Do your bit, broaden your science menu
Don’t judge the best science journalists in India after having read only the worst science journalism.
Month: April 2017
Auditing science stories: Two examples from the bottom rungs
The worst kinds of science stories are those that get facts wrong – and then those that report null results wrong.
Titan’s lakes might be fizzing with nitrogen bubbles
The results are relevant for future lander-probes to Titan – and to understand the surface chemistry of the only other body in the Solar System known to have liquids on its surface.
Spotting scientists, lazy scientists
Calling scientists as a community ‘lazy’ is to abdicate the responsibility to make it easier for them to enjoy the fruits of their labours.
SC’s cancer-due-to-cell-tower verdict
If the radiation received and transmitted by base station towers really causes cancer, where’s the explosion of cancer rates in urban centres around the world?
A dummy’s attempt to set up WordPress
If you’re looking to set up your own self-hosted WordPress blog and you also want to learn how it’s done, I highly recommend using Linode’s documentation.
Religious sentiments: upsetting them v. getting upset
If the BJP/Congress have been offended by Prashant Bhushan’s tweet, it could only be because they have interpreted his tweet offensively.
How infographics can lose the plot
if you don’t force designers to follow best practices when making an infographic, you’ll be setting a lower bar that will soon turn around and assault you with all kinds of charts conceived to hide what the numbers are really saying.