
Anirban Mukhopadhyay
Anirban Mukhopadhyay is an independent science journalist. He holds a PhD in genetics and a master’s in computational biology and drug design. He regularly writes for The Hindu and has contributed to The Wire Science, where he conveys complex biomedical research to the public in accessible language. Beyond science writing, he enjoys creating and reading fiction that blends myth, memory, and melancholy into surreal tales exploring grief, identity, and the quiet magic of self-discovery. In his free time, he loves long walks with his dog and motorcycling across The Himalayas.
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A woman experienced delusions of communicating with her dead brother after late-night chatbot sessionsA woman developed psychosis, and her symptoms escalated rapidly, prompting clinicians to retrace the events leading up to her hospitalization.
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A man's muscles looked strangely deformed. Doctors found they were leaking calcium into his blood.A man showed up to the hospital with vomiting, weakness, failing kidneys and sky-high calcium. The culprit was a muscle-enhancing oil he injected into his chest and arms years ago.
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Brain benefits of exercise come from the bloodstream — and they may be transferrable, mouse study findsExercise strengthens both the body and the mind, and researchers are uncovering the molecular messengers that make the connection. The messengers can also be transferred from an active mouse to a sedentary one.
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REM sleep may reshape what we rememberResearchers trace how different sleep stages may fine-tune what we remember, trading specifics for more general knowledge.
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A woman got unusual bruising from a massage gun. It turned out she had scurvy.A woman bruising her leg with a massage gun set off a medical odyssey that revealed scurvy, a disease seen fairly rarely in modern America.
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Stars live longer, stranger lives after nearly being swallowed by a black holeA new study shows survivor stars can live billions of years longer than normal, carrying chemical fingerprints of their violent encounters with the Milky Way's black hole.
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A woman kept tasting bleach — and doctors found a hidden cause in her bloodA woman was diagnosed with an autoimmune disease that also led to striking behavioral changes — namely, her craving the taste of powdered bleach.
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Does cannabis raise the risk of cancer?Scientists are piecing together how cannabis smoke may disarm the body's immune arsenal while activating cancer-linked pathways. But the potential links aren't yet completely understood.
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