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Month: April 2017

Do your bit, broaden your science menu

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Don’t judge the best science journalists in India after having read only the worst science journalism.

April 23, 2017 Life notes, Op-eds, Science

Auditing science stories: Two examples from the bottom rungs

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The worst kinds of science stories are those that get facts wrong – and then those that report null results wrong.

April 21, 2017 Scicomm

The worst poem ever

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I’m just a lousy science journalist, writing the worst poem ever.

April 20, 2017 Life notes

Titan’s lakes might be fizzing with nitrogen bubbles

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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.

April 20, 2017 Science

Spotting scientists, lazy scientists

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Calling scientists as a community ‘lazy’ is to abdicate the responsibility to make it easier for them to enjoy the fruits of their labours.

April 13, 2017 Scicomm

SC’s cancer-due-to-cell-tower verdict

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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?

April 12, 2017 Uncategorized

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.

April 10, 2017 Life notes

Religious sentiments: upsetting them v. getting upset

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If the BJP/Congress have been offended by Prashant Bhushan’s tweet, it could only be because they have interpreted his tweet offensively.

April 3, 2017 Analysis, Op-eds

How infographics can lose the plot

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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.

April 1, 2017 Analysis, Op-eds
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