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Month: April 2018

Cognitive flexibility and nationalism 2.0

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Remember that paper about cognitive flexibility and nationalism? The one that said people who are more nationalistic in their politics […]

April 30, 2018 Scicomm

Performing with and without an audience

My feeling is that as far as creativity is concerned, isolation is required. … The presence of others […]

April 30, 2018 Science

View from the beanstalk

In early 2015, I developed an unlikely hobby: tinkering around with hosting solutions on the web, specifically providers […]

April 29, 2018 Tech

Who we will always be

I found this evocative image on Twitter today. It’s by a Russian artist named Yuri Shwedoff and the image is part of […]

April 28, 2018 Culture

The March for Science, ed. 2018

K. VijayRaghavan, India’s new principal scientific advisor to the Government of India, has brought a lot of hope […]

April 27, 2018 Science

Cognitive flexibility and nationalism

There’s something off about a new study that attempts to map the cognitive flexibility of people to their ideological preferences. […]

April 20, 2018 Op-eds

A peek behind the curtain of the most infamous cosmic blunder of our time

I was once stupid too, and still am in many ways. One of the instances when I was […]

April 19, 2018 Scicomm

From comfortable summer wear to advanced geometry

A friend of mine got harem pants and was talking about how much more comfortable they were than […]

April 16, 2018 Science

Remembrance: ‘2001: A Space Odyssey’

Since news of the Cambridge Analytica scandal broke last month, many of us have expressed apprehension – often on Facebook […]

April 13, 2018 Op-eds

Things to keep in mind before picking a webhost

In descending order of priority 1. Support This isn’t just about receiving help when you need but also […]

April 12, 2018 Tech

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