Venkatraman Ramakrishnan

2 posts

Curious Bends – tumour twin, ethical non-vegetarians, fixing Indian science, and more

Aug 25, 2015 3 min read

Apologies for the unplanned summer holiday, but we're back! 1. Was the tumour inside her brain her twin? (Audio) She moved from Hyderabad to do her PhD at Indiana University and began experienci…

Curious Bends – macaroni scandal, bilingual brain, beef-eating Hindus and more

Mar 25, 2015 3 min read

Uncategorized Brahmins China National Nuclear Corporation class divide racial gap nuclear reactors Royal Society Second language synthetic rice tapioca macaroni vegetarianism Venkatraman Ramakrishnan

1. The great macaroni scandal in the world began in Kerala "'Only the upper class people of our larger cities are likely to have tasted macaroni, the popular Italian food. It is made from wh…