Articles by Cara Tejpal

With his halo of white hair flying out behind him, India's famed "snake man" Rom Whitaker jogged on to the stage at Opus, a cafe on Palace Road, in the evening of 12th October. He held forth on King Cobras in front of a packed crowd for over an hour. Organized by the volunteer run, public science initiative Café Scientifique, the event called Radio Kings was the first in a monthly series aimed at dismantling the barriers between scientists and the public. Rom Whitaker at the Cafe Scientifique event. Pic: Janaki Lenin Based on the French café philosphique model, Café…

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