Devika Rao, The Week US
Devika Rao has worked as a staff writer at The Week since 2022, covering science, the environment, climate and business. She previously worked as a policy associate for a nonprofit organization advocating for environmental action from a business perspective. She graduated from Cornell University in 2021 with a bachelor’s degree in environment and sustainability and a minor in climate change.
Based in New Jersey, Devika spends her free time reading, singing, playing her bass guitar and taking long walks.
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Hurricanes are only going to get worse
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Fossils uncovered in Australia are 107 million-year-old pterosaurs bones, scientists say
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China just sent its first civilian astronaut to space
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Will America ban TikTok?
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The science behind nuclear weapons
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How heat waves are wreaking havoc around the world
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California is diverting melting snow to avoid flooding
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Why hasn't Google enforced its policy to stop climate disinformation?
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The 'hard truths' of our climate failures
Speed Read Why it's time to start thinking beyond 1.5 degrees Celsius
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Do pharmacies have too much power?
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Linda Yaccarino and the new era of Twitter
In the Spotlight A look into new Twitter CEO Linda Yaccarino and whether she's headed toward a 'glass cliff'
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Fossil fuels contributed to more than one-third of western wildfires
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'Highly contagious' and drug-resistant ringworm infections found in New York City
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Is the term 'AAPI' alienating or inclusive?
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FDA panel votes unanimously to make birth control pill available over the counter
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Babies born through 'groundbreaking' procedure using DNA of 3 people
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The price (and pros) of tattoos
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Researchers discover submerged cemetery and hospital off the Florida coast
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The pros and cons of space colonization
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COVID-19 no longer a global health emergency, WHO says
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U.S. death rates dropped in 2022 for the first time since the pandemic began
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Scientists use 'pioneering' new technique to extract DNA from ancient pendant
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Asteroid set to pass by Earth about as close as the moon
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The debate over chemical recycling
Speed Read Is it the next big solution to plastic pollution or is it making the problem worse?
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