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Month: May 2020

The life and death of ‘Chemical Nova’

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You know how people pretend to win an Oscar or a Nobel Prize, right? Many years ago, I […]

May 27, 2020 Life notes, Science

A caveat for peer-review

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Now that more researchers are finding more holes in the study in The Lancet, which claimed hydroxychloroquine – […]

May 27, 2020 Science

The WHA coronavirus resolution is not great for science

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On May 19, member states of the WHO moved a vote in the World Health Assembly (WHA), asking […]

May 22, 2020 Op-eds, Scicomm, Science

The Wolfram singularity

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I got to this article about Stephen Wolfram’s most recent attempt to “revolutionise” fundamental physics quite late, and […]

May 20, 2020 Scicomm, Science

Good journalism is still around

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This morning, a trusted scientist called my attention to a tweet thread by Jordan Fischer listing the many […]

May 19, 2020 Op-eds

Partial review: ‘Hitler’s Circle of Evil’ (2018)

Hitler’s Circle of Evil is a documentary series on Netflix that narrates the lives and actions of Adolf […]

May 16, 2020 Culture

Review: ‘Paatal Lok’ (2020)

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I binge-watched Paatal Lok today, a show on Amazon Prime India about a cynical cop who is all […]

May 15, 2020 Culture

Nitin Gadkari, tomato chutney and blood

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There is a famous comedy scene in Tamil cinema, starring the actors Vadivelu and ‘Bonda’ Mani. Those who […]

May 14, 2020 Scicomm, Science

Poor journalism is making it harder for preprints

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There have been quite a few statements by various scientists on Twitter who, in pointing to some preprint […]

May 12, 2020 Op-eds, Science

When cooling down really means slowing down

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Consider this post the latest in a loosely defined series about atomic cooling techniques that I’ve been writing […]

May 5, 2020 Scicomm

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