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Month: April 2020

The journalist as expert

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I recently turned down some requests for interviews because the topics of discussion in each case indicated that […]

April 30, 2020 Analysis, Scicomm, Science

In defence of ignorance

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Wish I may, wish I mightHave this wish, I wish tonightI want that star, I want it nowI […]

April 28, 2020 Analysis, Culture

Avoiding ‘muddled science’ in the newsroom

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On April 23, I was part of a webinar called ProtoCall, organised by Pro.to with the support of […]

April 26, 2020 Scicomm, Science

Time and the pandemic

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There is this idea in physics that the fundamental laws of nature apply the same way for processes […]

April 19, 2020 Life notes, Science

There is more than one thunder

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Sunny Kung, a resident in internal medicine at a teaching hospital in the US, has authored a piece […]

April 15, 2020 Life notes

Remembering the ‘Game of Life’

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The English mathematician John Horton Conway passed away last week, due to COVID-19. He was 82. I’m afraid […]

April 13, 2020 Science

‘Science alone triumphs’: A skeptic annotates

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An article entitled ‘Science alone triumphs: Providing a true picture of the world, only science can help India […]

April 12, 2020 Analysis, Science

How does a fan work?

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Everywhere I turn, all the talk is about the coronavirus, and it’s exhausting because I already deal with […]

April 12, 2020 Scicomm

The virus beyond biology

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A perfectly agreeable suggestion on first glance, especially since it provides an opportunity for a quick rebuke when […]

April 7, 2020 Science
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