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Many theories and metaphors exist on how the Moon got its rugged, groovy looks. Last week, one of the long-running lunar programmes of Nasa revealed how one of the biggest and the youngest crater—there are thousands on the Moon—was formed. The 3.8 billion-year-old Orientale has withstood severe fracturing, melting, virtually all brutal natural phenomena, upon…

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Seema Singh

Seema has over two decades of experience in journalism. Before starting The Ken, Seema wrote “Myth Breaker: Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw and the Story of Indian Biotech”, published by HarperCollins in May 2016. Prior to that, she was a senior editor and bureau chief for Bangalore with Forbes India, and before that she wrote for Mint. Seema has written for numerous international publications like IEEE-Spectrum, New Scientist, Cell and Newsweek. Seema is a Knight Science Journalism Fellow from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a MacArthur Foundation Research Grantee.

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