Nikhil Swaminathan

1 month ago | grist.org | Nikhil Swaminathan

CEO Grist is 25 years old! In the constantly shifting media ecosystem of the past two-and-a-half decades, hitting that milestone is nothing to sniff at. What is a truly amazing achievement is that today, Grist is at its most ambitious, most influential, and most authoritative moment. I remember being a young science journalist in New York, admiringly gawping along with some friends and colleagues at the fun the Grist team on the other side of the country seemed to be having.

May 14, 2024 | grist.org | Nikhil Swaminathan

I have been at Grist for more than seven years now, and it’s been a hell of a ride. The organization has evolved — or, put more fairly, transformed — shifting from almost entirely Seattle-based to very nearly fully distributed, with staffers in more than 20 states. We’ve morphed from our roots as an iconoclastic blog to an authoritative digital magazine.

Feb 20, 2024 | scientificamerican.com | Nikhil Swaminathan

Aug 30, 2023 | archaeology.org | Nikhil Swaminathan

January/February 2014NORWAY: It can be hard to mine stone for making tools when your mining implements are also made of stone. At the Melsvik chert quarry, early Mesolithic people likely used a more efficient technique for extracting stone from the dense deposit-small bonfires to create temperature differentials high enough to crack the rock.

Dec 20, 2022 | archaeology.org | Nikhil Swaminathan