In this special episode, we take you inside the Public Communication of Science and Technology PCST 2025 Conference in Aberdeen, Scotland, a global gathering of science communication researchers, practitioners, and educators, all asking one urgent question: How can science communication drive meaningful change in a world full of transitions, traditions, and tensions?

Against this rich international backdrop, we spotlight a group of science communicators from India who are navigating their own complex terrain — of multilingual publics, institutional inertia, environmental urgency, and the ambition of making science relevant in everyday life.

We hear candid reflections on the blurred lines between science journalism, outreach, and advocacy; the challenges of working in under-resourced media ecosystems, the power (and pitfalls) of storytelling across languages and platforms and the urgent need for collective climate response in the Global South.

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Episode 52: This Week in India's Science: 26 May 2025

Cosmologist Jayant Narlikar’s legacy and the Global South’s push for culturally rooted AI

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Episode 51: This week in India's science: 19 May 2025

Self-swimming synthetic cells, surprise erosion hotspots, immune cells behind severe dengue and how ancestral diets shaped immunity.

Host: Subhra Priyadarshini; Sound editing: Prince George

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Remembering K. Kasturirangan, climate risks to mothers, India's pandemic preparedness, mosquito threats from rising seas, and a tulsi boost for goat health

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Episode 47: This week in India's science: 21 April 2025

India's gravitational wave research milestone, the wisdom of Indigenous communities in conservation and an archaeological twist to South Asia's farming origin.

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On this week's show: Bacteria that patch up Moon bricks, magnetic gels that grow muscle in mice, cool leather from waste and a vanishing forest tree’s comeback.

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