Last Week in Links and Books

Notes from my recent visit to America

Oct 24 • 

Hiya Jain

10

1

2

The Bad Side of Medicine Comes for Us All

On early cancer diagnostics and people centered progress

Oct 14 • 

Hiya Jain

17

3

4

A Case Study in Scientific Coordination

On the mechanics of bringing penicillin to market

Oct 13 • 

Hiya Jain

9

1

1

September 2025

Notes: Is Processed Food All Bad?

On building better heuristics

Sep 16 • 

Hiya Jain

10

2

5

Notes: A Brief History of Germ Theory

On why we should update our priors

Sep 1 • 

Hiya Jain

37

10

9

August 2025

Why Is Tuberculosis So Hard to Eradicate?

On the uphill battle against the world’s deadliest infection

Aug 16 • 

Hiya Jain

19

7

June 2025

Notes: Fertility in India

On being a participant in the crisis + some big ideas

Jun 18 • 

Hiya Jain

4

1

1

Cottage-Core Biotech

On amateur biology, curiosity, and open-science with Sebastian Cocioba

Jun 6 • 

Hiya Jain

7

3

May 2025

Real Time Science

On the path towards a dynamic scientific culture

May 3 • 

Hiya Jain

 and 

Samarth Jajoo

16

1

5

April 2025

Clear Blue Waters for the ‘Sea Turtle’

On Maintaining a Talent Pipeline in America

Apr 22 • 

Hiya Jain

9

1

2

March 2025

A Brief History of Painkillers

On the arduous road to making pain a choice

Mar 6 • 

Hiya Jain

3

1

July 2024

Notions of Mathematical Aesthetics

On beauty as a tool towards epistemic ends.

Jul 1, 2024 • 

Hiya Jain

4