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Ritoban Mukherjee

West Bengal
Covers:  Science, Technology, Health, Diversity
Writer, journalist, marketer, storyteller. Bylines: @qz, @ozm, @techradar, and @tomsguide. Pronouns: he/him.

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Freelance journalist with bylines in Quartz, Gizmodo, Mental Floss, Medium, Techradar, and Tom's Guide. I cover climate change, cultural diversity, and social innovation.

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Citizen science: How India's conservationists are mapping wildlife to protect it

Citizen science: How India's conservationists are mapping wildlife to protect it

To safeguard any species on the brink of extinction, one requires exact data about its physiology, actions an…

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The Darkness Under the Lights

The Darkness Under the Lights

As I looked out the window of my sixth-floor apartment, the morning after Diwali, I couldn't contain my disma…

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In Latin America, Using Crowd-Sourced Maps to Improve the Lives of Women

In Latin America, Using Crowd-Sourced Maps to Improve the Lives of Women

O n February 16, 2018, a 7.2 magnitude earthquake rocked the state of Oaxaca in Mexico, the third in a series…

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India's Monkeys Keep Killing People, so Scientists Are Trying Radical New Sterilization Strategie...

India's Monkeys Keep Killing People, so Scientists Are Trying Radical New Sterilization Strategie...

One evening last November, a young woman named Neha was feeding her infant son inside their house in Runkata,…

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The Ecological Problem With Octopus Farming - OneZero

The Ecological Problem With Octopus Farming - OneZero

Startups are building land-based octopus farms. Critics argue they're harming the animals. F ounded in 1974, …

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How Gene Editing is Changing the Future of Wine-and Making it Less Likely to Give You a Hangover

How Gene Editing is Changing the Future of Wine-and Making it Less Likely to Give You a Hangover

Scientists are making ancient French grape vines less susceptible to diseases-and less likely to cause hangov…

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What was your first job as a journalist?

I worked in content marketing before I was in journalism. I still do.

Have you ever used a typewriter?

Nope.

What does it mean to be a journalist?

To tell the truth. But also to tell it well.

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