declines in the descending phase of Solar Cycle 25?
Solar activity is likely to be on the decline all the way to 2030, which will mark the end of Solar Cycle 25.
Astronomers build largest molecular cloud catalog of the Andromeda galaxy
Molecular clouds are huge masses of gas and dust that are remnants of galaxy formation.
Bacteria on Mars may hold the key to future human habitats on the planet
Two remarkable bacteria could facilitate 3D printing on Mars besides producing oxygen for astronauts.
New model maps the ghost particles that the Milky Way sends towards Earth
The researchers combined advanced stellar models with the Gaia telescope's date.