Niranjana Rajalakshmi
@vetvirologist.bsky.social
Vet-turned-science journalist | SHERP 40 | words in National Geographic, Scientific American, Slate and others.
After learning that PCOS is NOT a condition of just people with ovaries, I wanted that to be a story.
Turns out that there is a male equivalent of PCOS we've been overlooking for a long time. Men with PCOS genes can develop obesity, diabetes, and heart disease.
For Slate:
Turns out that there is a male equivalent of PCOS we've been overlooking for a long time. Men with PCOS genes can develop obesity, diabetes, and heart disease.
For Slate:
PCOS Might Not Be Considered a Women’s Condition for Much Longer
PCOS can affect people across age and gender.
slate.com
September 23, 2025 at 7:26 PM
After learning that PCOS is NOT a condition of just people with ovaries, I wanted that to be a story.
Turns out that there is a male equivalent of PCOS we've been overlooking for a long time. Men with PCOS genes can develop obesity, diabetes, and heart disease.
For Slate:
Turns out that there is a male equivalent of PCOS we've been overlooking for a long time. Men with PCOS genes can develop obesity, diabetes, and heart disease.
For Slate:
My first for National Geographic 🐋
On how the deepest-diving animals on the planet survive extreme low-oxygen dives - and what that means for human diseases like stroke and cancer.
Huge thanks to @wwrfd.bsky.social for insightful editing!
On how the deepest-diving animals on the planet survive extreme low-oxygen dives - and what that means for human diseases like stroke and cancer.
Huge thanks to @wwrfd.bsky.social for insightful editing!
The deepest-diving whales could inspire new treatments for stroke and cancer
Goose-beaked whales hold the record for the deepest dive of any mammal. Researchers want to learn their secrets to develop new drugs for human diseases.
www.nationalgeographic.com
August 21, 2025 at 3:22 PM
My first for National Geographic 🐋
On how the deepest-diving animals on the planet survive extreme low-oxygen dives - and what that means for human diseases like stroke and cancer.
Huge thanks to @wwrfd.bsky.social for insightful editing!
On how the deepest-diving animals on the planet survive extreme low-oxygen dives - and what that means for human diseases like stroke and cancer.
Huge thanks to @wwrfd.bsky.social for insightful editing!
Just wrote about how next-gen telescopes (GMT & ELT) could detect oxygen on distant planets! New research shows they might survey 5-7 Earth-like worlds over a decade. We're entering an exciting era in the search for extraterrestrial life! #Astronomy #Exoplanets
How next-gen telescopes could discover extraterrestrial oxygen | University of Arizona News
The U.S. Giant Magellan Telescope and the European European Extremely Large Telescope, both under construction in Chile, could transform scientists' quest for life beyond Earth.
news.arizona.edu
February 27, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Just wrote about how next-gen telescopes (GMT & ELT) could detect oxygen on distant planets! New research shows they might survey 5-7 Earth-like worlds over a decade. We're entering an exciting era in the search for extraterrestrial life! #Astronomy #Exoplanets