Sneha Khedkar

Sneha Khedkar

Assistant editor at The Scientist

Articles by Sneha Khedkar

Cones of Sciadopitys verticillata (Japanese umbrella-pine) and its pointed leaves against the background of the sky.

How Did Plants Evolve to Produce Seeds?

A woman walks under snowfall on a city street. Signifies that some people feel cold temperatures more than others.

Why Do Some People Feel Cold When Others Don’t?

Blue, green, and red dots make a worm-like shape against a black background, signifying human organoids grafted in mice that secreted insulin.

Reprogrammed Human Stomach Organoids Secrete Insulin

Boy lying in bed with a stomachache, signifying gastroenteritis caused due to human astroviruses.

How a Stomach Flu-Causing Virus Sneaks into Human Cells

A painting showing Napoleon’s troops retreat from Russia in 1812. Ancient DNA analysis revealed that paratyphoid and recurring fevers afflicted the soldiers during this time.

Napoleon’s 1812 Army Suffered from Paratyphoid and Relapsing Fevers, Ancient DNA Reveals

Tired man resting after fitness run, representative of exercise-induced anaphylaxis.

Exercise-Induced Urticaria: When People are Allergic to Physical Activity

Illustration showing focus on one orange-colored cell with some blue cells. Representative of cancer immunotherapy.

Tumor Cell “Pockets” May Signal Immunotherapy Success

Man sitting at the bar counter alone, seems to be binge drinking. Therapeutics developed based on neurons activated in response to binge drinking could help treat such compulsive drinking.

Drunk Mice Reveal Brain Circuits Involved in Binge Drinking

Woman holding a stinky cloth. Some studies hint that hyperosmia, or a heightened sensitivity to smell, is more common in women.

Why Do Some People Have a Heightened Sense of Smell?

Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson, and Omar Yaghi won the 2025 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.

Nobel Prize in Chemistry for the Development of Metal-Organic Frameworks

Bartender preparing a cocktail outdoors. Bartenders often suffer from margarita burns.

Margarita Burns: When Lime and the Sun Don’t Blend Smoothly

Sanitary pads on a pink background. “Smart” pads embedded with sensors allow for the detection of disease-specific biomarkers in menstrual blood.

Smart Pads Detect Disease Biomarkers in Period Blood

Image of a man in a laboratory looking frustrated with his failed experiment.
February 2026

A Stubborn Gene, a Failed Experiment, and a New Path

When experiments refuse to cooperate, you try again and again. For Rafael Najmanovich, the setbacks ultimately pushed him in a new direction.

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